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How To Create A Sweet Strawberry Letter S Handprint Craft

August 8, 2024 | Leave a Comment
This post may contain affiliate links. For more information, please see my full disclosure policy.

Creating this letter s handprint craft, you can’t get any more hands-on. Also, look at my page How to Homeschool Preschool for more letter fun and handprint crafts. Too, check out my page Strawberry Unit Study.

It is a fun and simple craft to do when learning about delicious bright red strawberries, their life cycle, and of course a taste test in their different forms.

Of course, you can absolutely create this craft on a piece of paper instead.

How To Create A Sweet Strawberry Letter S Handprint Craft

But I think it makes for a really cute piece of kitchen decor with sweet little hands to remember.

Or save space and add different fruit handprints as you learn about them to create a wonderful fruit collage to display.

Strawberries are not only delicious but are a great science lesson for kids learning about the life cycle of a plant.

They learn geography when they locate the largest grower of them on the map, and math as they measure out ingredients for a tasty recipe.

Books About Strawberries for Kids

Next, look at some of these adorable resources to add to your learning day.

Grab a book or two for your home library.

11 Strawberry Unit Study Resources & Books

Add one or two of these strawberry unit study resources to make your fun spring unit study come to life.

1000+ Red Strawberry Seeds for Planting

Big pack: 1000+ Non-GMO red strawberry seeds by Monique939-002..

Interesting: Whether they are spotted in your yard or as part of a tasty treat, strawberries are sure to spark attention! Liven up a fruit salad, muesli or trifle.

From Seed to Strawberry

How does a tiny seed grow into a sweet, juicy strawberry? Follow each step in the cycle from planting seeds to eating yummy strawberries in this fascinating book!

Strawberry Girl

Strawberries—big, ripe, and juicy. Ten-year-old Birdie Boyer can hardly wait to start picking them. But her family has just moved to the Florida backwoods, and they haven't even begun their planting. "Don't count your biddies 'fore they're hatched, gal young un!" her father tells her.

Strawberry Night Light

How fun.. What an adorable gift or to use in your school area.

Strawberry Shortcake

Your child will quickly fall in love with this Strawberry Shortcake pillow and be excited to jump into bed. Great for playtime, naptime, or bedtime this will make the perfect gift for your loved one. 

Saving Strawberry Farm

One penny.

In the hot, mean summer of 1933, a penny is enough to buy caramels or red hots or peppermint sticks or licorice strings. Is it enough to buy Miss Elsie's Strawberry Farm?

There's only one way to find out. Davey takes a deep breath and shouts, "One penny for trawberry Farm!"

Set during the Great Depression, and illustrated by Caldecott Honor artist Rachel Isadora, Saving Strawberry Farm brings Davey's Midwestern town to life as friends and neighbors plan to
save the farm the only way they can -- with a secret penny auction!

Strawberry Shortcake Coloring Book Super Set/ Over 100 Stickers

Delight your Strawberry Shortcake fan with this Strawberry Shortcake Giant Coloring Book Bundle with 144 coloring pages and 50 stickers.

This giant Strawberry Shortcake sticker activity book set features Strawberry Shortcake and her friends.

Includes two premium Strawberry Shortcake coloring books filled with coloring activities and games. Includes 50 stickers!

National Geographic Readers: Plants (Level 1 Co-reader)

Adult and child readers will learn all about plants together in this new Co-reader from National Geographic Kids. Find out how plants grow as well as the different parts of plants, seeds, and flowers.

The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear

Little Mouse loves strawberries, but so does the big hungry bear . . .

How will Little Mouse stop the bear from eating his freshly picked, red ripe strawberry?

This classic story is beloved for its humor, expressive illustrations, and surprise ending—pure read-aloud fun!

Watch a Strawberry Grow (Bullfrog Books: Watch It Grow)

In Watch a Strawberry Grow, early fluent readers learn how strawberries grow. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they learn about how this delicious berry is grown and harvested. An infographic illustrates the life cycle of a strawberry. Children can learn more about how strawberries grow using our safe search engine that provides relevant, age-appropriate websites

The Strawberry Garden

Grandfather Ethan planted strawberry seedlings in the garden bed, and when they grew big strawberries that were all shiny and red - everybody wanted to taste them: the cow, the crow, and even the cat. It's a good thing that the scarecrow was there to scare them away! But what happens when little Nora, the granddaughter, wants to collect the shiny red strawberries?

Also, look at these facts about strawberries.

