Kids ice art science

We have been waiting for cold temps to do a freezing project like we did last year. Well last night was our lucky night we had temps in the teens. So we gathered some fruit from the kitchen and cut it up.

"J" started putting it in the aluminum pan and said, "Mom we can make a rainbow". So that is what we did.

Materials:

Orange

Lemon

Lime

Blueberries

Cranberries

Water

Rope

Aluminum pan (disposable)

This project is fun for kids and also teaches them about floating, sinking and freezing. When placing the fruit in the pan you can talk about what fruits you think would sink and what ones would float when adding water. Then ask why?

"J" loves doing science projects. Last year we did an ice art as well be sure to check it out.

"J" was so excited about his rainbow ice art.

If your kids like to do science be sure to check out some of our other fun things we have done.

Magic snowballs

Glow erupting snowballs

Fizzing and bubbling goop

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Exploring Science sensory bin with nature

I found silicone fall leaves and pumpkin cookware in Wal-Mart for $3.00 the other night and picked it up cause there was so much that came to my mind we could use it for.

Well the first thing we did with them was I made Fall colored ice for the kids to use on the sensory table cause they love ice play.

I added some nature things we picked up from our nature walk couple days ago to the bin and "J" went to town.

I gathered:
Corn starch
Baby Oil
Baking soda
Vinegar
Shaving cream

"J" had a blast mixing it all in and seeing what happens after an hour of exploring he took all the ingredients and said "mom, I am going to make fires." He is all into this imaginary play, loves the whole Fireman thing. That brought on another hour of play.

Didn't think that this nature sensory exploring would be so much fun, but "J" loved exploring to see what each ingredient did when mixing each one.

Vinegar and baking soda bubbling when mixing
Then baby oil made it just run right off the leaves
Mixing corn starch and oil it clumped up.

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Nature man using paper plate

This week we will be working on the letter (Nn) is for Nature. Since we have a BIG storm (SANDY) coming our way and will have some days inside due to the rain.

We went on a Nature walk over the weekend and collected fun nature things to do something different each day with nature.


So today we made a leaf man.

Materials:
Nature stuff
Paper plate
Glue
Contact paper(don't have to use we just did to keep the leaves. from drying and getting crispy)

 

 

 

 

We will be doing Nature related stuff for the whole week so be sure to check back.

 

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Hand print place mat keepsake

We took a Fall nature walk the other day to gather some pretty colorful leaves.  We made a fun keepsake place mat with the leaves and did a hand print turkey in the center.

This is a fun and easy craft to do with the kids.

Materials:
Paper cut to the size you want
Mod Podge glue
Leaves
Paint (we used brown cause we made a turkey hand print) this is optional as well
Paint brush

Then we laminated it. I took it to Staples and they did it for free but think it would have cost around $2.00. (Ask when you go if they give free samples cause you want to do it for a class project or say it is for a school)


To put together you just put your hand print on the paper, then glue the leaves.

NOTE: You don't want to let the leaves sit too long cause they get crispy and will crack when you laminate.

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Homemade birdhouse feeder

Fun and inexpensive craft to make with kids and then look for different animals that come to eat from the feeder.

 

We made bird feeders several months ago out of  recycled items and they didn't last thru the weather very well. So when we were in the Dollar Tree couple weeks ago I picked up a couple bird houses so the kids could make reuse able bird feeders.

The kids took peanut butter and spread it on the wood house then sprinkled bird seed on it. It worked out great and we had some birds and even squirrels

Materials:
Peanut Butter
Bird seed
Wooden house

Tonight we hung them off the deck and J got to see the squirrel eating the peanut butter and seeds. I tried to get a picture, but they are way too fast for me.

 

 

 

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Recycled bird feeders

We love to watch the birds come up to our deck and eat the seeds, so I had "J" make a fun and easy bird feeder using recycled materials.

Materials:
Toilet paper roll
string
peanut butter
bird seed
hole puncher

I punched 2 holes on the toilet paper, had J put the string thru them and I tied them. Then he spread PB all over the toilet paper roll, then rolled it in the bird seed.
Easy and fun. Then hung it up for the bird to enjoy.

Once we finished "J" placed on our hanger off the deck. He got a kick out of it cause the squirrels found their way up our deck to eat the food.