Princess Nagger’s first grade class had an Earth Day Project due this past Monday where they were asked to make anything they wanted by using something from around the house to recycle it. I had suggested turning an old coffee can into a dinosaur container, but Princess Nagger thought that was too boring. So I suggested turning a shoe box into a dinosaur habitat. She was all over that idea, of course. So we painted the bottom of the inside of the box green and the sides and top blue:
Then we glued moss, pine cones and added a rock to the interior, and she had to figure out which of her many dinosaurs she was willing to put on display for a week. We were going to make a volcano out of clay, but that was turning into too time-consuming of an option, so I suggested she just use her toy volcano that came with one of her dinosaur play sets. That seemed to work:
And yes, she specifically wanted the T-Rex to be eating the Triceratops. You know, for authenticity.
We cut a section off the top of the box and glued a piece of sheet protector to cover the whole – so it would ‘protect’ but also let in light:
That way, when you look through the handy-dandy peep hole in the side, it looks really cool:
I think it turned into a cool Earth Day project if I do say so myself.
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What an awesome idea! Turned out great!
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Woww.. that is one of a helluva super cool project!! 🙂 I loove the whole handy dandy peep hole on the side with the light coming in! So perfect. I wouldn’t have thought of that at all. Tell Princess Nagger that the T-Rex eating the Triceratops was brilliant! Very authentic! 😉
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Wow! You both are a great team of thinkers. I loved the project. The peep hole view looks very authentic. Hope she is proud of her work.
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Simply brilliant! I definitely agree with you that this is one very cool Earth Day project!
You are very creative with these projects!
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And definitely displayed what happens when your environment changes. Look at that extinction thing.
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Wow! Very cool project!
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That turned out really cool!
That is REALLY cool!!
Excellent!!!
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Great idea. I think I may steal it.
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Super cute! As much as school projects stress me out, it is a great way to spend time with the kiddos
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Wow. That is really good! So creative! I hope her teacher thought it was fantastic!
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What a great project. She made choices and she participated. The final product is colorful and tells a story. I like the idea of the side windows.
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what a wonderful project. Well done.
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Great project. Of course, the T-Rex needed to be eating the Triceratops. It’s a given.
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That is an AWESOME Earth Day project! You and Princess Nagger are so clever!
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Love the peep hole perspective! Very creative!
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That is very cool! VERY CREATIVE!
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That turned out great…very cool!
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That’s so cool! I love it! I realize I haven’t *seen* you in ages, as I didn’t know you had a new header! Cute! 🙂 Happy WW!
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Cool! I bet that not only your daughter enjoyed this project but as well as you! I like the look of it through the holes on the side.
Keep up the mom-and-daughter bond! ^_____^
By the way, thanks for droppin’ by my site, Sassy Mama! ^^
Seriously, you are so creative. Love this. We are doing earth day projects in MiniMac’s class…luckily they are only 3 and I will have time to steal your idea and use it in later years. 🙂
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I am super impressed! I bet she is so proud of her project. I love that she is so into dinosaurs. Too cute!
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I love the new header! Maybe it’s not so new but I really like it! Princess did wonderful! I’d play dinosaurs there any time!
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Oh I loved making those with my kids 🙂
Have a great day!
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Oh my goodness, what a fun and cool project!! my boys would love that!!
So creative! Great project.
What a cute idea and it looks great!
What a great project! It turned out wonderfully.
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What a great idea!
What a fun idea!
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Very cool! I love it! Thanks for linking up! Happy WW!
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What great pictures!! My son would love to make a project like this!
Happy WW!
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GREAT idea! I am totally not looking forward to school projects. It seems like tons of work for the parents. LOL
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Lovely project. Love the photos too.
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If that doesn’t earn her an A, something is WRONG with that teacher.
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That looks awesome! LOVE the peephole thing! (My girls though it looked cool, too!) Great pics…love your site! So glad you visited me today! I’m joining you today! (FB, Twitter,etc…) Good stuff!
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Awesome and creative! I bet my kids would love to do this.
That is awesome! I love it!
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I totally agree with you!!!
Amazing indeed!
Happy WW!
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That is really cool! She is very creative.
SO creative! Love it.
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Wow, that’s so creative. I’m impressed.
That is such a COOL dino world! I loved it when our son was into dinosaurs. He’s 10 now and too “grown up” for such things, but every now and then I’ll find him playing with the countless dinos he still has in his room!
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That looks so cool!! You two are quite the team. My favorite part was the t-rex eating the triceratops, PN doesn’t miss any details does she?
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I’m impressed. You should see my daughters earth day project. Or maybe not. She spent about 2 seconds on it.
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WOW! this is amazing 🙂 hmm maybe we can try this at home too 🙂 thanks for the idea!
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Oooooooooooooooo now that is SO stinkin’ cute and creative! I love it!
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