I Am Invited to a Party! - Storytime Online
- Leanna Chappell
- May 1
- 4 min read
Hello everyone! We hope you are all excited for I Am Invited to a Party! by Mo Willems.
Michelle and I have put together a bunch of fun activities and crafts for the little ones. Starting today, Thursday, May 1, the kits are available to pick up for our online storytime this month!
Enjoy a FREE copy of the book and more!
"I Am Invited to a Party!" by Mo Willems
"Piggie is invited to her first party. She doesn’t know what to wear, though, so she asks her best friend Elephant for help. Elephant’s advice is odd to say the least, so Piggie will try on all sorts of zany outfits before finally arriving at the party for a hilarious surprise."
Visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6en6Z4JtmM to watch the story read aloud for the Mo Willems Workshop’s YouTube channel. Then enjoy the activities! Everything is yours to keep!
Kits include:
a FREE copy of I Am Invited to a Party!
information page
colors game (5 colored elephants)
rhymes/song pages with weblinks (instrument included)
2 activity pages
2 coloring pages
Piggie sticker craft
3 magnets from the story
Elephant & Piggie stickers
Here are the following pages that you will receive with your kit!
HANDOUT GAMES – play with included elephant handouts
Can You Show Me…?
(Tune: “Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush”)
Can you show me the yellow elephant?
Yellow elephant, yellow elephant?
Can you show me the yellow elephant?
And wave it in the air?
Pink… gray… blue… purple
Hold It High – Choose one elephant from handouts
Hold your elephant high and stand
Now wave it around in gestures grand!
Hold your elephant below your chin
Now hold it way up high again
Hold your elephant against your nose
Now touch the elephant to your toes
Touch your elephant to the ground
Now wave that elephant all around!
Hold your elephant in front of you
Now turn around – one time, two!
Hold your elephant and jump up high!
Now let your elephant fly fly fly (throw it in the air)
SONGS & INSTRUMENT – use included instruments
Elephant and Piggie Sing the Alphabet Song by Mo Willems Workshop
The Elephant Dance by Dr. Sean Kids Songs
Peppa Pig - Piggle Wiggle by Peppa Pig
My Friend Gerald Is Feeling Down Song by Mo Willems Workshop
BOUNCE RHYME (bounce along with child in lap)
Piggie & Elephant Jumping on a Bed
Piggie and Elephant jumping on a bed
Gerald fell off and bumped his head
Piggie called the doctor and the doctor said
“No more elephants jumping on the bed!”
Piggie is now jumping on a bed
She fell off and bumped her head
Gerald called the doctor and the doctor said
“No more piggies jumping on the bed!”
ACTION RHYMES
Elephant & Piggie Hokey Pokey
You put your elephant ears in.
You put your elephant ears out.
You put your elephant ears in,
And you shake them all about.
You do the elephant pokey,
and you stomp yourself around.
That’s what it’s all about!
You put your pig nose in...
You put your elephant trunk in...
You put your pig tail in...
I’m a Little Piggy
(Tune of “I’m a Little Teapot”)
I’m a little piggy
Short and stout
Here are my ears
(point to ears)
Here is my snout
(point to nose)
When I see my friends come down the dale
(hands to eyes like you're looking)
I oink, oink, oink
(make pig sound)
And wiggle my tail
(wiggle your body)
Friend of Mine
(Tune of “Mary Had A Little Lamb”)
Will you be a friend of mine,
Friend of mine, friend of mine?
Will you be a friend of mine,
And hop along with me?
Clap...
Dance...
Spin…
If You’re Friendly...
(Tune of “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)
If you’re friendly and you know it, clap your hands.
If you’re friendly and you know it, clap your hands.
If you’re friendly and you know it, and you really want to show it,
If you’re friendly and you know it, clap your hands.
Stomp your feet…
Shout hooray!...
Do all three…
Up the Hill
Here goes a turtle up a hill, creepy, creepy, creepy, creepy
(crawl up arm)
Here goes a rabbit up a hill, boing, boing, boing, boing
(bounce up arm)
Here goes a snake up the hill, slither, slither, slither, slither
(slide up arm)
Here goes Piggie up the hill, dance, dance, dance, dance
(dance fingers up arm)
Here goes Elephant up the hill, thud, thud, thud, thud
(clap up arm)
Here comes Elephant down the hill, boom, boom, boom, boom, CRASH!
(bounce down, clap hands for crash)
EXTRA LINK!
Mo Willems’s site:
We hope you enjoy these activities and would love to hear what you thought of the book! We also hope you enjoyed the extra links. Remember, you can comment here on this website, email us at swantonpl@gmail.com, or come in and turn in a physical copy!
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