Category: Earth Day
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Earth Day Activities!
Save your take out containers, cereal boxes, small containers, old shirts, milk/water jugs and cartons, straws, soda/water bottles, bottle caps and lids, wire hangers, and egg shells for the following fun and Earth friendly activities! Make Your Own Nature Backpack – Before you go out to explore the world, build a nature backpack to take along with…
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Rainbows
What is a Rainbow and how does it work? How Stuff Works: What Causes a Rainbow? – Answers the question. Also, How Rainbows Work. Wikipedia: Rainbows – Learn about rainbows. About: Rainbows – For older kids interested in how a rainbow is made and some of the mathematics behind it. Fun Rainbow Activities First School: Rainbows – Activities for preschool aged children. Enchanted Learning: Rainbows – A variety of…
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Make Your Own: Crafts from Repurposed Items
Before throwing something into the recycle bin or trash, think of crafty ways items can be creatively repurposed! Luminaries are a fun craft project to make from clear plastic milk/juice/tea containers. Save your egg shells, paint them with water color paints and make egg shell art out of them. If your store still offers…
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Spark of the Day: Eggshell Art
Eggshell Flowers by Fran W Save your eggshells, they are great for arts and crafts! To make eggshell art, you will need: Eggshells from boiled or raw eggs – remove the inside membrane of raw eggshells Watercolor paints or food coloring Paint brush Water Glue Construction paper Pencil or crayons Newspaper Paper…
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Make Your Own: Net-Bag
The nicest thing about this net is that there is a working string on it so that you can close what you catch inside the bag long enough to get a good look at it. When you are finished observing, you can open the net and set what you catch free. To make this net-bag,…