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African-American/Black History Crafts and Learning Activities George Washington Carver Recognition Day - January 5th

George Washington Carver was an amazing man. He was born a slave, orphaned as an infant, didn't walk until he was three because of bad health, coughed so much that he permanently damaged his vocal cords, and stuttered and was made fun of by others. With all these things against him, you would think that George Washington Carver didn't have much chance in life to make something of himself.

George was exceptional in that he knew how to teach himself through observation, questioning, and experimentation. But the thing that most helped George throughout his life was his faith in God. He became a Christian at the age of twelve. He said he could hear God speaking to him through flowers, rocks, animals, and all other aspects of His creation. When he had a problem or question, he went to God for the answer. God was his guiding light throughout his life. Helping others was much more important to him than fame and fortune. He lived a life of service and shared his faith with others daily.

George Washington Carver used his mind and scientific knowledge to benefit others. He is known as the father of synthetics. He created hundreds of products including: adhesives, axle grease, bleach, buttermilk, cheese, chili sauce, creosote, dyes, fuel briquettes, ink, instant Coffee, linoleum, mayonnaise, meat tenderizer, metal polish, shampoo, shoe polish, shaving cream, synthetic marble, synthetic rubber, talcum powder, wood stains, wood filler, and Worcestershire sauce, and many more. Of the hundreds of new and improved products George Washington Carver discovered, he only patented three of them. When asked why he didn't patent more he said that "God gave them to me, how can I sell them to someone else?" He also didn't want to take the time to patent them. He wanted to spend his time discovering even more products instead.

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"Who Was George Washington Carver" Activity Sheet

This activity also is available in a color sheet. Children color the picture and write words on the peanut shapes.

The patterns for this craft including peanut man, peanut shapes, beaker, flower, quotes, and color sheet are available to members only.

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Collection of God's Creations

George Washington Carver didn't have a formal education until he was 12 years old, but he learned so much by observing God's creations that he became known as "the little plant doctor" in his town. As a boy people all around would came to him and ask him for help when they had plants and trees that were not doing well.
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Card Stock

Glue or Tape

You learn to talk to them." And on the back write, "Never since have I been without this consciousness of the Creator speaking to me through flowers, rocks, animals, plants, and all other aspects of His creation." A pattern for this box with the quotes is available to members of The Resource Room.

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2. Read the quotes written on the box and discuss them then take your children for a nature walk. Have them fill their box with a collection of items from nature. In class have the children take a closer look at the items they collected. You may want to provide them with magnifiers. Tell them to write down any questions they might have about the objects they have collected such as: Why does this leaf have little hairs on one side, or why is this rock smooth and this one pointy. Have the class give their ideas as to the answer to the questions. Tell them that George Washington Carver learned a lot by asking questions and doing experiments to answer his questions.

3. Children can also write about what they have learned from and observed about their objects when they took the time to really look at them in class.

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Peanut People Display Craft for Kids

"We rise together or we fall together" on from "The Peanut Man" craft. (Before doing this craft make sure no one in your class is allergic to peanuts. If you do have someone who is allergic to peanuts, use packaging peanuts or small rocks instead.)
What you will need:
Card Stock

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Tiny Googly Eyes

Play Dough
How to Make the Peanut People George Washington Carver Craft:
1. Before class prepare small boxes for the children. On the front of the box write this quote from George Washington Carver "We rise together or we fall together." And on the back write the complete quote, "We are brothers, all of us, no matter what race or color or condition; children of the same Heavenly Father. We rise together or we fall together." A pattern for this box with the quotes is available to members of The Resource Room.

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2. Have your children paint peanuts different colors and then let them dry. Then glue tiny googly eyes to the peanuts.

3. Press play dough into the bottom of the box and then press the peanut people into the play dough.

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Make Paints Like George Washington Carver

One day when George was just a boy he saw some beautiful paintings in a neighbor's house. He was so impressed he wanted to try to make his own painting, but he knew that the Carvers would never spend money on paints or canvas.

This didn't stop George. He learned to make his own paints by crushing the petals of flowers, leaves, and berries. He didn't have a canvas so he painted on rocks. You can experiment making your own paint using things you have around the house.

You can use spices such as red pepper, paprika, and turmeric. Also try berries such as strawberries and blueberries, or wild berries. If you have any pretty flowers around your house, pick off some of the petals and crush them up to see what color they produce. Keep each paint in a separate bottle and label them. Once you have enough different colors try painting a picture. You can even use dried, pressed flowers and other things from nature to add to your picture. Make a sample page with a swatch of each different color you created. Make sure you label each swatch in case you want to create the same color again another time.

