Plant Bookmarks

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June 29, 2022

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Plant Bookmarks

Time:60min + drying time

Difficulty:Medium

Do you like collecting flowers and leaves on outdoor adventures with your friends and family? Transform those little treasures into a bookmark with this fun craft!

Here’s what you need:

Dried flowers and leaves
Cardstock from an empty cereal box
Scissors
Glue
Packing tape or contact paper (you could use a laminator if you have one!)

Here’s how you make it:

Step 1:

Take a look around your yard or a nearby field for things like flowers or brightly coloured leaves.

Step 2:

Once you’ve gathered everything, put them between the pages of a thick book and leave them to dry for about 3 or 4 days.

Step 3:

Cut the cardstock into the size and shape you’d like for your bookmark. Use your pressed plants to jazz it up!

Step 4:

Once you have all your decorations in position, cover the bookmark with your contact paper, packing tape, or laminator. Cut off any extra plastic and go pick out a good book!

What kind of flowers and leaves will you use? Let us know in the comments below!

Recycled Window Art

Creative Corner

Earth Rangers

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June 29, 2022

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Recycled Window Art

Time:40 min

Difficulty:Easy

Show some love for our planet by creating Earth-themed mosaic art to display in your window—made with recycled materials, of course!

Here’s what you need:

Blue and green paper scraps: old magazines, newspapers, mailers, or seasonal cards, whatever you can find!
Cardboard, like a cereal box
Glue
Plate
Art supplies to decorate (optional)

Here’s how you make it:

Step 1:

Cut your paper scraps into fun shapes and sizes.

TIP: If you can’t find much that fits the theme, you can use some markers, crayons, or paint to make your scraps blue and green!

Step 2:

Place a plate upside-down on your cardboard and use it to draw a circle. Take the plate off, and cut out your circle. This will be your Earth!

Step 3:

Mark the areas that will be land and water on your Earth mosaic.

Step 4:

Glue your colourful scraps to the base in a mosaic-style, filling in all the empty spaces.

Once it’s dry, hang it up in the window so your neighbours can admire your masterpiece as they walk by!

Plushie Palace

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Earth Rangers

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June 29, 2022

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Plushie Palace

Time:30 min

Difficulty:Medium

Do you have any extra boxes lying around? Put them to good use with a DIY stuffed animal sanctuary, fit for your fave plush pals!

Here’s what you need:

Cardboard boxes in a variety of sizes
Tape
Glue
Scissors
Construction paper (wrapping paper or newspaper works too)
Decorations for your plushie palace
An adult to help

Here’s how you make it:

Step 1:

Figure out how you want to build your plushie palace. You could make a tall tower with levels for each of your plushies, or maybe you’ll build a house for one — try a few different layouts until you find your favourite!

TIP: Use tape to attach your boxes, if you need it.

Step 2:

With the help of an adult, cut openings for the doors that will connect your plushie’s rooms.

Step 3:

Add a roof by folding a piece of cardboard in half and placing it on top of any open boxes. Depending on the shape of your plushie palace, you might need more than one roof!

Step 4:

Now it’s time to decorate. Get creative and go wild!

When you’re done, help your plushies move into their new home!

How will you design your plushie palace? Let us know in the comments below!

Kitchen Scrap Crops

Creative Corner

Earth Rangers

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June 29, 2022

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Kitchen Scrap Crops

Time:15 min

Difficulty:Easy

Did you know you can use your kitchen scraps to re-grow some fruits and veggies at home? It’s easy to turn your scraps into mini crops, right in your very own kitchen!

Here’s how to get growing!

Tip #1

Keep the seeds from tomatoes, cucumbers, and even strawberries to grow new plants! Try sprouting your seeds in eggshells, then moving your young plants outside or into larger indoor planters when they’re ready.

Tip #2

Grow new onions by simply placing the leftover root end in a pot under a small layer of soil.

Tip #3

Stick toothpicks in an avocado pit, then prop it up in a small glass filled with water. Half of the pit should be underwater, and it will start to grow roots in about a week or two. You can use this same technique with sweet potatoes and even pineapples!

Tip #4

Sprout new lettuce by placing the root bottom into a glass of water. Leave it in a sunny spot for a few days and you’ll notice new leaves begin to form!

What’s your favourite kitchen scrap crop? Let us know in the comments below!

Become a Local Bird Guide

Creative Corner

Earth Rangers

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June 29, 2022

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Become a Local Bird Guide

Time:60 min+

Difficulty:Medium

Are you ready to get out in your neighbourhood and start searching for chirping? You’re just a few pictures and notes away from making your very own local bird guide!

Here’s what you need:

A notebook
Paper
A pen or pencil for writing
Art supplies to decorate your guidebook
A camera (optional)
Binoculars (optional)

Here’s how to get guiding!

Step 1:

Go for a walk around your neighbourhood and see if you can spot 2-3 different bird species.

Step 2:

Once you’ve found your birds, take photos, and jot down notes about their behaviour in your notebook.

Start with questions like: How big is it? What colours are its feathers? What was it doing? Was it alone or in a group?

Step 3:

When you’re happy with the number of different birds you’ve found, it’s time to take your field guide to the next level and decorate! You can draw or print out photos of the birds you saw and add to your observations by looking up details like their habitat range, diet, and migration patterns!