6 Sweet Strawberry Facts

  • There are over 200 seeds on the surface of a single strawberry.
  • Strawberries are one of the first fruits to become ripe in spring and they only have about a 3-week harvest period, so pick ’em while they are ready!
  • They come in more than just the color red; by crossing wild strawberries and using the seeds we can get white, pink, yellow, and golden-hued shades.
  • Technically strawberries are part of the rose family, they are in the Rosaceae family and the subfamily Rosoideae, which also includes roses.
  • Strawberries have more vitamin c than an orange, well 7 strawberries do.
How To Create A Sweet Strawberry Letter S Handprint Craft

While strawberries are grown in every state, 80% of the strawberries produced in the US are from California.

More Letter S Handprint Craft Ideas

If you need a handful of more ideas to teach the letter S to your child, I found some great themes to recreate from handprints for anytime of the year.

  • Create an S is For Sun with sweet little hands.
  • Learn 7 Fun Facts About Swan | How to Create a Handprint Swan.
  • Turn wiggly little fingers into a S Is For Spider Handprint Craft With Letter S Worksheet.
  • A trip to the beach could turn into a great S is for Sand lesson with this Beach Craft: Make a Sandy Handprint Keepsake.
  • I just love this handprint sunflower craft, less mess than paint, simply trace and cut.
  • Brrrrrr S is for Snowman, how cute are these 10 little snow guys all in a row? Great for counting practice as well.
How To Create A Sweet Strawberry Letter S Handprint Craft

I know this is a foot craft not a hand, but it deserves honorable mention.

Just look how ‘stinking’ cute this Footprint Skunk is (and two bonus letters turned woodland creatures).

More Hands-on Strawberry Activities for Kids

Also, if you want to include your older children with a study of strawberries, look at my activities below.

  • Printable Strawberries Lapbook and Fun Homeschool Unit Study Ideas
  • Free Printable Strawberry Notebooking Pages
  • Life Cycle Of a Strawberry Facts and Fun Hand Sewn Felt Strawberry

Finally, look at how to make this strawberry letter s handprint craft.

Strawberry Letter S Handprint Craft

Is it art, homeschool, or kitchen decor?

It can be all 3 and it is a wonderful keepsake that is fun for little learners to make as well.

You will need:

  • Letter tiles or stickers
  • Canvas
  • Red craft paint
  • green craft paint
  • Black sharpie marker
How To Create A Sweet Strawberry Letter S Handprint Craft

First, paint the top portion of both palms green for the stem and hull/calyx (the leafy greens at the top).

How To Create A Sweet Strawberry Letter S Handprint Craft

Paint the remainder of the palm and the 4 fingers red, overlapping the color just a bit.

How To Create A Sweet Strawberry Letter S Handprint Craft

Press firmly onto the canvas with the fingers closed.

Be sure to press it down all over with your own hand to transfer as much of the paint as possible.

How To Create A Sweet Strawberry Letter S Handprint Craft

Carefully lift the hands straight up off the canvas.

Repaint and repeat as many times as you like.

Use a paintbrush to extend the green top a little more.

Allow the paint to dry completely.

Let your child add seeds with either a sharpie marker or a cotton swab dipped in black craft paint.

How To Create A Sweet Strawberry Letter S Handprint Craft

While that is drying, grab letter tiles or stickers and adhere them to the bottom of the canvas, going over each letter and the sound it makes as you add them.

For younger children you could even just add a variety of S’s to concentrate on the s is for strawberry lesson.

How To Create A Sweet Strawberry Letter S Handprint Craft

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Life Cycle Of a Strawberry Facts and Fun Hand Sewn Felt Strawberry

March 12, 2023 | Leave a Comment
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I have some facts about the life cycle of a strawberry and how to make a felt hand sewn strawberry. And you’ll love my Strawberry Unit Study page.

This is a great activity not only to use while learning about the life cycle of a strawberry plant but also to work in a simple handiwork skill.

I have simplified this so even if you are not a sewer yourself it is easy for you and your child to learn together.

Life Cycle Of a Strawberry Facts and Fun Hand Sewn Felt Strawberry

The life cycle of a strawberry plant starts with seeds and germination.

Then the plants are produced and mature.

Next comes flowering, fruiting, and finally dormancy before it starts all over again in the new season.

Even if you can’t grow them on your own there are a lot of great easy to learn about strawberries and their life cycle.

Resources to Learn The Life Cycle of a Strawberry

Use these great Strawberry Notebooking Pages for Language Arts

Enjoy a fun Strawberry Unit Study.

Plant your own strawberries from seed.

There is a great illustration of the life cycle of a strawberry plant in Nature Anatomy among all the other wonderful nature study info it contains.

Taste strawberries and other berries to compare.

Ask your child to describe it with all their senses, what does it smell like, taste like, look like?

