DIY Storytime: Happy Birthday!

 

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This episode of Sesame Street: Stinky’s Annual Birthday Flower .

It's Stinky the Stinkweed's birthday! The Sesame Street friends decide to surprise him with lots of presents that they would like--but none of the gifts are quite right for a plant.  

 

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Pat-a-cake 

Try changing the “B” to the first letter of your names or change ‘baby” to your kid’s name.  

Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake baker friend  

Bake me a cake as fast as you can.  

Roll it and pat it and mark it with a "B"  

And put it in the oven for baby and me. 

 

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Jelly on the Plate 

Jelly on the Plate, jelly on the plate 

Wibble wobble, wibble wobble 

Jelly on the plate 

Cookies in the tin, cookies in the tin 

Shake them up, shake them up 

Cookies in the tin 

     
Candles on the cake, candles on the cake 

Blow them out, blow them out 

Candles on the cake whhhhhhhhhhh 

 

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Activity

Let’s have an unbirthday party! Make a birthday cake using a cookbook or make a pretend cake using a box, mud, or play dough. If you don’t have play dough, you can even make your own. Decorate your cakes with stickers, leaves and sticks, sprinkles—it’s up to your imagination. You can make party decorations or hats. Invite the people in your house or your toys to be the guests.  

 

Play Dough Recipe

1 part lotion or conditioner

2 parts cornstarch or flour

Mix well. Add water if the mixture is too dry.  Cornstarch makes a softer dough. 

 

Mud Cake Image Courtesy of Jana Lee