Hello Friends!
Apologies for the late post, but I had a fun-filled weekend and didn’t manage to update the blog until now.
Hooray! We made it to week #4 of our poetry reading and craft challenge! For the last two weeks I decided to choose longer poems and projects geared towards older kids. Of course I still expect you to read the poems to the smaller children and work on memorization 🙂
Below is the poem we’ll be working on memorizing this week. In honor of Earth Day coming up on Wednesday I chose a poem about planting trees. I hope it resonates with you and your little ones.
Click here for a larger version of the poem.
This week’s craft was so simple and fun to work on! The kids assisted by handing me the scraps of the ribbon. I did everything else.
It’s a “tree” made from a stick I found outside, scrap ribbon I had at home, and a piece of twine. Pinterest inspired, of course!
For this project you’ll need:
- 1 stick
- scrap ribbon (I used brown and green scraps)
- twine
- glue gun and glue sticks
- scissors
- lighter (to prevent the ends of the ribbon from fraying)
First, decide which ribbon you’re going to use and cut it if necessary. (Note: in order to prevent the ends of the ribbon from fraying use a lighter to burn them.) Next, start tying the ribbon onto the stick working from the bottom to the top. Finally, attach a piece of twine to the top for hanging up your tree. Easy peasy! These trees would also be cute for Christmas tree ornaments!
~ Until next time!
