Craft Lesson 10

Harold and the Purple Crayon

By Crockett Johnson

Creative Adventures

Resource Materials:

Johnson, Crockett, Harold and the Purple Crayon: Harper Collins Publishers, 1955

Discussion:

Harold and the Purple Crayon is a book about a young boy who has his own adventures by making up creative adventures by himself. The only items that he has are his imagination and a purple crayon. The purple crayon is used to draw whatever adventure he can think up, and the extra adventures that come along as a result of the original adventure.

How to teach it:

A way to teach creative adventures to young children is to give each student a large pad of paper and their favorite color of crayon. Explain to the class what you would like them to do, by maybe drawing your own adventure and explain each step of your adventure to the class. After you have completed your explanation have each student come up with their own adventure. Have each student present their illustrated adventure to the class.