Give a Hoot

Another great "Earth Day" project...you will need two tiny circles for eyes, two small circles (one cut in half for the wings), two small orange diamonds (one cut in half for the feet), one large oval, and one 'head shape'...(not really sure how to describe that one, just use the picture as reference)...in the middle of the owl you could either write on the original circle or make another one saying "Give a hoot...don't pollute!" The kids thought this was cute...and it lead into a lesson on pollution...I was surprised how interested they were in learning about ways to keep the earth clean, but I guess it's a good sign. :) 

Playing with your food...

During "Earth week" we focused on things that came from the earth that are good for us. This project was fairly simple and not very expensive. The day before I planned on doing this art project I went to the grocery store and bought various vegetables. You can use whatever you like, but I used corn on the cob, a pepper (cut in half), mushrooms (cut in half), carrots (cut in half), celery and a potato (cut in half). I had the kids dip each vegetable in different colored paint and stamp or roll them on their paper. Who says you can't play with your food?