I'm trying to do a little project with the boys like this everyday. This was so fun to make and I had to share it. I'm excited to finally be outside in the spring air!
Supplies:
~Lunch size brown paper bags
~Rubberband for each book (not too strong though)
~A pencil, strong stick, a few popcicle sticks stuck together - anything for the "binding"
~Hole puncher
Gather 3-6 brown paper bags (don't open them) Punch two holes in the bottom and make sure the holes in each bag line up together.
Stick one end of a rubberband through the back of one set of holes in the bags and loop around the top end of your binding (pencil/stick/popcicle sticks, I used colored pencils) So the binding is on the front of the book.
Then stick the other end of the rubber band through the other set of holes in the back of the book and loop around the bottom end of your binding.
Now you have a little book and all the nature things the kids find outside can be tucked neatly away inside each of the paper bag "book pages"! And you can label what is inside each page/bag. You can even add pipe cleaner handles at the end of the book to make it easier to carry so everything doesn't fall out :)
April 03, 2008
Nature Books
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Oh, you are so creative Jessica! You are such a fun Mom with great ideas for your boys.
I am totally going to check that Boys book out. I sounds great and I'd love to read it with James.
I LOVE that idea!! Sharing Nature With Children is a great resource book if you like that sort of thing, full of nature games and activities to do with kids. A few of them are kind of cheesy, sort of John Muir-ish, but most of them are great. Check it out: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/104-3226266-7821541?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=sharing+nature+with+children
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