Sing With Our Kids Day 5 Countdown Idea

Here is your song idea of the day: 

This is another great idea that came out of my Florida workshop last week. It's simple, but let's see if I can describe it easily!

This is a variation on my Four Little Paper Dolls song.

Here is a link to the song if you don't know it, and by the way, if you don't it's a real hit with the kids, so be sure to do it too!  http://nancymusic.com/SOM/2009/four-little-paper-dolls.htm

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Now- here is a way to expand your use of the song so you can use it for all kinds of things.

Instead of paper dolls, you're going to make a sturdy folding book. I would use cardboard, because you're going to use this a lot! I just by 8X10 photo mailing cardboad pieces found at office supply stores, but again, you can use or make what you have. 

• To make a folding book that hinges properly, stack the first two pieces of cardboard and tape along one side.so they are hinged when you open them. I use clear packing tape because it's nice and wide. 
• Open the "pages" and flip them the other way, again stacking them, and tape the other side.Now your hinge will be taped on both sides of the cardboard. 
• Add your next piece of cardboard and do the same thing, so now you have three pieces of cardboard that will lie flat and hinge back and forth.
• And finally, add your last piece and tape it. Now you should have four pieces of cardboard that can lie flat and hinge back and forth, essentially making them work like paper dolls (the cut kind). 

• Now for the easy and fun part. Place a small piece of Velcro in the middle of each "page." 
• Cut out four of anything you want, (four letter, four teddy bears, four ducks, four cars, etc. ). Make whatever you want, but make all four identical. 
• Laminate and put the other half of the Velcro piece on the back of each picture. 
• Put one picture on each of your cardboard pages, and voila! Instead of Four Little Paper Dolls, you have four
   little _____ (whatever you've Velcro'd onto the pages). You can easily change the pictures to go with whatever you're doing. It's kind of like having the other kind of paper dolls, where you change the clothes! Hmm. That's kind of funny!

If you need any clarification for the above instructions, let me know! You know how to find me!

And here is your friendly reminder that there are only 5 more days left to donate to Sing With Our Kids!  Here's the link to the campaign. 

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 Nancy