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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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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Spring Topiary Video

I've had a blast making spring decorations and  different topiarys. You can check out a different topiary (meaning different than the one I'm going to show you how to make today)  here, my spring door decoration here, and my birdhouses here. It's like I have Spring Crafting fever or something...ha...let's be honest...I always have crafting fever!  I'm so excited to introduce my second tutorial! I got such a great response from my first video that we're onto number two!

HOW TO MAKE A SPRING TOPIARY

Watch at YouTube here

A couple little side notes for you after watching the video...

-Cricut Cartridge Straight from the Nest p. 53 layer/shadow is the flower I used at 1 inch (not 1 inches..ha! my dad was laughing at me about that!)

-I also hit autofill before cutting the flowers

- If you don't have a cricut or the Straight From the Nest cartridge, I found a paper punch at JoAnn's online that is the same exact flower I used and guess what?...It's on sale right now for $5.99 here it is:

                                                                      

-They also have the fun fur in green 

 ...this is what the packaging looks like and this is the color 

-Here's the wreath I made last year that I talked about in the video

I hope I was able to teach you or inspire you today!

Smiles, 

Jill

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Spring Wreath

This wreath was so fun to make!