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Spoon by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Book Activity Ideas Inspired by the Book Spoon by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Discover engaging, hands-on activities inspired by Spoon by Amy Krouse Rosenthal. Perfect for parents and educators to teach kids about self-acceptance and individuality through creative play with spoons.

Book Activity Ideas Inspired by the Book Spoon by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

What would your children think if a box full of spoons, art supplies, a book and even a special snack arrived at your front door one hot Summer Day? It means only one thing, you’re participating in our Summer Love Books Exchange.

Here’s how it works:

You pick one of your favorite books, come up with a few activities to go along with it and mail it off to someone special as they get one ready for you. Then you wait and see how much fun they had with your package.

Trust me your kids will LOVE it! Take a peek at some other Love Book Exchange Ideas.

Our Love Books Summer Package Arrived with the book Spoon by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

We were very excited to receive our Summer LOVE BOOKS Exchange Box from Mommy and Me Book Club. To see what we sent to her {click here}. Danielle, author of Mommy and Me Book Club, is a former Kindergarten teacher too, so I think it just might be a Kindergarten thing because we both created boxes containing kid created envelopes full of activities.

It worked out perfectly, all week long my daughters had activities that they could pull and do, great for summer fun!

Spoon by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

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The book that we received was Spoon by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and illustrated by Scott Magoon. It’s this adorable book about a spoon who doesn’t feel unique. In the story he’s a bit envious of his friends, the knife, the fork and chopsticks who seem to have much more exciting lives. But the truth his friends envy his life too. It’s an adorable story to celebrate what makes each of us special.

Reading Spoon by Amy Krouse Rosenthal for Love Books Exchange

The girls were so excited to receive their box we didn’t even make it past the front door. As we open our box the fun just kept coming, the girls were soooo excited to see each specially designed envelope full of activities. It kept us busy all morning long and for many days after.

The book activities for Spoon were AWESOME!

Big sister had fun reading the story to little sister and the pictures are adorable in the book!

Spoon by Amy Krouse Rosenthal Book Activity Exchange for Love Books

 Activities for the Book Spoon

  • Musical Spoons
  • Retell the Story with Plastic Spoon, Knife, fork and chopsticks
  • Chopsticks Pom Pom Pickup
  • Marshmallow Spoon Catapult
  • Create your own Spoon Puppets
  • Spoon Puppet Theater
  • Make Pudding with Spoons
Playing Musical Spoon inspired by the Book Spoon by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Musical Spoons

This was so much fun for both girls playing musical spoons. She included 4 metal spoons so that they could both play along. By the end the a big metal bowl joined the fun too.

Retelling the Story Spoons by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Retell the Story

We received a special envelope with the characters from Spoon which included Plastic Spoons, Knife, fork and chopsticks. Lots of fun remembered all the adorable characters from the book.

Chopstick Pom Pom Pick Up Activity

Chopsticks Pom Pom Pickup

What fun to get REAL chopsticks to use. The girls experimenting for quite some time with this game. Big brother was even called into demonstrate the proper technique, can’t wait to use this with our JAPAN Unit this month.

Catapult Activity with Spoons

Marshmallow Spoon Catapult

We received 3 Catapults for some amazing fun. We had so much fun we even took them with us on our trip to the mountains with our friends. They were a little hard to photograph mid air but trust me we tested them and tested them and tested.

Supplies for Making Wooden Spoon Puppets

Make your own Spoon Puppets

We received all sorts of art supplies to make our puppets. My oldest daughter has so much fun with this project and really wanted to do it independently.  I have a feeling we will revisit this craft quite often as our characters change and need new accessories.

Wooden Spoon Puppets inspired by the book Spoon by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Spoon Puppet Theator

LET THE SPOON PUPPET SHOW BEGIN!

Puppet Show inspired by the book Spoon by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

We had so much fun with the Spoon Puppet Theater. Story after story was told with the spoons, even a few songs. What a special surprise to receive in a book box.

Making Pudding with Spoons

Make Pudding with Spoons

What day wouldn’t be complete without making Pudding with SPOONS! We had so much fun the camera didn’t even come out by the end of our spoon adventure!

Getting a Little Spoon Crazy with our Book Activity for Spoon by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Can you tell my girls had just a little bit of FUN with SPOONS!

THANK YOU so much Danielle and to your sweet children for this amazing Love Books Package that you sent to our family as a participant in the Summer Love Books Exchange.

Activities for the Book Spoon by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

After reading Spoon, I can’t wait to check out more of Amy Krouse Rosenthal’s Books like Chopsticks and Little Pea! Here’s our Review of Books by Amy Krouse Rosenthal.

Check out MORE Summer LOVE BOOKS Exchanges from our 20 Participants!

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About Kim Vij

Early childhood teacher, author, speaker and mom of 3. Kim shares ways to make learning fun and parenting an adventure by sharing developmentally appropriate activities.

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Comments

  1. Brigette says

    July 30, 2013 at 1:34 pm

    I love your post on busy bags, I have made a bunch for my own kids and they are addicted! I did a roundup of bags we have made on my blog and linked to your tutorial, you can check it out here: http://babesindeutschland.com/ Thanks for the inspiration!

