Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett Story Sack

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Include supplies to make one or more of these crafts.

• Make and wear this spaghetti and meatball hat craft.
• Make and wear this paper apron.
• Make this umbrella picture but instead of drawing rain drops draw food falling from the sky.
• Make a collage by cutting pictures of food out of magazines and gluing them onto a piece of paper.
• Try some of these cooking themed crafts.
• Make one or more of these weather related crafts.
• Make cardboard roll puppets of the main characters and put on a puppet show!

Include one or more of these related items in the sack.

• Make a cd or tape of the story being told.
• Include plain paper and crayons to write or draw a story about what you think would be a good thing to fall from the sky besides rain.
• Print out some food related pages to color.
• Include some related books. Here are a few suggestions:
  
  1. Pickles to Pittsburgh (the Sequel)
  2. Marshmallow Incident
  3. The Art and Making of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
• Related videos to watch:
  
  1. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
  2. Stormchasers DVD

Suggestions for more related activities.

• Learn more about the Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs Movie.
• Explore pictures from the movie.
• Check out more children's books about food.
• Try some creative snack recipes.
• Make some spaghetti and meatball cupcakes.
• Explore these Rainy Day Projects.
• If you are planning on watching the Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs Movie try making your own fashionable 3-D glasses!

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