Step 4:

Take your guidebook with you whenever you go on an outdoor adventure. You’ll fill it up in no time!

Which birds did you see while exploring? Let us know in the comments below!

Moose Quiz

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Earth Rangers

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June 29, 2022

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Moose Quiz

Time:5 min

Difficulty:Easy

We’ve got the most a-moose-ing quiz ever for you! Yep. That’s right. A-moose-ing. Get started below and test your moose knowledge!

Post your results in the comments below to let us know how you did!

Local Tree Guidebook

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Earth Rangers

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June 29, 2022

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Local Tree Guidebook

Time:60min+

Difficulty:Medium

How many different types of trees are growing in your neighbourhood? Make a Local Tree Guidebook and get to know your leafy pals a little better!

Here’s what you need:

Paper to take notes
Art supplies to decorate your guidebook
A camera (optional)

Here’s how to get guiding!

Step 1:

Take pictures or collect samples as you search your neighbourhood.

Step 2:

Add details to your guide to identify and really get to know these leafy neighbours of yours.

Start with questions like: How does the bark look and feel? What shape and colour are the leaves or needles? Does the tree have flowers, fruits, or nuts? Are there any insects or animals using the tree for food or shelter?

Step 3:

When you’re happy with the number of trees you’ve found, create a fun cover for your tree guide.

Step 4:

Next time you take a walk around a new area, bring your tree guide with you and try to identify the trees you see. If you find a new one, add it to the book!

What’s your favourite kind of tree? Let us know in the comments below!

What Kind of BEE Would You BE?

Creative Corner

Earth Rangers

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June 29, 2022

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What Kind of BEE Would You BE?

Time:5 min

Difficulty:Easy

Have you ever wondered where you’d fit in if you called a bee colony home? Take the quiz to find out!

Post your results in the comments and let us know!

Stripes on a Zebra

Earth Rangers

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June 29, 2022

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Do all zebras look the same to you? Here’s how to tell these black and white animals apart. The stripes on each zebra are unique as a set of fingerprints—no two animals are exactly alike!

Forest Fossils

Eco-Activities

Earth Rangers

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June 28, 2022

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With summer in full swing, we love getting outside and exploring our wonderful forests. There’s something so lovely about seeing the beautiful trees and their leaves dancing in the wind. Wouldn’t it be great if you could bring home a tidbit from your adventures to keep forever? Guess what…you can, and it’s pretty easy!

For today’s Eco-Activity, we’ll be making some lovely leafy fossils!

• Head outside and get searching for the coolest leaves around! Make sure they’re super veiny or thick needles—those ones will look the best as fossils.

• Once you’re happy with your collection, make sure there aren’t any hidden critters, and then head back inside.

• To make your salt dough, combine the salt and flour in a bowl, then slowly mix in the water. You probably won’t need all of it, just enough for the dough to feel like playdough.

• Roll or press out your dough to be about 1 cm thick, in any shapes you’d like. You could use a cookie cutter on your rolled out dough, or split your dough into pieces and flatten each one.

• Ask an adult to preheat the oven to the lowest setting.

• Firmly press the back of each leaf onto your soon-to-be fossils, making sure the whole surface is touching the dough to get the best imprint!

• Peel off the leaves, and place your fossils on the baking sheet. Bake for 1-2 hours, depending on your oven.

• Once your fossils have cooled, all that’s left to do is decorate and show them off!

We want to see what you made! Share with us on social media or send a photo to
membership@earthrangers.com!

The Earth Rangers App is where kids go to save animals! It’s free to join and you’ll have access to real-world Missions like this one. Plus, you can adopt an animal to support conservation projects, and learn all about animals in the Wild Wire Blog.

Find activities like this, and so much more in the App!

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Plant Bookmarks

Here’s what you need:

Here’s how you make it:

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What kind of flowers and leaves will you use? Let us know in the comments below!

Recycled Window Art

Here’s what you need:

Here’s how you make it:

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Once it’s dry, hang it up in the window so your neighbours can admire your masterpiece as they walk by!

Plushie Palace

Here’s what you need:

Here’s how you make it:

Step 1:

Step 2:

Step 3:

Step 4:

How will you design your plushie palace? Let us know in the comments below!

Kitchen Scrap Crops

Here’s how to get growing!

Tip #1

Tip #2

Tip #3

Tip #4

What’s your favourite kitchen scrap crop? Let us know in the comments below!

Become a Local Bird Guide

Here’s what you need:

Here’s how to get guiding!

Step 1:

Step 2:

Step 3:

Step 4:

Which birds did you see while exploring? Let us know in the comments below!

Moose Quiz

Post your results in the comments below to let us know how you did!

Local Tree Guidebook

Here’s what you need:

Here’s how to get guiding!

Step 1:

Step 2:

Step 3:

Step 4:

What’s your favourite kind of tree? Let us know in the comments below!

What Kind of BEE Would You BE?

Post your results in the comments and let us know!

We want to see what you made! Share with us on social media or send a photo to membership@earthrangers.com!

We want to see what you made! Share with us on social media or send a photo to
membership@earthrangers.com!