The Couch Potato~

Surprise!
Inspired by “Couch
Potato” by Jory John and
Pete Oswald

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Sample

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 Directions
Check out MaiStoryBook Blog Post- for visual, step-by-step Directions
for putting together the craft:
http://maistorybook.com/2020/11/05/maistorybook-the-couch-potato-how-
to-be-a-healthy-potato-craft/

- Read “The Couch Potato” by Jory John and Pete Oswald OR check out
MaiStoryBook’s FREE Interactive Read Aloud Video of “The Couch Potato”:
a shared-reading read aloud complete with comprehension questions to
engage kids in conversation throughout the story:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9UvSltkqiQ
- Choose a ”Couch Potato” Potato template. There are colored and black and
white versions. The different headings include: “How to Keep My Body
Healthy,… ”I Keep My Body Healthy By…”, “My Favorite Outdoor
Activities…”
- If you chose the black and white version, color it in.
- Cut the Potato template in half on the dotted line so that you have two
pieces. The “Inside Potato” will go in between the two pieces and attach
them together.
- Next, choose an “Inside Potato.” There are tan-colored versions, or black
and white versions. One version you can write in your own outdoor
activities/healthy body ideas on the blank spaces, the other versions are
blank and you can cut and paste the idea examples included in the
resource onto the blank “inside potato.”
- If you choose to use the resource examples, cut out the different idea-
potatoes that connect with you, and glue them onto the “inside potato”.
- Cut out the inside-potato. **Keep the top and bottom tabs on! DO NOT
CUT OFF THE TABS*
- To connect the inside-potato and Potato Template, fold back the two tabs.
Tape or glue the front side of the bottom tab to the top-back of the
bottom half of the Potato Template. Then, tape/glue the front side of the
top tab to the bottom-back of the top half of the Potato Template.
- Next, fold the inside-potato in on itself so that when it is folded, the top
and bottom half of the Potato Template line up.
- The inside-potato should fold in on itself as you close the Potato Template
to make it whole, and then when you open the Potato Template , your
outdoor activities and healthy body ideas will be revealed! Surprise!

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How to Keep My
Body Healthy ...
I Keep My Body
Healthy BY ...
 Ideas for a Healthy Body

Brushing my Going to the doctor

teeth for checkups

Limiting screen time to

Finding time to
less than 2 hours
per day relax

Eating a healthy Exercising for

breakfast 1 hour a day

Drinking 5-8 cups

Playing outside of water everyday

Having fun with

Stretching my family and friends
body

Getting 10 hours of Eating fruits and

sleep each night vegetables
 Ideas for a Healthy Body

Brushing my Going to the doctor

teeth for checkups

Limiting screen time to

Finding time to
less than 2 hours
per day relax

Eating a healthy Exercising for

breakfast 1 hour a day

Drinking 5-8 cups

Playing outside of water everyday

Having fun with

Stretching my family and friends
body

Getting 10 hours of Eating fruits and

sleep each night vegetables
My Favorite
Outdoor
Activities ...
 Ideas for Outdoor Activities

Riding my bike,
Going on a walk scooter, or skateboard

Having a picnic with Hiking in nature

friends and family

Watching the Playing on the

sunset playground

Watching the
Gardening clouds or
stargazing

Swimming in the
Playing sports pool, ocean, or lake

Camping and
roasting Flying a kite
marshmallows
 Ideas for Outdoor Activities

Riding my bike,
Going on a walk scooter, or skateboard

Having a picnic with Hiking in nature

friends and family

Watching the Playing on the

sunset playground

Watching the
Gardening clouds or
stargazing

Swimming in the
Playing sports pool, ocean, or lake

Camping and
roasting Flying a kite
marshmallows
Inside potato
Colored w/ fill in the
blank labels
Inside potato
Colored- blank
Inside potato
Black&white w/ fill
in the blank labels
Inside potato
Black&white- blank
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