Feed the birds

Hello everyone! I have a quick and fun project that you can do with your kids on a boring day!  As I've said before, my son LOVES birds! You may remember the spring activity we did here and the other one here.
I have another bird activity!

First we read this book:

It was very informative with all different types of birds!

Next, we gathered a plastic bag, pinecones, peanut butter, and birdseed....you may have done this as a child. I did this in my classroom before and the kids loved it!

We spread the peanut butter on the pinecone, put birdseed in a plastic baggie, and then put the pinecone in the plastic baggie and shook it!

My daughter was mesmerized by this process!

Lastly, we added a string to the top and hung it on a tree!

So fun! GREAT activity!

Smiles,

Jill

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Washi Tape Plant Markers

My kids and I have had a BLAST outside with all the nice weather, you can check out our spring fun where we read books and painted birdhouses here. You may remember I said that we planted some seeds. Well, my son hasn't been into veggies lately so we planted some veggie seeds to help him get excited about them again. I wanted to have some plant markers so I knew what we planted where. Since I've been so into Washi Tape lately I decided to use washi tape and toothpicks to make my plant markers! (P.s. I'm having a washi tape giveaway, you can enter here).

I just took the tape and folded it over the toothpick and added a sticky label over the washi tape! That's all folks! (oh one thing I'm going to do to help make the words not run when water hits them is add packing tape over them to make them water resistant).

Just in case anyone is interested....

my son and I read this book before planting our seeds...
just to make sure we knew what to do!
 (wink, wink)

Have a sunshiney day!

Smiles,

Jill

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Spring Day with the Kiddos!

Have you been sick recently? Oh man, if you haven't, lucky you! If so, I feel your pain!  I got this awful flu bug and it seemed to sweep across our whole family and then come back again! Argh! I do believe though, that I'm on the up and up! Finally!

Since I was finally feeling better, the kiddos and I had a Spring Day!

First we read books about Spring....one in particular that is my favorite....

more info on book here

We also read a book that I printed off and then we colored (you can print in color or black and white). 

They have many other books and activities for kids...

print it here

Then we talked about Spring and what we have started to see outside.... bird nests, flowers, green grass, etc...

After we talked about Spring, we went outside and did some fun Spring activities.
We planted seeds in pots.....but the most fun was...........

DECORATING BIRDHOUSES!!!!!!!!!!


My son LOVES birds. He chases them in our yard and tries to catch them.  You may remember the birdhouses I decorated. If not, you can check them out here. Anyways, when I decorated those birdhouses I knew that my son would LOVE it, so I saved some for him to decorate.

He loved it...to say the least! Look at that grin!

Look at the concentration! Next Picasso..what do you think? ha!

Super easy and fun...

Supplies:

-wooden birdhouses (I got mine from Michael's for .50 cents)

-acrylic paint

- foam brush

Just paint...go for it!  Enjoy!

Hope your day is filled with sunshine!

Smiles,

Jill 

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