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Peanut Book

Divide your students into groups and give each group a bowl of peanuts (or paper peanuts). Give them twenty minutes to come up with games they can play with their peanuts using only materials found in your class such as scissors, paint, crayons, etc. Have each group write down the name of their game, the components, object of the game, and how to play on a sheet of paper.

A peanut-Shaped book with fill-in pages for this craft is available to members only.

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You can give your children ideas by suggesting that the peanut can be pushed, tossed, hidden, rolled, handed from person to person, blown on, written on. They can make a number game, letter game, etc.

George Washington Carver Peanut Party Games:

Peanut Hunt

Object of the game: To be the person to find the most peanuts,
Components: 20 peanuts
Rules: Everyone leaves the room while someone hides the peanuts. On the word "Go" everyone tries to find as many peanuts as they can. The person who finds the most peanuts wins.

Peanut Jacks

Object of the game: To be the first person to pick up all five peanuts in one hand without dropping them.

Components: Five small peanuts and a small ball.

Rules: Play like Jacks, but use peanuts instead. Players take turns throwing up a ball grabbing peanuts in one hand and catching the ball with the same hand after it bounces on the table and before it bounces again. One player starts by picking up only one peanut at a time until all the peanuts have been picked up. If the player is successful in picking up all five of the peanuts one at a time and catching the ball, he continues his play by then picking up two peanuts at a time and catching the ball. His turn continues until he misses a peanut or doesn't catch the ball. The next player then tries to pick up peanuts and catch the ball until he makes a mistake. When everyone has had a turn the play goes back to the first player and he continues where he left off on the first round. The person who picks up all five peanuts and catches the ball wins.

Identify the Correct Peanut

Object of the game: Be the first person to find the correct peanut.

Components: About 20 peanuts and a marker.

Rules: Players sit in a circle. One player places all the peanuts in a bag and then pulls one out, and passes it around the circle. Each player studies the selected peanut and then passes it to the next player.

When all the players have examined the peanut the first player places a dot on the selected peanut and places it back in the bag. Children turn around while the first player places all the peanuts in the center of the circle making sure the peanut with the dot on it is on the table with the dot facing down so that no player can see it. The first player then tells the other players to turn around try to find the peanut with the dot on it without touching the peanuts. The player that finds it first wins, and gets to select a peanut the next round.

Peanut Toss

Object of the game: To be the person who gets the most peanuts in a cup.

Components: Ten peanuts and a cup.

Rules: One player at a time is throws all 10 of his peanuts into a cup from a certain predetermined distance marked on the floor. If the cup is knocked over at anytime the peanuts that are already in the cup do not count. Only the peanuts that are thrown into the cup after the cup is set upright can be counted. The player who gets the most peanuts in his cup wins.

Make a Word

Object of the game: Be the first person to spell a three or more letter word.

Components: Peanuts with letters written on them. Make sure you use lots of vowels.

Rules: Place on the peanuts in a bag or bowel. Player take turns picking a peanuts from the bag without looking at the peanut. Players keep picking peanuts until one player spells out a three or more letter word.

Peanut Relay

Object of the game: To be the first person to get his peanut across the finish line by blowing on it through a straw.

Components: Peanuts and straws and tape to mark a finish line.

Rules: Each player picks a straw and a peanut. On the word go the players blow on the peanuts through a straw. The first person to blow their peanut across the floor and over the finish line wins. Players can't touch their peanuts at anytime during the game.

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George Washington Carver Sunday School Lesson

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In this lesson children learn from George Washington Carver how God can use us for his glory if we put our trust in him and make him the center of our lives.
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Before putting away the Easter eggs, the boys and I whipped up these simple DIY bath bombs. With simple and clean ingredients, most kids can make these DIY bath bombs with just a bit of supervision from adults. Those Easter eggs that collect dust in our closets can be put to good use any time of year.
You've probably already put away all the Easter decor and baskets. Even so, you can always dig them back out because they're the perfect size and shape to make fun bath bombs with the kids.

A couple of weeks ago, in the grocery store, T saw a shelf of bath bombs individually wrapped in plastic. If you're not familiar with bath bombs, they're concoctions of ingredients that, when dropped in a bath, fizz up and release nice, relaxing aromas into the air and water. As of late, they've been all the rage.

Depending on how they are manufactured, they're sometimes made of mostly clean ingredients. But it's not uncommon for them to include a whole bunch of ingredients that really aren't that great for us. So much for a relaxing and restorative bath full of chemicals and junk?!

