Bear Hunt Obstacle Course
I’ve had A Librarian Less Ordinary’s Bear Hunt Idea in my file for one year. Finally I worked out the details in my head and had time to work on the props during my program break…
For the program itself I read the book to the children. There’s a new pop-up edition, so I used that one. Then we sang a couple of bear hunt songs:
- “The Bear Hunt” by The Learning Station from Here We Go Loopty Loo
- “The Cool Bear Hunt” by Dr. Jean from Dr. Jean Sings Silly Songs
- “Goin’ on a Bear Hunt” by Greg & Steve from Kids in Action
As I did that in the program room my co-workers placed the props in the children’s room…
I had the children line up and I lead them through the obstacle course:






It took about two hours of prep time to paint the bulletin board paper and make the wooden dowel props. I found 4′ dowels at Home Depot and tied crepe paper of different colors on each one. I was banking on throwing all the props away at the end of the program, but amazingly they all survived! I will be able to reuse them for another idea…
Such as:
- Rosie’s Walk
- Ghost Hunt
- Mammoth Hunt
- Lion Hunt
- Martian Hunt
- Monster Hunt
- Dinosaur Hunt
- Looking for Dracula (by Charlotte Diamond)
For more storytime ideas, check out Kim’s Literary Commentary. She’s hosting this week’s Flannel Friday. To find out more about Flannel Friday, check out the website, the Pinterest board, and the Facebook Group.