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Paper Plate Life Cycle Spinners

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This spring, as usual, we’ve been reading and talking about plant and animal life cycles. Here’s a fun project we did last spring – and we’re planning to revisit it again this month! {Originally posted at Early Bird Homeschool, May 2010} The girls had fun making life cycle spinners using two paper plates and a [...]

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Teacup Bird Feeders

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We had a great time making teacup bird feeders for Christmas gifts. I bookmarked the tutorial (@Cap Creations) last spring and I’m very happy we finally got around to making them! The girls had a great time choosing cups and saucers at the thrift store. We ended up with some matched sets and some we [...]

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Birdseed Cookies

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Let me start by saying that about two minutes into this project, I was pretty sure it was going to be a flop. But, we persevered and our birdseed cookies actually turned out, so there you go! I wish I remembered where I got this recipe from – it is scribbled on a sticky note [...]

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Rubbing Plates + Clay

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My sister teaches a variety of pottery classes for preschool and school-age kids. One of her classes made these neat tiles using flower and bird rubbing plates. The kids pressed the rubbing plates into a clay tile and then painted them before firing. I think they turned out so beautiful! I would like to also [...]

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