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First Day of Spring – Bird Nest Feeder

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First Day of Spring
If you are going to be cleaning out your craft room or cupboard as a part of your spring cleaning routine, you can donate any unwanted yarn to the birds. Fill an empty suet feeder full of small pieces of yarn, hang it up outside, and watch what happens!

It won’t take long for you to start seeing bright colored pieces of yarn woven into bird nests around your yard and even your neighborhood. Once the birds have used up every last piece of yarn, you can make your own suet to fill the feeder with.

Learn more about Susan’s yarn sharing and whether it is safe for the birds.

 

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  2. NOT a good idea. Birds use natural’s in there nests for a reason “camouflage”. Other birds and animals might be attracted by the colorful threads. Not to mention the hazard of little birdie toes getting caught in the threads.
    Instead, I would suggest using dog fur (cleaning out the brush after grooming) or dryer lint.

  4. please DONT do this.
    not only will bright colours attract predators to the nest but the birds risk either themselves or their young becoming entangled.
    a few handfulls of straw or hay make a much better option

Have you read?

Reflecting on the Past Year with Kids

I’m in deep denial about the fact that new year is almost upon us again! It’s been the fastest and the longest year at the same time, and I can look back and see some good things as well as some things I wish had gone differently.

Doing a year in review with your kids — whether in the classroom or at home — is a good way to capture some of their memories and the things they really liked about the year gone by.

There are a lot of different printable year in review worksheets you can use if you want to make this super easy. Here are links to a few (often part of larger posts about NYE celebrations with kids that are worth a read, too):

  • Teach Beside Me has lots of fun printables fro the end of the year, including a year in review that covers favorite memory, funniest memory and the best book they read, among other topics.
  • NurtureStore‘s version has space for a self-portrait and prompts like favorite toy, best day out this year and future dream job.
  • Remember favorites, their “best idea” of the year and have room for setting goals for next year with this one from The Keele Deal.
  • The year in review from Yes We Made This has room for drawing or writing and includes things like something they learned, a memory they made and a place they visited.

Of course you could pretty easily make your own year in review for the whole family to do that asks questions based on what you most want to remember. (Favorite video game? Best friend? Favorite family memory?)

And if after the year in review you’re ready to look ahead a bit, Mrs. Merry has new year’s resolution printables to inspired kids to look ahead and set goals for things they want to try. You can totally fill this one out as a grownup, too.

[Photo: Mrs. Merry]

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