Try strawberries in other forms as well like jams or jellies, in salad dressings, etc.

Slice a strawberry in half and encourage your child to examine it, where are the seeds located? How does the center look different?

Extract Strawberry DNA for another fun hands-on science activity.

Watch this video to see a strawberry go from flower to fruit.

Life Cycle Of a Strawberry Facts and Fun Hand Sewn Felt Strawberry

Also, look at some strawberry life cycle facts.

6 Facts about The Life Cycle of a Strawberry

  1. You can harvest the seeds from strawberries by pulling them off individually with tweezers and laying them on a paper towel to dry completely. Store in a labeled envelope or baggie.
  2. Planted from seed, strawberries take around 110 days from sprouting until they start to flower.
  3. The ever-bearing types of strawberries will produce two crops, one in early summer and the second in the early fall.
  4. Strawberries have the shortest life cycle of any of the berries, taking just 60-90 days.
  5. The average strawberry has about 200 seeds on it.
  6. Strawberry plants can return year after year for about 5 to 6 years, but the berry harvest begins to decrease after 2 or 3 years.

Too, grab some of these fun resources for your strawberry unit study.

More Strawberry Resources

11 Strawberry Unit Study Resources & Books

Add one or two of these strawberry unit study resources to make your fun spring unit study come to life.

1000+ Red Strawberry Seeds for Planting

Big pack: 1000+ Non-GMO red strawberry seeds by Monique939-002..

Interesting: Whether they are spotted in your yard or as part of a tasty treat, strawberries are sure to spark attention! Liven up a fruit salad, muesli or trifle.

From Seed to Strawberry

How does a tiny seed grow into a sweet, juicy strawberry? Follow each step in the cycle from planting seeds to eating yummy strawberries in this fascinating book!

Strawberry Girl

Strawberries—big, ripe, and juicy. Ten-year-old Birdie Boyer can hardly wait to start picking them. But her family has just moved to the Florida backwoods, and they haven't even begun their planting. "Don't count your biddies 'fore they're hatched, gal young un!" her father tells her.

Strawberry Night Light

How fun.. What an adorable gift or to use in your school area.

Strawberry Shortcake

Your child will quickly fall in love with this Strawberry Shortcake pillow and be excited to jump into bed. Great for playtime, naptime, or bedtime this will make the perfect gift for your loved one. 

Saving Strawberry Farm

One penny.

In the hot, mean summer of 1933, a penny is enough to buy caramels or red hots or peppermint sticks or licorice strings. Is it enough to buy Miss Elsie's Strawberry Farm?

There's only one way to find out. Davey takes a deep breath and shouts, "One penny for trawberry Farm!"

Set during the Great Depression, and illustrated by Caldecott Honor artist Rachel Isadora, Saving Strawberry Farm brings Davey's Midwestern town to life as friends and neighbors plan to
save the farm the only way they can -- with a secret penny auction!

Strawberry Shortcake Coloring Book Super Set/ Over 100 Stickers

Delight your Strawberry Shortcake fan with this Strawberry Shortcake Giant Coloring Book Bundle with 144 coloring pages and 50 stickers.

This giant Strawberry Shortcake sticker activity book set features Strawberry Shortcake and her friends.

Includes two premium Strawberry Shortcake coloring books filled with coloring activities and games. Includes 50 stickers!

National Geographic Readers: Plants (Level 1 Co-reader)

Adult and child readers will learn all about plants together in this new Co-reader from National Geographic Kids. Find out how plants grow as well as the different parts of plants, seeds, and flowers.

The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear

Little Mouse loves strawberries, but so does the big hungry bear . . .

How will Little Mouse stop the bear from eating his freshly picked, red ripe strawberry?

This classic story is beloved for its humor, expressive illustrations, and surprise ending—pure read-aloud fun!

Watch a Strawberry Grow (Bullfrog Books: Watch It Grow)

In Watch a Strawberry Grow, early fluent readers learn how strawberries grow. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they learn about how this delicious berry is grown and harvested. An infographic illustrates the life cycle of a strawberry. Children can learn more about how strawberries grow using our safe search engine that provides relevant, age-appropriate websites

The Strawberry Garden

Grandfather Ethan planted strawberry seedlings in the garden bed, and when they grew big strawberries that were all shiny and red - everybody wanted to taste them: the cow, the crow, and even the cat. It's a good thing that the scarecrow was there to scare them away! But what happens when little Nora, the granddaughter, wants to collect the shiny red strawberries?

Life Cycle Of a Strawberry Facts and Fun Hand Sewn Felt Strawberry

Finally, how to make this hand sewn felt strawberry for a fun hands-on activity.

