Directions: 

Prepare paper plates outlining circles to be cut out for eyes.  Use hole punch to make hole in which to attach rubber bands to hook behind ears. Make groundhog ears from extra paper plates or make out of construction paper.  Provide black button nose and black paper strips for whiskers and white teeth (you may let children cut out the teeth depending on time constraints). 

Groundhog rhyme:   (copyright 2004, by SS do not reproduce)

Groundhog, groundhog,
Brown and furry,
Come on out,
I'm in a hurry.

Send spring our way
This very day.
So we can go
Outside to play.

Ground hog rhymes and songs.