• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
Craftulate logo
  • Art
  • Crafts
    • Letter Crafts
  • Fine Motor
  • Food
  • Play Recipes
  • Sensory
  • Gross Motor
  • DIY Crafts
  • Activities
  • DIY Projects
  • Inspiration
    • DIY Gifts
    • DIY Guide
    • Parenting
    • How To Play
    • Learning Resources
    • Product and Service Opinions
menu icon
go to homepage
search icon
Homepage link
  • Art
  • Crafts
  • Play Recipes
  • Food
  • Fine Motor
  • Sensory
  • Gross Motor
  • Activities
  • DIY Crafts
  • DIY Projects
  • Inspiration
    • DIY Gifts
    • Parenting
    • Learning Resources
    • Product and Service Opinions
×

Stellaluna Activity Busy Bag

This fun Stellaluna activity highlights the differences between birds and bats and how they rest on trees!

Stellaluna Activity Busy Bag with free printable

The following post contains affiliate links, which means that at no extra cost to you I can make a tiny bit of money to help support this blog. Thank you!I am SO enjoying our monthly Book Club Play Dates! It is introducing me to all kinds of new books. This month is Stellaluna, by Janell Cannon.

The story is about Stellaluna, a baby fruit bat who survives an attack from an owl, but falls into a bird’s nest. She realises that she is different from the baby birds but cannot understand why. One of the main themes of the book is how Stellaluna loves to sleep upside down, hanging from a branch, while the baby birds sleep on top of the branch. I decided to make a busy bag that highlighted  this aspect of the book, and also incorporated some fine motor practice.

To make this busy bag I used:

  • Stellaluna free printable – available from the Craftulate
  • White card
  • Scissors
  • Tape
  • 4 mini clothespins (I received ours from the “Wood You Craft With Me” kit from Creatify)
  • Hot glue gun and glue gun pad
Print out the tree, birds and bat pieces. Cut out the tree – I’ll admit that this can take a little while, but it does look great when it’s finished! My micro-tip scissors were perfect for this job! Use tape to attach the stand to the back – fold the stand at the feint line as shown. The tree should be able to stand up by itself but pack flat for storage.
Stellaluna Activity Busy Bag

Cut out the birds and bat.

Stellaluna Activity Busy Bag

Hot glue them onto the clothespins.

Stellaluna Activity Busy Bag

When everything is dry, you are ready to play! I wanted to read the book with my son first, but he’d already seen the activity, so we did it in reverse order. He attached the birds and bat to the tree and we discussed which way up they like to sleep.

Then we read the book!

Stellaluna Activity Busy Bag

 

[bctt tweet=”If your kids love the book Stellaluna they will love this #busybag idea!”]

Stellaluna Activity Busy Bag

If you would like more farm themed activities, then check out the other Book Club Play Date activity ideas from my co-hosts!

  • Stellaluna Bat Math and Sight Word Games from Sugar Aunts
  • Stellaluna Bat Trail Mix from Still Playing School
  • Stellaluna Night Sky Sensory Play from Fun-A-Day
  • Stellaluna Clothespin Bat Craft from House of Burke
Book Club Play Dates
Pin4
4 Shares

More Fine Motor

  • Valentines Cutting Hearts Activity - great for fine motor practice!
    Valentines Cutting Hearts Activity
  • Wooden Train Track Dominoes
  • Fine Motor Button Snake
  • Punched Paper Tree Collage
Pin4
4 Shares

Primary Sidebar

Latest Crafts for Kids

  • 25 DIY Crafts to Do When Bored - Fun Things to Make
    25 DIY Crafts to Do When Bored – Fun Things to Make
  • 25 Easy Crafts for Toddlers (Craft Ideas for 2-4 Year Olds)
    25 Easy Crafts for Toddlers (Craft Ideas for 2-4 Year Olds)
  • 30 Easy Crafts for Teens: Arts and Craft Ideas for Tweens
    30 Easy Crafts for Teens: Arts and Craft Ideas for Tweens
  • how to play blooket for student and teacher
    How to Play Blooket (2 Ways for Student and Teacher)
  • learn how to earn money as a kid
    How to Earn Money as A Kid: Detailed Steps and Tips
  • dinosaur crafts and activities for kids
    30 Easy Dinosaur Crafts and Activities For Kids

Footer

↑ back to top

About

profile

Hi, Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by and explore Craftulate!! This blog was started in January 2013 and offers a wide range of arts, crafts, activities, fun games, printables for toddlers, young children and kids of all ages. Find More

Contact

  • Contact
  • Advertising
  • Privacy Policy and Disclosure

Craftulate is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.

Copyright © 2022 Craftulate - Art and Crafts for Kids