  2. Momand Kiddo says

    September 29, 2012 at 7:49 pm

    This table-top theater looks much easier to make than ours!!!

  3. Cheerios and Lattes says

    July 27, 2012 at 10:01 pm

    Thanks for linking up, I hope you'll be back this week.

  4. Mackenzie says

    July 21, 2012 at 3:27 pm

    Great ideas! My little guys would love this! We'd love to invite you to join us at Saturday Show & Tell on Cheerios and Lattes! I know everyone will love your great kid-friendly ideas! Have a great weekend!
    Mackenzie 🙂
    http://www.cheeriosandlattes.com/saturday-show-tell-20/

  5. Amanda says

    July 18, 2012 at 6:39 am

    I wish that I had more storage space, I would love to come up with 10-12 love book boxes to pull out for play. Maybe we can get together and make some =) Then trade!

  6. Kim @ The Educators Spin On It says

    July 18, 2012 at 12:34 am

    I sent 10 Little Rubber Ducks by Eric Carle to Mommy and Me Bookclub. Here's her post about it http://www.preschoolbookclub.blogspot.com/2012/07/summer-book-exchange-10-little-rubber.html. I'll be sharing the printables for it very soon on our site!

  7. Kim @ The Educators Spin On It says

    July 18, 2012 at 12:33 am

    Thanks for stopping by and pinning this.

  8. Kim @ The Educators Spin On It says

    July 18, 2012 at 12:32 am

    Thanks, the kids Co op is such a great resource for ideas for parents and teachers! Thank you so much for participating in our Exchange too. I loved the Biscuit Bear Book and activities that you sent and your post about Dinosaurs Wear Underpants is Adorable from Make Do and Friend.

  9. Kim @ The Educators Spin On It says

    July 18, 2012 at 12:30 am

    On our list for the library this week! I'm hoping we have a Virtual Book Club for Kids with her sometime this year, crossing my fingers. Loved your post about Amy Krouse Rosenthal

  10. Kim @ The Educators Spin On It says

    July 18, 2012 at 12:29 am

    You should check it out… there are little clip on youtube that will give you an idea as to how adorable it is. Here is is…http://youtu.be/uoLg4GGgCSY

  11. Kim @ The Educators Spin On It says

    July 18, 2012 at 12:27 am

    Thanks for joining us and for your kind words! Your post was so cute about the artists from B-Inspired and I love the post she wrote about emotions and the activities from you. It's been so much fun seeing everyone's posts.

  12. Kim @ The Educators Spin On It says

    July 18, 2012 at 12:23 am

    Thank you SO much Danielle for sending us such a wonderful book box! My daughters are still excited when I pull the box out for more Spoon Fun. I have a feeling they will never forget your special LOVE BOOKS BOX!

  13. Kim @ The Educators Spin On It says

    July 18, 2012 at 12:22 am

    Amanda your children will love these activities, even my 1 1/2 year old was totally into them.

  14. Kim @ The Educators Spin On It says

    July 18, 2012 at 12:22 am

    Thanks Jackie…. we were so excited to open this box from Mommy and Me Book Club. I too was amazed at how much fun you can have with spoons.

  15. MaryAnne K says

    July 17, 2012 at 5:51 am

    What a fantastic package! Would love to see what you sent off, too!

  16. CacheyMama says

    July 15, 2012 at 11:22 am

    How cute, I will definitely need to check out this book. I already had this post pinned 🙂 Thanks for linking up to Thinky Linky Thursday!
    Lori @ Cachey Mama’s Classroom

  17. The Monko says

    July 15, 2012 at 6:26 am

    Thanks for posting this great bunch of activities on the Kids Co-op link up. I'm sharing it on the Kids Co-op FB page. I'm really enjoying seeing what everyone sent each other for the book exchange. Its such a great idea

  18. Melissa Taylor says

    July 14, 2012 at 10:15 am

    you'll love Little Pea and Chopsticks!

  19. Rebecca English says

    July 14, 2012 at 2:07 am

    This looks great. I dont know the picture book but it looks brilliant for generating fun activities.

    Thanks for linking to the Sunday showcase.

  20. PlayDrMom says

    July 13, 2012 at 7:01 pm

    Looks like SO much fun! And thanks SO much for organizing this wonderful exchange!

  21. Danielle says

    July 13, 2012 at 7:22 am

    I am so glad your family enjoyed the book Spoon AND that I could introduce you to Amy Krouse Rosenthal! She is one of our favorites!

  22. Amanda says

    July 13, 2012 at 6:50 am

    Oooh – I want to run to the library right now and check out this book! What amazing activities too! Every one looks like something my kids would like too. Now I am trying to think of where I may have some popsicle sticks hiding. Those catapaults look like tons of fun!!!

  23. Jackie@My Little Bookcase says

    July 13, 2012 at 1:30 am

    This post has put the biggest smile on my face. I think it is simply incredible how much fun and creativity you can have with one picture book.

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