Simple Hand Sewn Strawberry

You will need:

  • Embroidery Floss- Yellow, red, green
  • Blunt sewing needle
  • Felt- Red and green 
  • Scissors
  • Cotton stuffing or scrap fabric for stuffing
Life Cycle Of a Strawberry Facts and Fun Hand Sewn Felt Strawberry

Directions:

Cut a half circle from the red felt.

It should be about 5” wide on the flat side is a good size for most kids to work with.

Life Cycle Of a Strawberry Facts and Fun Hand Sewn Felt Strawberry

Thread a long piece of yellow embroidery thread on the blunt needle and tie a knot in the end.

Life Cycle Of a Strawberry Facts and Fun Hand Sewn Felt Strawberry

Pierce the felt and draw the thread all the way through until it is tight.

Pierce the needle back through the other side very close to the first one. This will create tiny little seeds on your strawberry, repeat all over the piece

Life Cycle Of a Strawberry Facts and Fun Hand Sewn Felt Strawberry

The back is going to end up looking like this but that’s okay it’s going on the inside and it won’t be seen.

Life Cycle Of a Strawberry Facts and Fun Hand Sewn Felt Strawberry

Once you have enough seeds tie a knot in the yellow thread and cut off the excess.

Thread a long string of red embroidery floss onto your blunt needle.

Fold the semi-circle in half and sew along the straight edge with a  very basic stitch. Tie a knot in the end and cut off the excess.

Life Cycle Of a Strawberry Facts and Fun Hand Sewn Felt Strawberry

If you have a lot of string leftover, you can reknot it and use it to close the top.

To do this you want to run the needle in and out along the top with a straight stitch but leave these stitches loose until you have sewn all the way around.

Stuff with cotton filler or even scraps of felt.

Life Cycle Of a Strawberry Facts and Fun Hand Sewn Felt Strawberry

Pull the end of the thread tightly like a drawstring to close the top, run a few stitches through to secure.

Life Cycle Of a Strawberry Facts and Fun Hand Sewn Felt Strawberry

Cut a 4-point leaf out of the green felt.

Life Cycle Of a Strawberry Facts and Fun Hand Sewn Felt Strawberry

And enjoy all that strawberry deliciousness this spring with this fun craft.

Life Cycle Of a Strawberry Facts and Fun Hand Sewn Felt Strawberry

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Free Printable Strawberries Lapbook and Fun Homeschool Unit Study Ideas

March 10, 2023 | Leave a Comment
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I have a free printable strawberries lapbook today. And you’ll love my Strawberry Unit Study, and Best Homeschool Unit Studies page.

Sharing some background information about strawberries and then sharing my free printable strawberries lapbook, I think all ages will enjoy this lapbook.

­The strawberry is an herbaceous perennial and the perennial portion of the plant is the crown, which is the stem.

Free Printable Strawberries Lapbook and Fun Homeschool Unit Study Ideas

­The crown produces roots, leaves, branch crowns and flowers.

First, a bit of history about the strawberry.

In Greek and Roman times, the strawberry was considered a wild plant.

­In 1780, the first strawberry hybrid was developed in the United States.

And ­the strawberry was a symbol for Venus, the goddess of love because of its heart shape and red color.

There are many theories on how the strawberry got its name.

Some people believed that the name came from the practice of placing straw around the growing plants for protection.

Still others believe the name originated more than 1,000 years ago with the runner, which are horizontal branches at the base of the plant that produce new plants from buds at its tips.

And one more thought is that the name came from the Anglo-Saxon verb to strew (spread) and the fruit came to be known as streabergen, straberry, streberie, straibery, straubery, and finally, strawberry to the English.

Strawberry Facts

  • Strawberries are among the first fruit to ripen
  • They are called a berry, but they are not like any other berry, because their seeds are on the outside.
  • They are part of the rose family.
  • Strawberries are perennial which means they can grow back year after year.
  • Early settlers in Massachusetts enjoyed eating strawberries grown by local American Indians who cultivated them as early as 1643.

Strawberries are of the genus Fragaria in the rose family and are low herbaceous perennial plants with edible fruits.

Free Printable Strawberries Lapbook and Fun Homeschool Unit Study Ideas

Here are more strawberry activities like a strawberry time activities, coloring booklet and some videos.

More Strawberry Resources

11 Strawberry Unit Study Resources & Books

Add one or two of these strawberry unit study resources to make your fun spring unit study come to life.

1000+ Red Strawberry Seeds for Planting

Big pack: 1000+ Non-GMO red strawberry seeds by Monique939-002..

