There Was an Old Lady Who Craft

You probably know the poem, There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly…..Little kids get a huge kick out of this poem, which begins:  There was an old lady who swallowed a fly; I don’t know why she swallowed a fly – perhaps she’ll die!  Now, kids can make their very own old lady who can swallow a variety of things!

This sequencing and craft activity works for many different Old Lady books and is a great way to engage your students in sequencing activities!  You can find a book for almost every holiday!  This “There was an old lady who craft”  includes the craftivity and sequencing pictures for the following Old Lady Books……

There was an old Lady who swallowed a…….

• Fly
• Clover
• Leaves
• Bell
• Bat
• Books
• Rose
• Shell
• Snow
• Chick
• Turkey

Read one of the Old Lady books and then Make an Old Lady and help her swallow things in the same order as the book! This can be a good lesson on sequencing, or…just plain old fun! This activity pack includes instructions to make an Old Lady craft, as well as printable pages in color and black and white for each of the books listed above.

In the printable pack you’ll find various things for the old lady to eat for every season. There is the traditional set from the original poem, a set for St. Patrick’s Day, for fall, for Christmas, for back to school, for Halloween, for the summer, for winter, for Easter, and for Valentine’s Day. Your old lady can swallow something for every season!

BONUS!!!!! I also included a There Was an Old Mummy who Swallowed a Spider craft and printables too!

Anyway, here are all the “old lady” books….there are a lot of them!   

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Books!There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves!There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Turkey!There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat!There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Shell!There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly!There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bell!There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Chick!There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Clover!There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Frog!There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Rose!There Was a Cold Lady Who Swallowed Some Snow!

There Was an Old Lady Who Craft

What you’ll need to make the there was an old lady who craft:< ul>

• There was an old lady who printable pack
• Paper bag (1 for each kid)
• Scissors
• Glue
• Brads
• Construction paper
• Plastic baggie

There Was an Old Lady Who Craft Directions

1. Print the set of things you want the old lady to eat. We used the classic set in our version. Cut out the black part of the head’s mouth. Cut around each object, because if you leave them square, they won’t be small enough to fit inside her mouth.
   
2. Open the paper bag and set it upside down. Trace the shape of the lady’s mouth on the top of the bag and cut it out.
   Glue the old lady’s head to the top of the bag.
3. Cut out two arms and hands from construction paper. Attach them to the bag with brads or glue.
4. Let the kids give the old lady whatever clothes they want.
   
5. Use a brad to connect one side of the plastic bag to the top of her mouth (we made the brad her nose). Connect the other side of the bag to her neck (we made that brad a necklace). This will open the bag wide enough so you can actually feed the old lady the objects.
   
6. Give the old lady the objects to eat while singing the song. When you’re done, simply open the bag and remove the items from her plastic bag tummy.
   

If you don’t want to make the craft part of this activity, there is also a complete old lady included in the printable set, which you can use instead of making your own from a paper bag. Attach the plastic baggie to her mouth in the same way.

In the printable pack in our store  you’ll find various things for the old lady to eat for every season. There is the traditional set from the original poem, a set for St. Patrick’s Day, for fall, for Christmas, for back to school, for Halloween, for the summer, for winter, for Easter, and for Valentine’s Day. Your old lady can swallow something for every season!