Teddy Bear Picnic

Our PTA does an amazing job of helping raise money for the school throughout the year.  One of the amazing events is "Game Night."  This is an adult only activity.  At game night, there are different silent auctions throughout the evening.  My teaching partner, LRC director and I decided that we would host a "Teddy Bear Picnic."  The students were allowed to bring their stuffed animals to school and have a picnic with us.  We opened it up to the entire class (and past students as well).  This gave the PTA an opportunity to make more money.  Students stayed after school for 1 hour so we could participate in some fun!

Unfortunately it was a rainy day so we had to improvise.  These are some of the things we did at our picnic:

-Craft: Bear crowns

-Game: Played "Pin the Bow Tie on the Bear"

-Activity: We put our stuffed animals in the center of a sheet and try to pop them off of the sheet.  The girls were giggling the entire time and probably could have played this for much longer.

-Snack: Teddy grahams, marshmallows and chocolate chips

-Song: Listened to songs about Teddy Bears

-Read Aloud: The Bears' Picnic by Stan and Jan Berenstain

At the end of the day, the students were allowed to keep their stuffed animals at the school for a teddy bear sleepover.  In the morning, the students could come back to school 10 minutes early to get their stuffed animals and they saw that their stuffed animals had a party when they got back - more crafts were finished, supplies moved and they were all around the room.  The kids thought it was so much fun!