My contribution to this week’s Flannel Friday is a flannel matching game that works well with a birds, shapes or colors theme! I swear I saw something similar to this idea on an old Flannel Friday post (back when FF first started), but I’ve looked at our Pinterest page and couldn’t find it, so I decided to contribute mine.
For this matching game, I made several bird houses, each with a different shaped entrance. Then I made different shaped birds to match with the houses (after much consideration, I decided to color-code them as well). To play the game, I put the houses up on the board, and then the children help me find the right house for each bird. The shapes I used were tiny circle, big oval, triangle and rectangle. If I ever feel up to it, I’ll make other shapes to add to it.
Since this flannel set is shapes based, it was pretty easy to make. A rough template is below if you’re interested (the pieces are a bit big):
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Your birds are reminiscent of Angry Birds to me, (compliment!!). I think the FF post you’re thinking of might be this one from Cate’s blog: http://storytiming.com/2011/06/17/flannel-friday-a-house-for-birdie-by-stuart-j-murphy/
Yes, that’s the one! Whew, I was starting to think that I imagined it or something.
Hi. I was about to. Post the same link. Love this, and thanks for the template.
Love it!
This is great! Very modern looking birds haha
This is great! Love the birds.
Love the simplicity of your birds and birdhouses! You did a fantastic job!
Thank you sharing your version of something from awhile ago because I don’t remember the idea. Maybe it was posted before I joined Flannel Friday? Always nice to see others twists on an idea. :o) And thanks to Anne and LQ, we know there is another post and we can check out both versions. I will be making my own version soon. Thinking it will be perfect for a Springtime storytime. ❤
Thanks for sharing this week!
~ K ~
What a cute idea! I know I’m going to be adding this one to my “to-make” pile.
Very cute — I love the idea of making the birds different shapes. Tons of storytime themes here!
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