Chimpanzee Movie and Craftivity

Last Friday my whole school went to see "Chimpanzee" at the movies in order to celebrate the end of our testing week.  All of us (teachers included) loved the movie.  I was laughing one minute and worried the next for little Oscar's safety, and then tearing up at the next minute.  It is a great movie to use as a culminating activity after teaching about mammals, the rainforest, carnirvores/omnivores, and herbivaores, and probably a lot more if I had time to sit down and think about it.

When we arrived back at school and began eating lunch, there was a definite buzz around the room as I heard my kids talking about the movie and how it made them feel.  A light bulb went off in my head and I scrambled to put together this little craftivity and I want to share it with you.  Enjoy the pictures as they lead you step by step to completing this fun writing activity!

WARNING:  I am not an artist, but the kids love it.  If any of you can do a better pattern than me, PLEASE take pictures of it and send them to me!  I would love to see them!

Enjoy!!

P.S.  Before our standardized testing each year we have to cover anything that may assist our students in finding an answer.  Well, this year, my 7 year old was helping to cover things in my classroom while I was in the hall talking to a teacher.  I...uh....have to tell you that he IS a little on the OCD side of life.  The top pictures in my library.  The bottom picture is my bookshelf.  Notice that all of the paper is anchored to the carpet and that he put 'super duper extra' on the carpet in the second pictures so that the carpet would not move.