The first-grade team at Evelyn's school is putting on a folktale wax museum tomorrow. Each student has been assigned a folktale character, as well as a short script that needs to be memorized. The students need to be dressed in a costume that fits their role, and they were encouraged to wear creative (i.e., homemade) costumes.
After asking a dear friend for suggestions, I had an idea of how Evelyn could be transformed into the Little Red Hen. Here's what I started with:
- 81 feet of red crepe paper streamer paper ($1.00)
- red T-shirt ($3.00)
- red baseball hat
- yellow piece of construction paper
I cut the crepe paper streamers into 32 strips, each strip just a little bit longer than the length of the T-shirt. (Yes, my seamstress-in-training, Julia, is off to the side in this picture.)
Then I hand-stitched the streamers onto the shirt. I sewed eight streamers onto each sleeve (four hanging in front and four hanging in back), and I also sewed eight streamers onto each shoulder (again, four in front and four in back).
I cut out a comb/crest for the hen's head and taped it to the hat. I also taped the word "Clever" to the front of the hat (covering up the "N"). A major focus in first grade right now is understanding character traits, and in her speech, Evelyn talks about how the Little Red Hen is clever when she tricks the fox.
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