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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It looks great! Good job!
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Very creative – turned out great!!! 🙂
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What cool mom & daughter team! I was/an a big dino fan too. I remember getting up early on Saturdays to watch a live action kids show about dinosaurs with my sons! I still find them fascinating. Great Idea for earth day! thanks for stopping by my WW. I just singed up for email updates, cool blog. Cool moms need to cover each others backs 😉
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Now, that’s a really cool dinosaur habitat you two made! 🙂
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Great project! I give her an “A”! Thanks for stopping by and linking your WW post up over at my place. Have a great day!
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It does look really cool! Well done! And I do appreciate the authenticity of the T-Rex eating the triceratops … that’s how I remember it going down! : )
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That looks super cool when you peek through there! So that’s what you texted me about!
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Oooohhhh! It’s like Land of the Lost! AWESOME!
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looks like you guys put together a great project. seems like homework these days really tests the parents’ abilities and not the kids though.
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I have to say that this is the part of my children’s younger lives that I sincerely miss. Bravo! to you and to the Chica!
What a creative project! It turned out well!
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You know you could rent yourself out as a school project organizer.
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I love the side view. Very cool!
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I think so too, especially the peep hole part! Awesome job, PN.
Great job, it came out really nice.
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That is one awesome project!!! I love the peep hole view. Very cool!
That’s definitely a fun and creative project!
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