Grasshopper Fun
Grasshoppers turn up in amazing places.
 
Ascii (Typewriter Symbol) Grasshopper Grasshopper Sounds
Amazing Grasshoppers Susie the Gabby Grasshopper coloring page
Stridulate--Worthless Grasshopper Word Origami Grasshopper Directions
Okra Grasshopper Ant and Grasshopper in Readers Theater and Choral Reading

Here's an ascii picture of a grasshopper  It's made from letters on a typewriter. 
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(Font is Lucinda Sans Typewriter)
 
 


 
 

Lunchmeat Origami--a Turkey Breast Grasshopper

Tired of the same old bologna sandwiches? Spice up your lunch with the ancient Japanese art of meat folding! Cotto salami frogs and ham cranes make mealtime fun for beginners, and experts will find complete instructions for a turkey breast grasshopper and a corned beef box that can actually hold olives or jewelry! An excellent gift for anyone with no sense of smell. http://www.brunching.com/craftsbookshelf.html


Are you looking for a neat grasshopper word?  Here it is.... stridulate...to make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures -- used esp. of male insects (as crickets or grasshoppers) You can find this word at Worthless Words of the Day
 
 

Parenting: A knife and some imagination can make food fun for children.  This grasshopper is made
from okra and green bean stems.
 
 
 
 

Want to listen to some grasshopper sounds?  Well, here's the place to listen to three different types. 
Grasshopper Sounds
  Grasshopper Calls

 
 

Need a coloring book picture of a grasshopper?  Here is Susie the Gabby Grasshopper from http://www.westernexterminator.com/fun_susie_gabbygrasshopper.html 



 
  Here are more grasshopper coloring pages: http://www.dltk-teach.com/fables/grasshopper/coloring.htm

How many times have you wished you could find the directions for an origami grasshopper? Now you can at http://dev.origami.com/diagram.cfm

You can also make a grasshopper out of a palm leaf.  Here are the directions from http://www25.brinkster.com/waldentoons/origami/grasshopper.htm


Do you like Readers' Theater?  This web site has a copy of Ant and the Grasshopper in the readers' theater format..  http://loiswalker.com/grasshop.html

She also has a choral reading of the Ant and the grasshopper.  http://loiswalker.com/choralgh.html

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