Interesting: Whether they are spotted in your yard or as part of a tasty treat, strawberries are sure to spark attention! Liven up a fruit salad, muesli or trifle.

From Seed to Strawberry

How does a tiny seed grow into a sweet, juicy strawberry? Follow each step in the cycle from planting seeds to eating yummy strawberries in this fascinating book!

Strawberry Girl

Strawberries—big, ripe, and juicy. Ten-year-old Birdie Boyer can hardly wait to start picking them. But her family has just moved to the Florida backwoods, and they haven't even begun their planting. "Don't count your biddies 'fore they're hatched, gal young un!" her father tells her.

Strawberry Night Light

How fun.. What an adorable gift or to use in your school area.

Strawberry Shortcake

Your child will quickly fall in love with this Strawberry Shortcake pillow and be excited to jump into bed. Great for playtime, naptime, or bedtime this will make the perfect gift for your loved one. 

Saving Strawberry Farm

One penny.

In the hot, mean summer of 1933, a penny is enough to buy caramels or red hots or peppermint sticks or licorice strings. Is it enough to buy Miss Elsie's Strawberry Farm?

There's only one way to find out. Davey takes a deep breath and shouts, "One penny for trawberry Farm!"

Set during the Great Depression, and illustrated by Caldecott Honor artist Rachel Isadora, Saving Strawberry Farm brings Davey's Midwestern town to life as friends and neighbors plan to
save the farm the only way they can -- with a secret penny auction!

Strawberry Shortcake Coloring Book Super Set/ Over 100 Stickers

Delight your Strawberry Shortcake fan with this Strawberry Shortcake Giant Coloring Book Bundle with 144 coloring pages and 50 stickers.

This giant Strawberry Shortcake sticker activity book set features Strawberry Shortcake and her friends.

Includes two premium Strawberry Shortcake coloring books filled with coloring activities and games. Includes 50 stickers!

National Geographic Readers: Plants (Level 1 Co-reader)

Adult and child readers will learn all about plants together in this new Co-reader from National Geographic Kids. Find out how plants grow as well as the different parts of plants, seeds, and flowers.

The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear

Little Mouse loves strawberries, but so does the big hungry bear . . .

How will Little Mouse stop the bear from eating his freshly picked, red ripe strawberry?

This classic story is beloved for its humor, expressive illustrations, and surprise ending—pure read-aloud fun!

Watch a Strawberry Grow (Bullfrog Books: Watch It Grow)

In Watch a Strawberry Grow, early fluent readers learn how strawberries grow. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they learn about how this delicious berry is grown and harvested. An infographic illustrates the life cycle of a strawberry. Children can learn more about how strawberries grow using our safe search engine that provides relevant, age-appropriate websites

The Strawberry Garden

Grandfather Ethan planted strawberry seedlings in the garden bed, and when they grew big strawberries that were all shiny and red - everybody wanted to taste them: the cow, the crow, and even the cat. It's a good thing that the scarecrow was there to scare them away! But what happens when little Nora, the granddaughter, wants to collect the shiny red strawberries?

Moreover, I’ve added some printable resources and guides below.

More Printable Strawberries and Hands-on Resources

In addition, here are some more fun printable strawberries activities.

  • Free Strawberry Notebooking Pages
  • Strawberry Slime Recipe
  • Strawberry Printable Activities for Kids
  • More Unit Study Ideas
  • So many fun resources and free educational lessons for grades 1 to 5.
  • Strawberry Patch preschool fun ideas and curriculum.

You can expand this lapbook to include many ages because of the lapbook and notebooking pages I have.

Free Printable Strawberries Lapbook and Fun Homeschool Unit Study Ideas

Minibooks on Strawberries

Next, look at these free minibooks which come in this one free download.

  • There are a couple of strawberry cover pages for the outside of your lapbook
  • A Strawberry Shortcake cover page
  • Label the strawberry plant
  • Petal book about strawberry facts
  • A true berry book
  • Seeds minibook
  • Trivia about strawberries
  • The First Strawberry a Cherokee Tale
  • Lifecyle of strawberries
  • How many ways to eat strawberry pocket
  • A spring coloring minibook
  • Mini report about California
  • Jeopardy game about strawberries
  • A place for a fun photo of your child in a strawberry shaped book
  • Several strawberry notebooking pages

It is a 39 page download of nothing but fun.

How to Get the Free Strawberry Lapbook

Now, how to grab the free lapbook. It’s a subscriber freebie.

That means when you sign up to follow me, you get my emails in your inbox and you get this freebie.

1) Sign up on my email list.
2) Grab the freebie.
3) Last, look for all my emails in your inbox. Glad to have you following me!

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