MumCentral - A Round-up of Story Activities for World Book Day

Mar 5 2013 11:24 PM

Make stories come to life with these story based play ideas.

To celebrate World Book Day, we've collected a range of fantastic activities based on children's stories- a great way to explore books and have lots of fun at the same time!

Grouchy Ladybird Crafts from the Iowa Farmer's Wife

Green eggs and Ham themed bath from Frogs and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails

Make a giving tree with Enchanted Homeschooling Mom

Fun with Go dog Go activities from Having Fun at Chelle's House

Make Where the Wild things Are monsters with See Vanessa Craft

Jack and the Beanstalk craft and math’s activities with Fantastic Fun and Learning

Introduce young children to Geography through books and playsets from Mud Hut Mama

Gingerbread loose in School Activities from JDANIEL4’SMOM

Make a Little Pea Sensory Bin from Mama Miss

The Worst Princess Activities from Here Come the Girls

Make Snugglepot and Cuddlepie Gum Nut Babies with Octavia and Vicky

Do some Little Mermaid activities from ingles 360

Explore some Dr Seuss inspired glowing oobleck by Train Up a Child

Explore a Rainbow Fish Sensory story box from The Golden Gleam

Make magpies inspired from the story Waddle Giggle Gargle with Triple T Mum

Make patchwork quilts based on the story the quilt makers gift from Creative Connections for Kids

Create some Hungry Caterpillar Necklaces from Buggy and Buddy

Have a Hungry Caterpillar themed picnic from My Little Bookcase (a great site dedicated to encouraging children to love reading through book activities and experiences).

The Educator's Spin on it have a whole page dedicated to sharing activities based on books!

... and here's a few of our own story based activities

You may also like to take a look at our post on Reading with Young Children