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Princess Peg Dolls : Here Come the Girls.Pipe Cleaner Dancing Princesses : Zing Zing Tree.These are presented at bathtime and the constructing that had taken place for weeks downstairs was transferred to the bathtub and a flat canvas. For this one I simply cut some rectangles and triangles in varying sizes from purple and white foam along with a couple “royalty” (which admittedly turned out a little abstract). My very first was this DIY Foam Counting Train. Bathtub art / engineering : Bathtime is a favorite in our house and I love coming up with fun things to do in the tub.I often make copies of drawing prompts so they can do it again if they are interested. I drew the crown on the paper and then left it as pictured for them to find. Open ended drawing prompt : All you need for this is a piece of white paper, a sharpie and some markers.Princess and the Pea Outdoor Play : Sun Hats and Wellie Boots.Building Rapunzel Castle : Using blocks and shells and little people we combined engineering STEM skills with literacy re-telling skills.This cheap Golden Book version gives a brief version of this story.

Although it does go way off the traditional path with Flynn and the horse and the whole she’s-actually-a-princess part, our kids love it. Our kids both loved the Disney version of Rapunzel. It led to a great discussion about the differences. What if Rapunzel couldn’t quite understand the prince shouting from way down below? That is the premise of this humorous take on the Rapunzel story. This followed almost the exact story as the other traditional versions we read, but the gorgeous illustrations of the Rapunzel story set in Africa transform it into a different tale. Her unique takes on fairy tales are inspiring. I completely adore Rachel Isadora’s books. This is another classic version of the Rapunzel story illustrated with stunning oil paintings. Stunning illustrations, which really make all the difference when you are retelling a story for the hundredth time. Rapunzel Picture Book VersionsĪll of Sarah Gibb’s renditions of fairy tales are lovely, but her Rapunzel is special. Now we were talking about princesses and fairy tales. We weren’t talking about fairies anymore. I found more versions of Rapunzel and soon she was hooked.

She obsessively read the Rapunzel story and requested we read it to her multiple times a day. My daughter asked the librarian for help finding books about fairies and given that there were few, she came back with some fairy tales including this book. The Rapunzel version written by Sarah Gibb to be exact. Our princess project started with Rapunzel. Maybe you’ll luck out and it’ll be a Fairy Tale.

A Play – look into what your local kids theater or high school is performing.

A Castle – obviously if you live in the US this isn’t going to happen, but if you could this would be the ultimate field trip for a princess project.

(This post includes affiliate links) Field Trip Ideas At the end of the day, however, I am a big believer in following a child’s interests and my daughter is more of a little of everything kid, rather than a fixate on one idea kid.īut Princesses? Where to go with princesses? Not being a huge princess fan, I admit I waited a while before venturing down the road any further with her. Clearly, she was in love.Īt this point I wasn’t sure, was she in love with the story? The character of Rapunzel? The illustrations (easily swoon worthy)? or Something else entirely. She returned it to the library regrudgingly and then checked it out one week later for a whole other month. We read this book together every day for a month, renewed the book and read it every day for two more weeks. It was a version of Rapunzel with stunning illustrations by Sarah Gibb. When my daughter was about a year into her boycott of pants she discovered a book at the library.