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Paul Bunyan Day - June 28th
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Paul Bunyan Day is celebrated on June 28th each year.
Paul Bunyan was a giant lumberjack from American folktales (he wasn't a real person). His best friend was a blue ox named Babe. According to the folktales told by American pioneers, they wandered around the American wilderness cheerfully and naively performing superhuman feats.
The tall talles of Paul Bunyan started circulating quite a long time ago. People say that the tall tales began amongst lumberjacks in the United States and Canada. In the early 20th century the first story of Paul Bunyan was published by a journalist and a few years later a logging company used the folktale for their advertising. William Laughhead's stories from the advertising campaign were later published in 1922, and were very popular because they kickstarted the classis plaid-shirt look and incredible characteristics of the Paul Bunyan tales we know and love today..
Below we have included several tall tales of Paul Bunyan as well as many fun activities and crafts to go along. All of which is fantastic for building a Paul Bunyan Day lesson plan or for helping children enjoy the holiday with some fun reading and crafting!
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It can be fun to make up your own "Tall Tales" about Paul Bunyan. But we also have some traditional tales that Carol sent in to us. Watch, Read, or Print the Tall Tales of Paul Bunyan. or, Read/Print the tales all on one page |
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Babe, the Blue Ox, Paper Craft preschoolers and up |
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Babe, the Blue Ox, Toilet Paper Roll Craft preschool and kindergarten |
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Paul Bunyan Toilet Paper Roll Craftpreschool and kindergarten |
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Interested in this?
Check out our USA Activities section
Check out our Fairy Tales section