Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Happy Earth Day!

We've been doing a number of projects this week in honor of Earth Day today. I know I still need to update my Easter post, but I wanted to get these up in case someone else wants some ideas! We combined Earth Day week with the letter B, so we still have a lot of things left to do this week, including planting some herbs today and making dirt pudding, making homemade binoculars (with toilet paper rolls), and homemade birdfeeders, and going on a nature walk and doing some plant rubbings with the things we find. We're also going to a local animal sanctuary today, so we'll definitely spend some time enjoying the beautiful planet God gave us!

This was great scissor practice for Elle! We cut strips of blue and green paper into scraps and then glued them onto this Earth template. She loves using scissors, so this was great for her!


This has nothing to do with Earth Day, but Elle put this bowl on her head while eating dessert the other night and she thought she was being soo funny. She couldn't stop laughing!


This is also not an Earth Day activity, but here's Elle doing a transferring activity:


B is for Birds (with Elle's fingerprint birds):



The end product of this one doesn't look that much like an Earth, but Elle still had fun doing it. Basically, you color a coffee filter with blue and green washable markers:
Then, using a spray bottle or dropper, you sprinkle water all over the coffee filter to get this effect:




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