Groundhog cup puppet and poem + shadow activity pages

Enjoy this original poem and paper cup puppet with your child. Help them engage with it together or on their own using our colorful and original illustrations! Just provide a paper cup and tongue depressor (or popsicle stick) to complete the cup puppet.

Perfect accompaniment for Groundhog Day! This is a great launch to learning about light and shadows.

This product is an instant downloadable digital file in PDF format. Nothing is sent in the mail.

Download includes:

• Groundhog’s Shadow poem – perfect for Groundhog’s Day
• groundhog color image, in two size options, for paper cup puppet plus instructions for assembly
• “Shadow Matching” activity sheet
• “What gives off light?” activity sheet
• “Sun and Shadows” activity sheet

Materials you’ll need to supply to make finger puppets (not included in this download!)

• paper cup
• tongue depressor (or popsicle stick)

How to prepare your materials: We recommend printing character images onto heavy cardstock for continued use over an extended period of time. After printing, separate individual characters by cutting with scissors, leaving a slight white border around each character for easier cutting.

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