Egg Man

These Grass Hair Egg Men are fun for kids. They love to see how things grow. At least mine does. Everyday it is fun to wake up and see how much the grass has grown and to water them. It gives your child a chance to be responsible for something. Let them water the grass with a spray bottle. Here's what you need:
*Eggs and a carton
*knife and bowl
*soil
*grass seed
*spray bottle

First tap off the top of your eggs and wash and dry them.



Then let your child fill them with soil and sprinkle the grass seeds in. (we might have gone overboard on the seeds)


Cover the seeds with more soil and lightly water. Make sure not to over water these. That's why I recommend a spray bottle. Then in less than a week, see hair start to sprout! Saetia decorated hers with permanent markers. You could really get into it and glue on googly eyes or foam shapes. You could add pipe cleaner glasses or feet. I think next time I'll use alfalfa sprouts so when you give your egg a haircut you can eat the sprouts!

5 Little Shamrocks

Okay, I know I'm a day late with this but here it is anyway. This is a St. Patrick's Day craft we did. It's a felt board with 5 little shamrocks and their neighborhood.
Things you'll need:
*A piece of cardboard
*Felt, Green, Yellow, Blue and Brown
*markers, scissors and templates if you don't want to free hand your shapes
*googly eyes if you want your shamrocks to have faces

Cut your piece of cardboard however you want. I just cut mine to match the size of the felt. Actually, I just bought a piece of self adhesive felt in blue and stuck it on. Voila, a background. Next, cut out your shapes. You'll need 5 shamrocks, a door, a tree, and a bee hive. Add faces to your shamrocks if you want. If you want your shapes to stick to your felt board you can glue a little piece of coarse sandpaper to the backs. But if you don't have sandpaper you can just play with it laying flat. Another option would be to glue your shamrocks to popsicle sticks to make puppets. Kids seem to like waving things around. Mine is very plain but you can get creative!



The poem: (you can laminate the poem or stick it between 2 pieces of contact paper)

One green shamrock in the morning dew.
Another one sprouted,
and then there were two.

Two green shamrocks growing beneath a tree.
Another one sprouted,
and then there were three.

Three green shamrocks by the cottage door.
Another one sprouted,
and then there were four.

Four green shamrocks near a beehive.
Another one sprouted,
and then there were five.

Five little shamrocks bright and emerald green.
Think of all the luck these shamrocks will bring!

Feed The Birds

I like this project because you can do it during any season. The birds will always be hungry! Also, your child can do it almost all by themselves.

These are Pine Cone Bird Feeders. Supplies you'll need:
*pine cones (can substitute for orange rinds)
*bowl of peanut butter (if you have allergies I'll list an alternative later)
*bowl of birdseed
*string or yarn and scissors

To gather the pine cones we went on a Nature Walk. I let Saetia pick out her own but after a while I had to direct her (she likes anything that is tiny and tiny pine cones won't hold many seeds!) After you gather your pine cones and the rest of your supplies you can start to assemble. It's simple, tie a piece of yarn or sting around the pine cones you want to use then hand it over to your child (if you aren't afraid of a mess) Let them spread the peanut butter.



Then roll it in the bird seed.



Ta Da, you have a bird feeder! Let your child choose where to hang the feeders. It took our birds a couple days to find the feeders. It was fun to go out everyday and check to see if they've been eaten.



Peanut Butter substitute for pine cones (this recipe works better in cold weather)
Mix ½ cup vegetable shortening (or alternative) with ½ cup oatmeal or corn meal in a mixing bowl until well blended. (This amount will cover one large pinecone or two or three smaller ones.)