Wire Heart Ring

If you are looking for a fun and easy craft to do with your teenager or tween, these DIY Valentine’s Day rings are the perfect project. Not only are they a great way to spend some quality time together, but they are also a fun and affordable way to show your love on Valentine’s Day. With just three simple materials, you can make these cute and stylish rings in no time. They are the perfect accessory to wear on Valentine’s Day, or anytime you want to add a little love to your outfit.

The tutorial for these rings can be found on Maize Hutton’s website, and it is a great resource for step-by-step instructions and helpful tips. So why wait? Gather your supplies and head on over to Maize Hutton for the tutorial so you can make these adorable rings and spend some “love-ly” time with your teen or tween. Found via Sassy Sites, these rings are sure to be a hit with all the lovebirds in your life!

so hurry up and head on over to Maize Hutton for the tutorial so you can wear the ring right up till Valentine’s Day! { Found via Sassy Sites}

Did you know that October is Squirrel Awareness Month? I didn’t know we needed more awareness of these little creatures, but let’s take it as a sign to learn more about squirrels!

Let’s start with some fun facts via Kids Konnect: did you know there are five subfamilies and more that 280 species of squirrels? The smallest are pygmy squirrels and the largest, the Bhutan giant flying squirrel, can be longer that 4 feet (1.2 meters).

Tree squirrels can climb down trees so fast because their ankles can rotate 180 degrees, allowing them to grab the tree bark as they go down. While most squirrels don’t survive their first year of life, they can live five to 10 years in the wild and squirrels have been known to live up to 20 years in captivity!

Rhythms of Play has more fun facts and tips for observing squirrels if you want to add some real life nature to your nature study.

We always like to start these collections with life cycle and parts of the animal printables, so let’s grab the squirrel life cycle an parts of a squirrel worksheets from Montessori Nature. (It doesn’t look like these are free any more but they have a whole unit study on squirrels you can buy that includes life cycle and parts activities, characteristics of different kinds of squirrels, a printable poster, information about predators and more.)

Grab the squirrel lapbook printable (free with email address) from Homeschool Share to learn the parts of a squirrel, where they live, what they eat, whether they hibernate and more. There’s also a nut taste test printable, a place for making observations about squirrels, life cycle of an oak tree, games and more.

Simple Everyday Mom has some cute squirrel themed worksheets including tracing the letter s, labeling the parts of a squirrel and a letter s maze. She also has more activity pages with a squirrel theme, including matching, a more traditional maze and a counting and graphing activity.

Work on letter recognition with this squirrel and acorn game printable from Teaching Mama. I love the idea of hiding the letters in a fall themed sensory bin for kids to find, identify and match to the letter on the worksheet.

For older kids you can do this “if I were a squirrel” writing prompt from Lesson Planet.

And throw in a little counting with these squirrel and acorn tens frame printables from JDaniel4’s Mom, which you can use to count real acorns or any other little fall themed thing you have handy.

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