Groundhog day

Not sure if it affects our weather if the groundhog does or doesn't see his shadow. I like this fun tradition. I took a photo of our shadow Luath on my back, me and the dog.

Daddy and I also did some finger shadow puppets




from artists helping children

 Some shadow based ideas

shadow puppets  has some information and some finger shadow puppets to try including a camel and a deer

wonder time has an idea about drawing round your shadow (or a playdough groundhog) and either using the sun or flashlight draw round image, move flashlight or wait for sun to move and redraw around shadow

from family fun

martha stewart has some under the sea shadow puppet templates (shark, crab, mermaid, fish, seahorse) happy hearts at home as some links to shadow puppets and a stage to print
while wearing heels has a tutorial on how to make shadow puppets and a transportation printable puppets
the British museum has a tutorial with a dragon and two figures (?from Java)

Groundhog day
enchanted learning has printables
living montessori now has links to activities