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Hatching Butterflies

by Marie

We had fun watching our Caterpillars grow, form their chrysalids, and hatch into beautiful butterflies. The Painted Lady’s were amazing. We cut them fresh flowers and put drops of sugar water on them to drink. Once we let them free, my daughter wanted to get a net and catch them all back, but it was [...]

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Food Coloring Flowers

by Marie

Whenever we had white flowers in the house growing up, I’d give them the food coloring treatment. It’s always fascinating to see how this process works with the flowers. I’ve found the Carnation flower works best for this cool science project.

I bought a $4 bunch of white carnations at the local Walmart. Then we got [...]

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Live Caterpillars are Here

by Marie

We received our order of Live Caterpillars. We got them from the company called Insect Lore. I wrote about Live Butterfly Gardens earlier. We can’t wait to see what they do. Here they are the day we got them.

Here they are 4 days later.

Here they are 8 days later. It’s creepy how fast they grow.

My [...]

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Blowing Bubbles

by Marie

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When it’s warm out, but still too cold for water balloons and kiddie pools, what are we going to do? Blow Bubbles. My kids can blow bubbles for hours out on the front steps. I sit back in my chair and watch the circular shapes float and pop in the air. Here are a [...]

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Our Easter Grass is Growing Like a Weed

by Marie

Grass really does grow like a weed. After about 4-5 days, the Easter Grass we planted almost 2 weeks ago was coming up fast. We watched it everyday, watering it and giving it some love.

We’ve really enjoyed the egg carton baskets, but my favorite is the glass jar above. You can see all the insides [...]

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Growing Easter Grass in Egg Carton Baskets

by Marie

To get ready for Easter, we’re recycling egg cartons into fun little baskets. Grass seed grows pretty fast, but I am starting 3 weeks early, in hopes to enjoy it a little before Easter is over.

Supplies for Growing Easter Grass:

egg carton cups or mason jar
paper strips – 1/4 inch wide 7-8 inches long
stapler/glue dots
clear plastic [...]

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Painting Toast

by Marie

This is a really fun project I learned from one of my college Elementary Education classes. It also makes for a great snack too. Painted Toast!

Supplies:

Bread – this works best if you have white bread, the colors show up brighter.
Bowls and Brushes – you need a bowl and brush for each color. I just used [...]

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Cornstarch Packing Pals

by Marie

What is this cornstarch stuff, you ask? They are biodegradable packing peanuts made out of cornstarch, great for the environment. My kids just went to our local library and did a fun project there that used these cornstarch packing peanuts to make fun animal pets.

First, you dip the cornstarch peanut onto a sponge that is [...]

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More Playdough Fun

by Marie

We made playdough! I love to make playdough. It is super soft and last quite a while stored in the fridge. I did a previous post last February with THE best Playdough Recipe. That post also tells how to make some great Playdough Placemats, helping to keep your table playdough-free.

For this playdough, I wanted to [...]

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Weird Science

by Marie

Back when I posted about applesauce, I saved one apple to experiment on. When I was teaching Kindergarten, this was a fun month long science project that my students loved, so I decided to do it with my kids. They loved discovering an apple and all it’s parts.

Apple Science
Get one red ripe apple and cut [...]

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