Stick Man by Julia Donaldson is one of my favourite children’s books, I think party because it reminds me of Autumn and Christmas which are my favourite times of the year. Stick Man has inspired a lot of fun activities in our house recently. We hope you like them and do let us know if you have any we haven’t thought of.
How to make a Stickman
Making a Stick Man is a great opportunity to test different materials to see which make the best model.
This example is made using glu-dots to hold the sticks together, they were surprisingly strong and allowed a lot of movement of limbs.
We also tested elastic bands, string and normal glue. Glu-dots seemed to work the best.
Another fun way to make a Stick Man is to encase him in sticky back plastic like this one.
Can you give your Stick Man some leaf hair or some clothes?
Or maybe you’ll be lucky enough to find the perfect Stickman stick like ours!
More Stickman Crafts
We also love these Stick Men from Red Ted Art and these Stick Man Sun Catchers from Rainy Day Mum.
Or, try some of these fun stick crafts, we especially like the peg leaf people.
Tree themed activity ideas
How do you know how old and tall a tree is?
Do you know how to find out how old a tree is? Or how tall a tree is?
Make a map of the forest
Can you make a map for Stick Man showing all his adventures like this one we made for Little Red Riding Hood.
How about a game of pooh sticks? Or some raft making?
What stick crafts have you tried recently?
We LOVE the stick man!