As an alternative to decoding a bunch of ingredients and (sometimes) overpaying for commercial bath bombs, the boys and I decided to make our own. They're so easy, and the boys have a blast doing these types of projects. T and I made a batch years ago from a Green Kid Crafts kit, and he couldn't get enough of the fizzing in the tub.

I don't have the recipe for the Green Craft Kids kit anymore, so we decided to use an adaptation of a recipe I received from ConsumerSafety.org.

Consumer Safety is an organization that "strives to make information about recalls and safety-related news about drugs, medical devices, food, and consumer products accessible to everyone in a transparent, easily understandable way." The site provides myriad avenues for obtaining recall and safety information, government policy activity related to safety, and more.

Consumer Safety researches all sorts of products and helps consumers understand, as in the case of bath bombs, what common ingredients we should do without. For example, some bath bombs include, among others, things like:

Fragrances ~ phthalates, which are hormone disruptors

Parabens ~ a preservative that's a known endocrine disruptor

Glitter ~ not only does this send small pieces of plastic into our water system, but do we really want that in our baths??!

Increasingly, holistic and natural beauty companies are introducing new products to the market that offer more opportunities to avoid the junky ingredients that we should be avoiding. But making our own, particularly because they are so easy, is such a fun and simple, healthier alternative.

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With nearly all the ingredients on hand (we had to buy cornstarch), the boys and I made our own batch of bath bombs a couple of weekends ago. We put all the chocolate covered raisins and chocolate covered pretzels from the eggs into a container (after eating quite a few, of course) and used the eggs as molds.

We let the bath bombs dry overnight and then the boys couldn't wait to try them in their baths the next day. It kept them entertained for quite a while, so no complaints from me about that.

If you need ingredients, I've linked to them below. Here are all the ingredients and tools we used.

Try this project and renew the life in the plastic eggs that almost all of us have collected over the years. The eggs are a perfect shape and size for bath bombs, and it's a fun way to put the seasonal toys to work outside of the Easter season.

Materials

1 cup baking soda

1/2 cup cornstarch

1/2 cup epsom salts

4 tablespoons cream of tartar

2 tablespoons coconut oil (melted) you can replace with vegetable oil if desired

5-10 tsp water amount varies, see instructions for adding slowly

Food coloring or food coloring gel (optional)

Instructions

1. 1. In one bowl, mix together the dry ingredients (baking soda through cream of tartar)

2. If you're using regular food coloring, mix with the coconut oil. If using food coloring gel (like we did, because it's what we had on hand), mix in after combining wet and dry ingredients.

3. Slowly mix together the dry ingredients and the coconut oil.

4. Whisk together all ingredients until the mixture forms a crumbly texture. It should be fairly dry but just wet enough to hold its shape when molded together. Use fingertips, as needed, to knead together the mixture after whisking. Add water as need to obtain this texture, but be sure to add the water slowly (about 1/2 tsp at a time and then mix in) otherwise the ingredients will fizz up in the bowl before you make the bath bombs.

5. Fill the eggshell with the mixture, patting down tightly after to ensure it sticks together It has to be really tightly packed or it will fall apart when you remove it from the egg shells. My boys needed an adult to help with this step.

6. Gently squeeze the eggshell together to remove the bath bomb from the mold. It helped to squeeze and twist a bit, then squeeze again and twist the eggshell a bit more to slowly allow the bath bomb to release from the eggshell. Be patient. 🙂

7. Allow to sit and dry overnight on a towel.

8. Enjoy in the bathtub!

Notes

Water: Be sure to add the water slowly, bit by bit, or else the mixture will fizz up in the bowl. We have made these several times and each time the recipe ends up needing a slightly different amount of water, so we have to modify the amount of water and add slowly to ensure we get the right consistency.

Fizziness: Please be aware that these bath bombs don't fizz as much as store-bought ones. We wanted to remove some of the ingredients in store-bought alternatives that we didn't love and chose bombs that don't fizz quite as much as a result. If you're looking for really fizzy bath bombs, these probably aren't the ones. They do a great job of adding color to the water and also leave the boys' skin nice and moist, which is great particularly in winter and for my son that has really dry skin.

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Before putting away the Easter eggs, the boys and I whipped up these simple DIY bath bombs. With simple and clean ingredients, most kids can make these DIY bath bombs with just a bit of supervision from adults. Those Easter eggs that collect dust in our closets can be put to good use any time of year.