Strawberry Beds

We have a garden bed full of strawberry plants with plans to plant more this year. We’ve been disappointed to find that most of the strawberries that are ready to pick have been partially eaten by the birds! My mother-in-law has over a hundred strawberry plants. Her answer to this problem has been to pick them before they are ripe and let them ripen in the kitchen. This works, of course.

However, I just found a brilliant idea on Pinterest!

Paint pebbles to look like strawberries and place then in your strawberry beds. It will fool the birds! I will definitely be doing this when I return home this summer!

You can find the actual instructions for painting strawberry rocks here.

Spring – 15 Homeschooling Freebies

Do you love spring as much as I do? It just feels like a fresh start, don’t you think? Here are some fun ideas for you to do with your kids.

Things to do this Spring:

1. Make a tree house for dolls.
2. Make a Strand of Flower Lights for your daughter’s room or the patio or the sunroom.
3. Discover the Forest
4. Fingerprint Rainy Day Craft
5. Bottle-cap Caterpillar 
6. Spring Worksheets for school.
7. Garden Lamp-scapes for  bedroom.
8. Baby Blue Bird Craft – too cute!
9. Make LifeSaver Flower Lollipops 
10. Pretzel Bunnies and Chicks
11. Painted Bunny Art Lesson
12. Paper Daffodils – make a bouquet 
13. Still Life Vases to Paint
14. Spring Nature Walk Worksheet
15. Spring Writing Prompt

Fabulous Valentine’s Day Finds

I love to make Valentine’s Day special for my family. I have found so many wonderful freebies this year! In fact, I have found so many great ideas I’m having a difficult time trying to decide which ones to use! How about Valentine’s month? Sounds like a good idea!

Here are a few of my favorite finds – the some of the ones I’ll be using this year:

Homeschool Freebies – Penguins

We started our Penguin Unit today. On January 11, 2012 we were blessed to have the opportunity to visit Ripley’s Aquarium in Gatlinburg, TN while at the KYTN Conference minister’s meetings. One of our favorite exhibits was the Penguins. So, I am working on a Penguin Unit for Hannah and Laura, who are crazy about anything God has created! Below you can watch one of our experiences with the penguins at Ripley’s. They were sooo cute! In this video, my girls Hannah, Laura, and Emily had some fun with one particular penguin.

Here are some Penguin Freebies that Homeschoolers can enjoy:

1. Mr. Popper’s Penguins from the Homeschool Share Blog.
2. Arctic Animal Lapbook from Homeschool Share
3. Penguin, Penguin Early Reader from Starfall.com
4. Penguin Lapbook from Lapbook Lessons
5. Printable Book of Penguins and Penguin Craft Idea from Relentlessly Fun, Deceptively Educational

For more ideas, check out my Pintrest Penguin Page!

Embroidery Hoop Turkey Tutorial

This turkey is just adorable.  Head on over to Gwenny Penny for the tutorial!

Rustic Twine Pumpkin

I love the looks of this pumpkin! It will fit perfectly with my fall decor! And you won’t believe how incredibly easy it is! This tutorial can be found at Honey and Maple Syrup. Enjoy!

 

Bottle Cap Magnets

For decades years I have been saving bottle caps. I don’t know why. When I was a little girl I would make “pies” for my dollhouse with salt dough and a bottle cap as the pie tin. Hmmm. I like this idea from Better Homes and Gardens.

Ice Cream Cone Cards

I found this adorable free printable pattern for Ice Cream Cone Cards over at Outside the Lines.

Spring Always Comes Embroidery Pattern

After months of snow, snow, snow, and more snow, this little craft is a perfect distraction!

Download this sweet embroidery patter for free from September House Embroidery.

Owl Valentine

I found this adorable Owl Valentine your children can make. Looks super easy and totally cute!

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