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Poppins Book Nook: Harry Potter peg dolls

April 30, 2013 Ticia 13 Comments

I had these grand ideas for this month.  I was going to design a whole unit for Harry Potter, and create a lesson for each of the classes Harry takes.  I even got started with these lessons…………. with Care of Magical Creatures.

Care of Magical creatures

They happily created their own animals consulting Arthur Spiderwick’s Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You (which the kids have not so subtly been hinting we should get a copy of, rather than the library one).

 

We also wrote about famous wizards for History of Magic, but since the kids all used their own names in the wizards I can’t share those with you.  Needless to say their wizards performed mighty deeds and duels.

 

As we were listening to the third book on audio (if you haven’t listened to them, DO), I came up with my amazing brainstorm, and saved a day that was starting out horridly.

Harry Potter peg doll painting

So a happy afternoon was spent painting peg dolls, followed by another happy afternoon starting the paint job on Hogwarts.

Harry Potter peg dolls students

These are obviously my Harry Potter peg doll versions, because I wanted to show mine off, I’ll spotlight the kids in a second.  I got inspiration for them from these two sites: Harry Potter peg dolls etsy set, and Harry Potter peg dolls Craftster forum.

 

Harry Potter peg dolls teachers

I made peg dolls for the various Defense Against the Dark Arts teachers, but they’re not quite done, they need some final details.  The kids made the owls.  I also have a McGonagall, but in all the play they’ve gotten her hair bun was knocked off, and I need to glue it back on.

painting Hogwarts Castle

Then we set to painting Hogwarts.  This project is still in full force.  The kids have each painted two rooms so far, and they’ve cut out loads of stuff to glue onto the walls.  (I got a lot of inspiration for the castle and dolls from this Harry Potter peg dolls thread on Craftster).

 

And then they played, and played, and played, and played a whole bunch more.  I think since we started this project on Thursday, they’ve played with this for about 15 hours, at least.  That’s a lot of play time in 4 days.

playing with Harry Potter peg dolls

For more information on how we paint peg dolls check out my painting peg dolls post.

For more Harry Potter peg dolls or some fun lessons or acitvities check out my Harry Potter pinterest board.


 

I’m joining with several other great bloggers to share our takes on a different theme each month, check out how the other bloggers approached this theme and then create your own version: Enchanted Homeschooling Mom – Royal Baloo – 3 Dinosaurs – Monsters Ed – Chestnut Grove Academy – Growing in God’s Grace – Royal Little Lambs – Life with Moore Babies – Teach Beside Me – The Usual Mayhem – Mum Central – Fantastic Fun and Learning – Kathys Cluttered Mind – Play Create Explore – Toddler Approved – Growing Book by Book – Adventures in Mommydom – B-Inspired Mama – The Fairy and The Frog – Edventures with Kids – Learning & Growing the Piwi way – A Gluten Free Journey – Rainy Day Mum – Mom to Crazy Monkeys

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Comments

  1. Erin - The Usual Mayhem says

    April 30, 2013 at 8:36 am

    I love your peg dolls! I can’t decide if Hagrid or Dumbledore is my favourite!

    Just fyi, I actually wrote a month-long HP unit study with links last year; I can email it to you if you’d like – just let me know.

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  2. Lindsay @ Bytes of Memory says

    April 30, 2013 at 9:31 am

    Oh my goodness I love this! What a fun craft and toy you guys created!

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  3. Annette {This Simple Mom} says

    April 30, 2013 at 10:00 am

    Seriously! You made them all in an afternoon?? They’re great! It took me 2 weeks (of sporadic 30+ minutes) to make our Star Wars peg people! Though part of that was the layers of white paint…I spent a lot of time just trying to draw with pencil on the silly things!

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    • Ticia says

      April 30, 2013 at 11:26 am

      It really helped me that I wasn’t painting anything white, and so there wasn’t layers and layers of paint to use…….

    • Annette {This Simple Mom} says

      April 30, 2013 at 11:27 am

      Definitely!

  4. Andrea @ No Doubt Learning says

    April 30, 2013 at 11:48 am

    I love the peg doll idea! We haven’t made peg dolls before…it would be a great way to re-enact the story or use for narration!

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    • Ticia says

      May 2, 2013 at 7:56 am

      Yes, and the over-achiever in me loves the permanence of the peg dolls.

  5. Ashley says

    May 1, 2013 at 7:49 am

    What cute little Harry Potter dolls. Looks like a great time!

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  6. Joy says

    May 1, 2013 at 1:35 pm

    This is so cool!! I wanna be in your homeschool class!! haha Thanks for this suggestion!!

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  7. Momma Jo says

    May 2, 2013 at 4:49 am

    OMGsh how adorable are those peg dolls! I love how intensely the children are concentrating 🙂

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  8. maryanne @ mama smiles says

    May 8, 2013 at 10:16 pm

    Very fun! Emma got books one and two from the library on Saturday – and already finished them.

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    • Ticia says

      May 9, 2013 at 8:22 am

      Wow! I’ve told my boys they can read (for themselves) book 4 when they are able to read it on their own. There’s some days that’s a big encouragement to work on their reading……

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