I HEART CRAFTY THINGS: Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Kids Craft

It's time for another monthly craft challenge from the Kids Craft Stars. This months challenge was to create a craft based on a popular preschool children's book. If you are regular around here you already know that making crafts based on children's books is one of my absolute favorite things! I have so many favorites that it was difficult to choose which book to use but we decided to create a Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Kids Craft. The craft is not only bright and colorful, but it's a great way for preschoolers to review their alphabet. We also used one of our favorite crafting materials to make it, cupcake liners.

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HOW TO MAKE A CHICKA CHICKA BOOM BOOM KIDS CRAFT
Supplies you will need:

light blue cardstock paper
brown cardstock paper
3 green cupcake liners
1-inch circle punch (optional)
small alphabet foam stickers (We used Dotty Letter Foam Stickers that we received from Craftprojectideas.com. They can be found, along with several other varieties of alphabet stickers, at your local Walmart in the crafts section.)
scissors
glue

Directions:

1. Start by prepping your cupcake liners for your coconut tree. Fold each cupcake liner in half. Cut the inside circle section of the cupcake liner out. Unfold the cupcake liner and cut it in half. You should end up with 6 sections after prepping all 3 cupcake liners.

2. Cut a coconut tree trunk out of your brown cardstock paper and glue it onto your light blue cardstock paper. Layer your cupcake liners at the top of the tree trunk and glue them on to look like a coconut tree.

3. Cut out a few coconuts from your brown cardstock paper (we used four) and glue them onto your tree.

4. Finish your Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Craft by placing your alphabet stickers all over your tree. We used what we had on hand, which was uppercase foam letters. You could also use lowercase letters to be true to the story.

One fun way to incorporate alphabet recognition in this craft would be to read the book together while your child puts the the letters on the tree. As you read each page, your preschooler can find the correct stickers and then place them on the tree. Or if you have the craft made, you could also have your preschooler point to each letter on the tree as you read the pages of the book.

You can purchase Chicka Chicka Boom Boom on Amazon!

Have you made a craft recently that goes along with a children's book? I'd love for you to share it with me. If you post your picture on Instagram, tag me at @iheartcraftythings or use my hashtag #iheartcraftythings. You can also post a picture on my Facebook page.