So,,,, this Earth Day my family will be celebrating in several ways,,
1. We did this neat art craft from Barefoot Books Earth Tales,,, creating a pine cone bird feeder,, made from all natural ingredients,,( see pics below )
Barefoot Books has partnered with "eco Libris" and will plant a tree for every "Earth Tales" book sold,,, so,,,, if you cant think of anything to do this Earth Day to "make our world a little greener" log on to my website and purchase this book,,, somewhere in the world,, a tree will be planted because you CARED.... And,, when you get the book,,, you will LOVE it ! It is an anthology of folk tales from many countries around the world .
At the end of each short story there is a neat art project you can do with your kids,, things like, pine cone bird feeders, design a mini water garden,, make a corn husk doll,, create a song line painting,, etc.. For ages 3 to 80 ! We had SO MUCH FUN doing this project, even my TEENAGER got involved,, he helped my daughter put the shortening on the pine cone and my 2 year old LOVED rolli ng the pine cone in the bird seed... FINAL touch was hanging it on the tree in the yard with daddy,, we watch closely every day to see what birds have eaten from it..Check out the pics of our project!!!!!
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2. We will be planting a Dog wood tree in our backyard, ( aaah the world needs more oxygen)
3. Were gonna sit down to dinner with a pen and pad of paper ( recycled of course) and come up with THREE things new we will do to make our world a little greener,,, after all if Kermit can be green and be loved,,, so can we :)LOL
I have my own ideas of what I want to do,, but we will see what my family comes up with,, Naturally my teenage son will probably these activities at all costs and claim they are "lame" but regardless he will participate and Im confident that some day somewhere along the road of his life he will look back on it and appreciate and perhaps even teach HIS kids to be a little bit more earth friendly.
My husband and I spent an hour a few nights ago watching am Earth Week special on Nickelodeon for Kids about an "eco Village" in Missouri,,, while I must say I will NEVER be crunchy or granola enough to live completely off "the grid" and go without indoor plumbing,, ( sorry,,,some things I just cant stomach) many of their ideas truly INSPIRED me.
After watching this I asked my husband,, "why is it that when attempting to live "greener" it seems like we have to "Step back" in time,,,, I think its because we all took TOO many things for granted and don't TRULY appreciate what we have. Talk to someone who has spent time abroad in third world countries or in the peace corps and you will realize that what we HAVE is not necessarily what we "need"
I feel we only have one earth and it is wasting away,, its sad,,, I have hear so many people say,, well its nothing that will benefit my kids or my grandkids so why bother,,,, well IMO thats just an Excuse..
Let me ask you this,, if our ancestors thought that way,, perhaps WE wouldnt even be here right now,,, look at it that way,,,
So,, im hopping off my soapbox now,,, I hope eveyrone has a GREAT Earth day no matter what you do,,,
