{"id":4663,"date":"2013-03-15T23:11:29","date_gmt":"2013-03-16T05:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/melissa.depperfamily.net\/blog\/?p=4663"},"modified":"2013-03-15T23:12:29","modified_gmt":"2013-03-16T05:12:29","slug":"flannel-friday-5-bears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/melissa.depperfamily.net\/blog\/flannel-friday-5-bears\/","title":{"rendered":"Flannel Friday: 5 Bears"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am totally cheating and snuck this one on my blog and into the Round Up after it was finished! (I knew the host this week; she gave me a pass.) But I definitely wanted to have an entry for our anniversary celebration! <\/p>\n<p>I was looking for something new to put in my Bears storytime, and came across &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.perpetualpreschool.com\/preschool_themes\/bears\/bear_songs.htm\" title=\"Perpetual Preschool: Bear Songs\" target=\"_blank\">Brown Bear In the Ring<\/a>,&#8221; sung to the tune of &#8220;Brown Girl in the Ring,&#8221; which I absolutely love because I can never resist the &#8220;la la la la las.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>I made five bears:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/melissa.depperfamily.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Bears.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/melissa.depperfamily.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Bears-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Bears\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4664\" srcset=\"http:\/\/melissa.depperfamily.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Bears-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/melissa.depperfamily.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Bears.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Everything is glued together, but I stitched the eyes on. <\/p>\n<p>And adapted it so I sang, <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Brown bear in the ring, sha la la la la<br \/>\nBrown bear in the ring, sha la la la la<br \/>\nBrown bear in the ring, sha la la la la<br \/>\nLooking for some honey in the comb.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I sang this five times, each time changing the name of the bear and the food they were looking for, and putting up each felt piece until they were all in a circle. The source above had ideas for berries, fish, and leaves, so in addition to the honey, I wound up with:  <\/p>\n<p><em>Panda bear in the ring \/ Looking for some bamboo in the sun<br \/>\nBlack bear in the ring \/ Looking for berries in the bush<br \/>\nKoala bear in the ring \/ Looking for some  eucalyptus leaves<br \/>\nPolar bear in the ring \/ Looking for some fishies in the sea<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I had great plans to create felt pieces for the food items, but not this week! <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/melissa.depperfamily.net\/docs\/Bears007.pdf\" onClick=\"javascript: _gaq.push(['_trackPageview', '\/downloads\/map']);\"\" title=\"Bears Pattern\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\nHere&#8217;s the pattern<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/melissa.depperfamily.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Bears0071.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/melissa.depperfamily.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Bears0071-300x232.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Bears007\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4668\" srcset=\"http:\/\/melissa.depperfamily.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Bears0071-300x232.jpg 300w, http:\/\/melissa.depperfamily.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Bears0071.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to each and every one of you for an amazing two years of Flannel Friday!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am totally cheating and snuck this one on my blog and into the Round Up after it was finished! 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