Groundhog Shape Craft - Triangles

Groundhog Weather School by Joan Holub, is the story of a groundhog weatherman who realizes, it is impossible for him to tell the weather, for the entire country, at once. To solve the problem, he opens a weather school, to teach other groundhogs the trade. Along the way, Holub, also teaches the reader a good deal about both groundhogs, and the weather.

The book was a little long for C (age 4), to make it through in one sitting, but she enjoyed the marmot filled illustrations, and wanted to make a groundhog craft, to go with it.

Since we've been on a geometry kick lately, I thought it would be fun to see if we could make a groundhog out of triangles.


We cheated a little, by cutting the corners off the triangles for the head...


...and ears...


...turning them into irregular pentagons...



...but C was pretty happy with the end result.


I like the way she glued the arms on, so they're touching the face, like he's scared. It looks like six more weeks of winter to me, but you'll probably want to check with your local groundhog, for the forecast in your area.

It's great to be a homeschooler.