Wildlife Craft

We braved the slushy roads and drove all the way up to Middle of Nowhere and had a great time making some tasty treats for the animals at the Walter B. Jacob Memorial Nature Park. We found out about the event through a play group we joined recently - unfortunately, due to the weather, we were the only ones who dared to go!

I was questioning our judgement as we drove and drove and drove...but, we had a lot of fun and, in the end, were really glad we made the trip. We needed to get out of the house, and it turned out to be a beautiful day! It really wasn't too cold since the sun was shining and there was no wind.

Daddy and Mira are at the ready!

Here's Mira's super-focused face. She threaded all those Fruit Loops on that pipe cleaner all by herself! She's always had great fine-motor skills...

Sprinkling some seeds and Cheerios on a peanut butter-covered pine cone.

 

My decorated bagel - peanut butter, peanuts, raisins, corn, and seed. Hope the face doesn't scare the animals...

Mira kept it simple and covered her bagel with only crushed corn. The birds and squirrels are going to LOVE it!

 

We made a lot - trying to make up for the lack of participants!

We took a couple of our creations outside and hung them in the trees at the park.

Mira and Daddy!

These were fun, easy crafts - I'm pretty sure we'll be making some for the animals in our neighborhood!

And, we plan on visiting this nature park again - maybe in the Spring. They have a lot of nature trails and some large birds of prey on the grounds to visit (eagles, hawks, etc) along with some small reptiles inside to look at (turtles, snakes, crocodiles).