Spring Activities for Kids: Make a Wind Catcher

Signs of Spring are popping up and Easter is just around the corner. How about a blog hop to share some great Easter and Spring activities for kids?! Make a wind catcher with items you collect from nature.

Make a Wind Catcher

I saw something similar while taking a walk through our neighborhood. I knew Aiden would love to make a wind catcher of his own. We selected items from Aiden’s nature collection. He loves to collect sticks, leaves, seed pods, acorns, pinecones, sweet gum balls, and especially rocks {see his rock collection}.

To make your own wind catcher, choose two sticks and an assortment of objects from nature. {We choose things that we find on the ground.} Cut various lengths of twine or string. Tie the two sticks together to form an X. Tie the nature objects to the sticks. Hang on a tree. Observe the objects as the wind catches them. Do they all behave the same way?

More Ideas for Spring

• Explore wind by making your own ribbon sticks.
• Get outside and enjoy nature.
• Use those plastic Easter eggs for graphing practice. Work on letters, counting, colors, and fine motor skills, too.

Easter and Spring Activities for Kids Blog Hop

Here are the blogs co-hosting the blog hop.

The Magic of Play, Rainy Day Mum, hands on : as we grow, Putti’s World, Blog Me Mom, Scribble Doodle and Draw, 3 Dinosaurs, Buggy and Buddy, Royal Baloo, Kitchen Counter Chronicle, Nurture Store, The Usual Mayhem, Making Boys Men, Two Daloo, Reading Confetti, Creative Play House, Fantastic Fun and Learning, Here Come the Girls, Blue Bear Wood, Zing Zing Tree, Mummy Mummy Mum, Red Ted Art, Life at the Zoo, My Little 3 and Me, Imprints from Tricia, Smiling Like Sunshine, Frogs & Snails & Puppy Dog Tails, Creative Connection for Kids, 52 Brand New, Inspiration Laboratories, Kid World Citizen, JDaniel 4s Mom, Inspired by Familia, Kids Creative Chaos, All Done Monkey, ArtChoo, Something 2 Offer, Child Central Station, KC Edventures, Momma’s Fun World, Sun Hats and Wellie Boots, Discovering the world through my son’s eyes, Little Artists

Now it’s your turn to link up. Add your Spring and Easter activities for kids. What are you favorite signs of Spring?

 

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