This morning I was awaken an hour earlier then I am used to with three very excited kids! They overheard on Nick Jr. that it was EARTH DAY!
So naturally they asked what we were going to do today. I was half asleep and decided my best bet was…yep, Pinterest. It took me all of 30 seconds to find something I had the tools for to create an Earth Day project. One of the many reasons I am eternally grateful for Pinterest and its users!
I have attempted to do this project and take pics with some very simple steps so that you can enjoy this project today as we did! Keeping in mind this can be done any day of the week and not just for Earth Day!
Can I just say I was so worried about the mess this was going to make as I was trying to rush to get this live? I quickly realized none of that mattered because we had a blast doing this and it took me 5 min to sweep and wash hands! #Supermom
The pics are pretty self explanatory but Ill break it down anyway! Thanks to Dora, I don’t have to rush today!
First, the picture I used from Pinterest as inspiration for this project had toilet paper rolls but last minute I could only come up with one. If you and your kids or just you want to wait and collect be my guest, but I had some leftover paper cups from our annual Easter Party (blogging about that tomorrow) that we used instead. In my opinion these were easier to work with. They were able to put their hands in the cup when we spread the peanut butter.
Second, we took our pipe cleaners poked holes in our cups on opposite sides attached them and when all done they looked like little baskets.
Third, we spread the peanut butter evenly all over the cups. We started of by using plastic spoons and eventually used our fingers!!
Fourth step we rolled the peanut butter covered cups in our wild bird feed we had left over from a birdhouse project (you can find that project if you follow me on Instagram).
Lastly, we hung outside for our birds to enjoy!
Side note: I explained to my children during this project the importance of keeping our Earth clean and loving our animals. We shared our favorite things on our planet. I said I love the trees and flowers. Emerson’s favorite are animals. Reece’s favorites are water and sand. And Ryland’s favorites are bugs and Dinos (I had to break his heart and tell him they no longer exist). I really hope this inspires you to sit down take a few min to teach your children the same!
