I am so glad that Melissa got Flan­nel Fri­day started. There is so much cre­ativ­ity in the library com­mu­nity and I’ve really enjoyed learn­ing from every­body so much about how their sto­ry­times work as well as the actual flan­nel­board ideas pre­sented. I’ve actu­ally done more than just book­mark some of the ideas and started mak­ing some of them! Thus begins my own sub­cat­e­gory, Flan­nel Fri­day Inspiration.

The rhyme and pat­tern for Five Hoot Owls comes from Sun­flower Sto­ry­time via Sto­ry­time Katie’s Flan­nel Fri­day post.

Five hoot owls sit­ting in a tree
One flew away! How many do you see?
One, two, three, four.

Four hoot owls… etc.

I also made a fall owl in a bit more real­is­tic colours to use with gen­eral bird storytimes.

For Flan­nel Fri­day ideas, search #flan­nel­fri­day on Twit­ter. Links to all past Flan­nel Fri­day posts can be found at So Tomor­row.