Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

If your children are as big of fans of this book as mine are they are going to flip over this activity!  I bought a large Styrofoam cone, brown felt, green felt, small round Styrofoam balls, green duct tape, and florist wire to create my own coconut tree.  I am not crafty at all, but this was really easy to assemble - and I didn't even have any directions!  First I hot glued a large piece of brown felt onto the cone shape and painted the small balls brown.  While those were drying I cut out coconut leaves from the green felt.  Next, I used the green duct tape to tape the florist wire onto the back of the felt leaves.  Then I stuck the other end of the wire all the way down into the top of the cone.  When the coconuts were dry I put a florist wire in them and stuck them down the middle of the cone also.  Lastly, I found some precut felt letters at a dollar store and voila - I have a prop to use when we're reading the book, which is written by Bill Martin Jr and john Archambault.  (Make sure you get the felt flat on the bottom of the cone so your tree stands up by itself).