Julia Catherine Donaldson is an English writer and playwright, best known as author of The Gruffalo and other children's books, many illustrated by Axel Scheffler.

We have not done fun crafty story based activities for ages but I noticed the past week that my youngest has been reading and rereading The Scarecrows’ Wedding to himself so I thought it migh…

The Scarecrows Wedding display

A scarecrow project that I did 5 years ago with the kids was a big hit. It involved getting cheap craftstore wooden spoons and embellishing them with scrap fabric, buttons, beads, strong, straw and other folksy items to make a scarecrow. Hot glue is a must, and so it makes this a fun craft. We did as a part of our Harvest party.

This week Deedee Wills shared a fabulous resource from Differentiated Kindergarten Blog about sensory bins. Scarecrows are too cute not to share what we are doing in our sensory table! The students can stuff and un-stuff the scarecrow. Then they get to label the scarecrow. After all the fun, the students will label a scarecrow on a worksheet to take home. Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho, It's Off To Raking I Go! Have A Good Fall, Y'all!!!

We love book and craft activities. Have a go at the Scarecrows' wedding and make our adorable Scarecrow Crafts for kids! Choose from three different makes!

An brilliant new activity pack based around Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s popular children’s book The Scarecrows’ Wedding.

The Scarecrows Wedding - how many spaghetti hoops can you get on your spaghetti stick before the timer runs out? Try the blue timer, what's the difference? M_LDx

Addition, doubles & subtraction number sentences. The Scarecrow's Wedding by J.Donaldson. Make a Bouquet for Betty - choose a number sentence & practically create a bouquet with the correct amount of flowers & record findings. Extension - count on or back, estimate before practically checking answer. M_LDx