Make and hang your own bird feeder made from recycled things we don’t need anymore, and make some new bird friends! The birds will be very happy you did! Tweet Tweet! Materials milk or juice carton (make sure you rinse it out) craft paint spray primer for plastic paint brushes marker utility knife / scissors… Read more »
Alphabet Rocks
The alphabet rocks! And these rocks rock the alphabet. This is a simple craft that is even more fun to play with once they are done. It starts off by going on a rock hunt, filling a bucket with similar sized rocks, and ends with fun adventures with the alphabet! You can practice the alphabet… Read more »
Rock Monsters
Monster rock! Especially, rock monsters! These funky monsters are made from rocks found outside, and craft supplies that you probably already have at home. You can get creative adding extra eyes, hair, or horns – anything you like to truly make these monsters rock! What you’ll need: Smooth round rocks – go for a rock… Read more »
Walking Through Time Activity: The Age of the Earth
By studying rocks, scientists have figured out how long the Earth has been around. And the answer is: a long, long time. The earth is four billion, five hundred and forty million years old, and in that time, it’s been through a lot of changes. By contrast, people have only been around for two or… Read more »
Spreading Joy #6 – Kindness Rocks
Can you imagine just for one moment, if instead of all those apocalyptic films of humanity trying to survive a zombie contagion, that instead the future held a worldwide kindness contagion? Kindness and love spreading over the Earth in a beautiful ripple effect. Think back to a time when you were feeling low, down in… Read more »
Make Your Own Wind Chime
Combining learning with craft is a wonderful way of integrating creativity and subjects like science. Wind can be difficult to explain to a child without any visual aids. Children learn by seeing and doing, so teaching them with the accompaniment of an easy craft is an excellent tool to help make sense of a new… Read more »
Blow Paint Monsters
These blow paint monsters are not so scary. Instead they are super fun! You never know what kind of creature you’ll end up with! By using different coloured paints, and using a straw to blow the paint around instead of a paint brush, you get something new and interesting every time. Use your imagination and… Read more »
Blueberry Muffins Recipe from The Muffin Man!
Hi Everyone! It’s The Muffin Man, here! I love blueberry muffins! Try making these simple and delicious blueberry muffins, and then eat them while watching me on The Muffin Man episode of Sing Along With Tobee. I can’t think of anything better…. Yum! Ingredients 2 cups flour 2 tsp baking powder ¼ tsp baking soda… Read more »
Healthy Habits for Warm Weather
Spring has sprung! Or almost, at least! When I think of Spring and Summer time I think of being outside, swimming, enjoying the sunshine and when it comes to food – I think of cooling, delicious, healthy foods that work well for ourselves and our children’s bodies. When we eat foods that are local and… Read more »
The Family Tree – Tips & Reasons to Make Your Own!
Family. Ancestry. Genealogy. Descendants. Generations. Relationships. These are all words that one will come across when tracing back their relations to create a family tree. A family tree is a diagram (that can look a little like a tree), that shows all of a families relatives through several generations from the present, backwards. This study… Read more »
