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Leonardo the Terrible Monster Play Dough Activity

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Disclosure: I am part of the Mo Willems brand ambassador program with Disney-Hyperion and I received compensation as part of my affiliation with this group. The opinions on this blog are my own.

Leonardo isn’t your typical monster, those teeth, the face, that crazy fur, would you be scared of him? He’s a terrible awful monster. He tries so hard but can’t seem to scare anyone. What about when he meets Sam the Most Scaredy-cat Kid in the Whole World? Find out when you read Leonardo, The Terrible Monster by Mo Willems.

This adorable monster inspired a fun craft today. We were excited because the new companion book, Sam, The Most Scaredy-cat Kid in the Whole World released this year and is the perfect book if you have a scaredy-cat kid. Get them to overcome their fears and let them see how goofy monsters can be! Sam may have overcome his fears and befriended Leonardo, but what happens in the new book when they meet a new monster and –even scarier — a new kid?

Is your child scared of monsters? Try this Mo Willems-inspired Leonardo, the Terrible Monster play dough activity to get rid of those monster jitters, he's so silly! It's so simple to try and a perfect activity to go along with the series. #ad #Books #reading #playdough #ReadMo
If you also love this terrible monster, you can make your own monster at home with this easy play dough recipe.

Leonardo the Terrible Monster Play dough

  • 2 cups of flour
  • 2 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 1/2 cup salt
  • 1 tbsp cream of tartar
  • 1 – 1 1/2 cup hot water
  • Neon food coloring
  • Large bowl
  • Wooden spoon

Play dough directions

  1. Mix the flour, oil, cream of tartar and salt together in a large bowl.
  2. Add food coloring to the hot water and mix.
  3. Slowly add the water to the mixture and mix with a spoon.
  4. Let cool for a bit then knead it by hand.

For the blue, I used one drop of the blue coloring and 6-8 drops of the neon green to get Leonardo’s green color just right.

Leondard, the Terrible Monster play dough activity

While I made the flat version of Leonardo, they didn’t think his head should be flat, so they made him with spherical heads and added his facial features in blue.

Leonardo, the Terrible Monster play dough book activity

Leonard loves making silly faces so why not build your own?

More Mo Willems’ Book Activities

A favorite Mo Willems' character, make your own Paper Plate Piggie Craft, and have fun with your favorite pig from the Elephant and Piggie books.

Paper Plate Piggie Craft

Have fun creating an awesome felt story board for your little one based on The Pigeon Books #homeschool #preschool

Mo Willems’ Pigeon Felt Board Stories

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