Chicka Chicka, Boom Boom Book Craft {Preschool & Toddlers}
“Chicka Chicka Boom Boom” is a beloved children’s book that captures the playful spirit of the alphabet with its catchy rhymes and vibrant illustrations.
What better way to extend the fun and learning from the book than with a hands-on craft activity?
Whether you’re going to make this craft at home or at school this craft will provide a fantastic opportunity to reinforce letter recognition, encourage fine motor skills, and bring the story to life in a whole new way.
So, gather your supplies and get ready to have some alphabet-themed fun with your little ones!
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I know sometimes this book gets a bad wrap from parents who get tired of reading it…but I loved reading this book to my kids! It was one of first opportunities to start recognizing the different letters of the alphabet.
For more letter practice be sure to grab the Letter Learning Worksheets from my Etsy store.
Supplies
- 1 piece of brown construction paper
- 1 piece of colored paper (any but green or brown)
- 3 green cupcake liners
- 4 brown cupcake liners
- foam alphabet stickers
- glue
- scissors
Directions
1 – Start by taking your piece of brown construction paper. Lay it long ways and fold it in half, then fold it in half again.
Unfold it and cut down one of the lines. Now you have a brown rectangle for the trunk of your tree. (You can get 4 trunks from piece of paper).
2 – Choose a piece of paper to use for your background. You can use any color other than brown or green.
Place the paper vertically and then glue the trunk onto it.
3 – Take 3 green cupcake liners and fold them in half. Next, carefully cut out the center piece. Then, snip where the two arches are connected to create 2 palm fronds.
Repeat for the other 2 cupcake liners.
4 – Glue all six palm fronds to the tree.
5 – Now it’s time to make some coconuts.
Fold the brown cupcake liners in half and cut out the center portion. This time you want to keep the centers. Unfold them and you’ll have little circles, perfect for coconuts.
We made 4 coconuts, but you can make however many you want.
You can also cut the coconuts out of light brown paper if you prefer.
6 – It’s finally time to add the letters! Grab those foam letter stickers and add as many as you want.
For more tree themed book fun check out our list of Tree Books for Preschoolers.
Learning Opportunities
Letter Recognition
This is a great activity for practicing letter recognition. Kids can name letters as they are putting them on their tree and/or name them to someone while showing off their craft.
Fine Motor Skills
Crafts can be great for fine motor skill. Taking the backs off the letters, cutting, gluing pieces. All while having fun of course!
