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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

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Shark Week Learning for Kids

Shark Week generally happens in July, but any time is a good time to learn more about sharks. 

First, start with some fun whale facts like these from Kids Craft Room. Here I learned about the dwarf lantern shark, which is the smallest shark and only grows to about 6-8 inches (about 15-20 cm) long. It also emits light. How cool is that?

Natural Beach Living has some great printable shark information guides, where kids can learn about different kinds of sharks, match the facts to the pictures, or print out doubles and do a shark memory game. 

Living Life an Learning has some great shark activity pages including the parts of a shark, types of sharks, a crossword puzzle and more. Also check out their parts of a shark and word scramble download, and a life cycle worksheet.

Learn about how sharks float with this great activity from JDaniel4’s Mom. 

Need more facts about sharks? This fact pact from The WOLFe PACK on Teacher Pay Teachers includes fact sheets, a printable flip book, informational text, vocabulary, comprehension questions and more. 

Living Montessori Now has a great collection of shark themed activities with a Montessori inspired twist. You’ll find a shark roll and cover, shark phonics and lots more shark activities Deb has collected from all over the Internet. 

Remember the “Sharknado” movie? A Few Shortcuts turned the combination of sharks and tornadoes into a fun science activity. You’ll need a bottle connector for this project but otherwise should have everything you need on hand. Use their template to make your sharks out of aluminum foil. So fun!

You can also do some shark themed coloring with these coloring pages from Encouraging Moms at Home. Or make a cool 3D shark with this template from korkotak. And there are tons of different shark crafts collected in this post from Kids Activities Blog.

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