Paper Dress: Marjorie the Cow

We had the storybook "The Cow that Laid an Egg" at home since Big E was in preschool. Both kids love this story as the plot is interesting and the illustration is very cute.

The story is a about Marjorie the Cow who laid an egg. The other cows didn't believe Marjorie could lay an egg. The chickens were thrilled to see a cow-spotted egg. The whole world was waiting to see what would hatch out of it. Marjorie took care of the egg like a moo-ther the whole time. Finally, her baby came out  - it's a little chick who moos. Marjorie held her baby tight, said "A cow!" And she named it Daisy.

Last week we found the second book at the library about Marjorie the Cow and her baby Daisy. The kids enjoyed reading it so much that Little E asked if we can make a Marjorie paper dress.

I started by cutting a dress pattern out of big drawing paper. 

I also drew Marjorie, her cow-spotted egg and Daisy.

 Little E used her cup to trace circles on black origami paper and cut them out.

She glued the black circles on the dress to make the spots. 

Then she started coloring Marjorie, the spotted-egg, and Daisy.

Little E cut out 4 strips of used red tissue paper. 

We glued 2 strips at the bottom of the dress to make ruffles. 

Then we taped craft sticks in the back of the egg and Daisy. 

I used the other 2 red tissue paper strips to make a flower for Marjorie. 

Glue Marjorie on a piece of white paper strip to make a head band.

Here is our 15th paper dress made together - Marjorie the Cow!