Moon Memory

In an effort to cut down on the candy in our Easter baskets this year, I decided to get everyone nonedibles like books, movies, dolls, etc. We still got way more candy than we needed, but the sweetest thing in our Easter basket was I Took The Moon For A Walk by Carolyn Curtis. I was first drawn to it because of the enchanting illustrations by Alison Jay, but then fell in love with the beautiful poem the first time we read it. It is now our most-requested bedtime book, and I'm happy to read it every time!

At the end of the book, there is a diagram showing the phases of the moon. My oldest is so taken with it that I decided to make her a Moon Memory game. We printed ours on heavy card stock, cut them out, and took them to Kinko's and had them laminated. She plays with it by herself, but I made 4 different-colored sets so that 4 kids can play, either by themselves, or by combining all of the sets together into one giant memory game.

Directions: Click on the thumbnails below to get the full-size image in pdf format. Once the image opens, print it! If you don't have Acrobat, you can download it for free here. If you don't want to download it but would still like copies, please contact us at maxandellie@gmail.com and we will email them to you. Then all you have to do is open the attachments and print!

blue moon memory set

grey moon memory set


harvest moon memory set


pink moon memory set