Five Little Fireflies

This is my first Flannel Friday post and I am very excited to be contributing! I hope everyone enjoys this little song I wrote, along with my fun fireflies.

I created the fireflies out of construction paper, cut out where their light would be and laminated each one.

Then I took some extra laminate and made a pocket on the back for their light to slide in and out of. It is a little difficult to see since the laminate is clear, but I cut out a piece of laminate that was a little bigger than the "light" I would be sliding in and out and then taped it onto the back of the firefly. The picture below is the back of the firefly, with the "light" halfway into (or out of) the pocket. There is also a piece of Velcro on the back of the fireflies head so it will stick to the flannelboard.

I start with all five fireflies lit up and when everyone sneezes, I quickly pull out the light from one of them until none of the fireflies are lit up.

Five little fireflies blinking in the night
Looking at the glow of each other's light
Then whoosh went the wind and whistle went the breeze
and out went a light with great big sneeze

(Then the same verse for four, three and two)

One little fireflies blinking in the night
Looking at the glow of his very own light
Then whoosh went the wind and whistle went the breeze
and out went his light with great big sneeze