GRINCH DAY CELEBRATION- MERRY GRINCHMAS!
Have a fun morning & early afternoon celebrating the Grinch. Have a special breakfast, read the book, complete some fun activities and recipes, then watch the movie. Fun family activity to do while no school over the holidays.
To begin, put on new pajamas and let the day begin. Hanna Andersson has adorable Grinch jammies (long johns) every year. Search for Grinch & you’ll see all they have to offer. We ordered a pair, but unfortunately didn’t make it in time for Grinch Day. I made the mistake of telling my daughter about Grinch Day & once she knew, she couldn’t wait to have it.
In the kitchen when she came downstairs I had the book The Grinch Who Stole Christmas on our island with a small mini one she could use for her Elf/stuffed animals/barbies. Our Elf on the shelf also got involved in the fun. If you don’t want to purchase the book, you can find a video of it on youtube.
Breakfast
Start the special day with a Grinch themed breakfast. Super simple- green pancakes, whip cream and heart sprinkles. Make pancakes as normal, then add green and yellow food coloring to get the color of Grinch green. Ratio should be 3:1 (green:yellow). Add whip cream on top & garnish with heart sprinkles. I found the napkins at Party City. After eating or during, read the book, The Grinch Who Stole Christmas.
During (while you make) & after breakfast have your child/children complete the activities below:
#1: Grinch Mask & Hide and Seek
Materials: Grinch Mask Template, white cardstock, crayons/colored pencils/markers/watercolors(brush, water cup), elastic string scissors, tape, hole punch
Print the template on white cardstock. Then have your child color in the mask. We used crayons and then a watercolor wash on top. Cut out. For the eyes, fold the mask in half on each eye and cut out. Place tape on top of the ends around the sides (where holes are). This will be like laminate & prevent mask from ripping. Use a hole punch and punch out holes (if no hole punch, make a small slit with scissors), attach elastic string and done! You have a grinch now!
After we finished the Grinch mask, we played a few games of hide and seek. The person wearing the Grinch mask was the seeker & scared the person he/she found.
#2: Free Print Outs/Activities
Great Grinchmas activities can be found here at Seussville. We did the tic tac toe sheet & connect the dots, but so many more great options too. The Tic Tac Toe printable was very small & hard to color, so I made a bigger version here. Use colored pencils or thin markers to color.
For older kids, here is a wordsearch & MadLib. This site has a great how to draw the Grinch too.
#3: Scavenger Hunt
Print out the clues on paper or cardstock. Then cut them out. Either the night before or when child distracted hide the clues.
Clue #1: Give to child/children. Clue #2: Place in the book, The Grinch Who Stole Christmas. Clue #3: On or in oven. Clue #4: Where children/child’s dirty clothes are (hamper/basket). Clue #5: Christmas Tree.
After the last clue, I asked my daughter, where we can make tasty treats? We went into the kitchen and she found a gift. She opened it and it was Cooking with the Grinch book. After we read the book- we made tasty treats!
#4: Pin the Heart on the Grinch
This is a great and easy to make game! All you need is 2 sheets of green paper and one sheet of red, and some tape. Print out the templates here. Hang on a wall & let the fun begin. Dont forget to blindfold to make more fun!
#5: Grinch Recipes
My daughter likes to have me read the recipes, while we cook together, so I made the recipe cards for us to use. There are lots of great Grinch recipes out there. I wanted a mix of healthy and something sweet to make as a snack during the movie.
Grinch Popcorn Recipe Card – I found the recipe here. Ours is not as green because I wanted to cut back on the sugar/butter intake, so I used less marshmallows & butter. The more green = more sweet & more butter/marshmallows. If want more than 5 cups of popcorn, double the recipe. Have extra supplies in case you want to add more marshmallow mixture or M&Ms to your popcorn. Start with less, and you can always add more. Have your child/children sort the M&Ms, great opportunity to bring up that they are complimentary colors and if extra, you could make patterns with them on another day.
I found the popcorn container at Dollar Tree, and then attached this label with double sided tape to make more festive. You can get your own popcorn containers here.
Grinch Kabobs Recipe Card – Simple & fun. 5 ingredients- mini marshmallows, strawberries (cut top off), banana (slice)= for the hat, and a green grape for the Grinch head. If feeling extra creative, you can let them use these markers and add a Grinch face on the grapes with a black marker.
#6: Movie Time!
Now that snacks are made, it’s time for the movie! There are a few options for the Grinch movie. Amazon Prime has it to buy & Netflix has it too. Three different versions on DVD:
Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch – Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas – How The Grinch Stole Christmas
We have also watch the musical version and short cartoon, which were both on TV.
This is a great short 5 minute video on the evolution of the Grinch from 1966 to 2018.
That concludes Grinch Day! We did all of the activities in the morning and then had lunch. After lunch, we watched the movie.
Happy Grinch Day!
MAT Create 