EARTH Week

Since last week was Earth week - we spent a lot of time doing "green things" and learning about our earth. Here are a few of the highlights:

We made a recycling center on one of our play tables. We used legos of different colors and they sorted them into the correct recycling bins! Very fun. The idea came from here .

We picked out flowers and planted them in our pots and some in our flower beds. Eli picked out all the flowers based on color - he did well.

For our 12 months of Giving project in April ( see this previous post) we picked up trash in our neighborhood and park on Earth Day. Those are kitchen tongs in their hands - they used those to pick up the trash!

Lastly, we attempted to make paper mache earths. For the most part, they turned out well - Caleb kept tasting the paper mache mixture (thankfully it was only water and flour) and Eli was done after 1 layer so I had to finish layer #2. But they really liked painting them. Note: if you are trying to dry out your paper mache, don't put it in the bathroom with the heater on. The balloon expands and the paper cracks. Not that I would know from experience or anything! Glue gun to the rescue! Here is a picture of our end project!

One last thing, we checked out a really cute & educational book on recycling called The Adventures of a Plastic Bottle. Both boys loved it and I learned a lot from it too.

"In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth."

Genesis 1:1

Tara