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Nature Finds • Butterfly Lifecycle 🦋 Our ca

Nature Finds • Butterfly Lifecycle 🦋

Our caterpillars have now all transformed into the Chrysalis phase of the life cycle! Yay!

So while we patiently wait for them to emerge as beautifully butterflies, we are continuing our studies.

This morning, after a trip to the garden center for some veggie seedlings, we headed outside and collected everything we needed to make these Nature Find Lifecycles!!

We collected quite a bit, poured it all over the front porch and everyone got to creating their own! It gave us so many opportunities for great discussions and we discovered some incredible seeds hidden under some flowers which led us on a new adventure when we were done.

Hope you give it a try someday. 💗 Happy Thursday everyone! ☀️

Wildflower Symmetry Butterflies 🦋 We absolute

Wildflower Symmetry Butterflies 🦋

We absolutely loved the variations of this activity last summer, so when I saw Tara from @littlepinelearners share a butterfly version a while back I immediately saved it.

When exploring pictures of butterflies the other day the kids noticed how symmetrical they all were, so I knew I would need to bring this one out! We did a few symmetry activities inside yesterday before heading out for this today.

What you need:
• cardboard cut into a butterfly
• holes poked evenly on both sides
• poker (I used a tiny screwdriver but you could use a pencil, wooden skewer etc)
• nature! Collect wildflower, leaves or anything you find!

Have fun!! 🦋🌸

DIY 🐛 Hungry Caterpillar Necklaces We had

DIY 🐛 Hungry Caterpillar Necklaces

We had so much fun making necklaces during a past Solar System unit that I thought it would be fun to give it a try again.

After a measuring and charting the growth of our new little caterpillar friends, we read Eric Carles; The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

Once Sawyer was napping the older 3 got busy planning their necklaces; choosing and mixing colors, selecting bead size/ amount and finally getting to it. Everyone’s necklace is so unique and they are proudly wearing them.

What you need:
☀️ wooden beads (assorted sizes)
☀️ acrylic paint
☀️ modge podge
☀️ paint brushes
☀️ string/ yarn/ chain

We put the beads on a pipe cleaner so that we could paint it all the way around, and once they were dry, a quick coat of modge podge sealed them up and gave them a nice glow. Next time we are going to try making polymer clay beads!

** while this story is most engaging for my younger crowd, my older two are working on a creative writing piece where they themselves are the caterpillar and they get to write about the foods they would eat the entire week. Some very creative (aka silly) content and illustrations are keeping them very engaged with that 🙈

Who has this story in their home library or includes it from time to time ? 🙋🏼‍♀️

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It’s Twins! I’ve been a little quiet over th

It’s Twins!

I’ve been a little quiet over the last couple of months, and this right here is the reason, or should I say reasons!!! It was by far my most difficult first trimester and I’m just starting to feel more like myself (an exhausted version).

We are SOOO thrilled (and still a little shocked) that baby # 5 & 6 will be joining this summer!!!! 🎉

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Nature Finds Valentines 💗 *free printable* We

Nature Finds Valentines 💗 *free printable*

We have quite the collection of nature finds, so we dug into them for this project. Depending on where you live (and if the ground isn’t frozen over) you could head outside and collect most of what you need! 🧡

We also set out paint, sequins and googly eyes and the kids got busy decorating their nature finds for their friends.

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💗 I just made these into Printables for you all. Head to my bio or stories to link to the cards if you’d like to print them yourself. 💗 And feel free to tag any friends below who you think might want to make these too!

I used a thick card stock which is important for when you get to the point you want to secure your finds to the backing.

🍁 The leaves we used were wax-dipped from the fall, so we used just a tiny* dab of hot glue directly onto the card and they peel off without damage .
🌲 To secure the pinecones and sticks I simply dapped a bit of hot glue on the card and put a piece of string through it. Once it dried I tied it around the nature find. Does that make sense? 🤷🏼‍♀️Check the stories. I demonstrate it lol
🪨 For small rocks and pebbles I just tied them on with string (same as above). The kids did pick a few larger rocks from the front walkway and a rubber band around the card worked well for those. They will be handled with care. I’ll add that to the stories too.

Happy early Valenpines day to you all 💗

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