Three Little Pigs Learning Fun

I love it when a little fun

just kinds falls into your lap,

which is exactly what happened

one rainy afternoon last week.

Netflix recently added some of Disney's

Silly Symphony cartoons,

which I gladly introduced to my kiddos.

In volume one, 

one of my ALL TIME FAVORITE
cartoons is shown-

...The Three Little Pigs!

I still remember listening to it on my

wickedly cool record player,

turning the pages to the book when the story teller

told me to...

Good times, good times...

(If you wanna, you can see that version

by clicking HERE.)

After watching The Three Little Pigs,

I decided to pull out the book version

AND my FAVORITE 

retelling of this classic fairy tale...

...The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

by

Jon Scieszka.

After reading the books,

and discussing which version we believed better,

(we all seemed to side with the wolf)  ;0)

we did a little crafty fun...

...and used felt, buttons, sequins, and googly eyes

to create...

...three little button piggies.

I then glued a hair clip ontot he back of the piggies...

...so the girls could make a "pig" of themselves

whenever they felt like it.  ;0)

For Little Wild Man,

I used buttons, bits of cloth, and googly eyes

to create...

...a Big Bad Wolf pin.

(Cause what little boy wants to wear a cute piggy?

None that I know!)

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Next,

I gave the kiddos

(plus a friend)

a science challenge:

Using craft sticks,

build a "house" that can with stand

the air from a blow dryer.

We used craft sticks like THESE,
so we didn't have to worry about glue or other adhesives.

After the structures were built...

...it was time to test them out.

(Sadly, and funnily,

our friend Eep could not participate in the challenge

because one of the littles I watch

got a hold of it and took it apart.)

Eep therefore became the 

Big Bad Wolf

and held the hair dryer to test 

out the houses...

The structures held up pretty well,

and all of the stayed, 

for the most part,

together.

We did end up with a clear winner,

though...

...since Jungle Girl's house did not lose

any sticks.

It was truly a fun afternoon

for piggies...

...and imprisoned wolves alike!