My favorite Dr. Seuss book is Oh, The Places You?ll Go! Whether you are 5 or 55 there is always a journey to be had or a new place to discover. The book teaches that you can always fulfill your dreams but sometimes there are hurdles you have to get over, but that you can do anything you put your mind to with time, patience and?perseverance.
We started our journey today by making a hot air balloon and on the back of the balloon writing down our goals, dreams, and where we would want to go.
Supplies to make a hot air balloon:
- 2 different colored pieces of Construction Paper (we used red for the balloon and tan for the basket)
- Tape or Glue
- Scissors
- Crayons, Markers, or Paint for stripes
- Lanyard or String
- A photo of yourself
Supplies needed to make your balloon
Directions to make your own hot air balloon:
1. Draw a balloon shape onto one pieces of construction paper and a square on the other piece of paper
2. Cut out both shapes
Cutting out the balloon shape
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3. Tape 2 pieces of lanyard to the bottom of the backside of the balloon on either side so that you can attach the basket.
4. Tape the bottom of the pieces of lanyard to the back of the basket.
Taping the lanyard onto the balloon
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5. Cut your photo to fit in the basket and glue or tape photo onto the basket
6.Turn the balloon over and decorate your balloon (we chose to paint white stripes to resemble the Cat in the Hat stripes)
Carefully placing photo into the bask
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Painting the stripes on the balloon
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7. Once you are done decorating the balloon, you can turn it back over and write about all of your places to go
8. Have fun discovering your journey!!!!
Our balloon is finished, time to take off on our journey
What other activities can you do at home to discover your places?
- Draw a ?picture of a place you want to go
- Pick a new park in your area and go have a picnic
- Fill a jar with scraps of paper, on each paper write a new activity and pick a new piece from the jar each day
- Make a poster of what they want to be when they grow up.
- Find an activity that relates to what they want to be when they grow up. (example: I want to be a vet. Visit your local Animal Shelter and see if you can take a tour)
- Research a new place online, make a poster of all the things they want to do when they get there
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This post is part of our Seuss-A-Palooza, 31 Days of Seuss-A-riffic Fun. Check out all of our Jersey Family Fun Seuss posts here or all Seuss posts from Jersey Family Fun bloggers and others here.
Source: http://www.jerseyfamilyfun.com/what-places-will-you-go-hot-air-balloon-craft/
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