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Baby Rhymes

Baby Rhymes is specially designed for the youngest learners (birth-2) and their caregivers. Repetition and comforting movements make this storytime perfect for early development and brain growth. Tuesdays at 10:15 am, with a duplicate session at 10:45 a.m. An active library card is required for this program.

Music and Motion

Does your 2-5 year old like to move and groove? Join us for Music and Motion to get those wiggles out! Thursdays at 10:15 am and 10:45 am. An active library card is required for this program.

Little U

Little U is the Southern Pines Public Library's preschool program for children ages 3.5 to 5 years old. Join us on Thursdays at 3:30pm for stories, songs, rhymes, and activities that explore the world of books, language, and literacy. Little U is a fun and interactive program designed to help preschoolers develop early literacy skills in preparation for kindergarten and beyond!

Learn & Play at the Library

Come in for an open play date with your toddler or preschooler from 10am until 12pm on Wednesdays. There will be developmental toys and puzzles as well as early literacy tips on display for parents and caregivers to incorporate into their daily activities.

Children's Programs

At The Library After School (ATLAS)

ATLAS is an after-school program for K-2nd graders. Perfect for kids who still enjoy listening to stories and can participate in brief, small-group discussion. Supplies for a related activity will be provided and can be worked on at your own pace within the children's area or brought home. Check our Program Calendar for upcoming dates.

STEAM Sunday

Elementary-aged children and their caregivers are invited to explore topics in Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math. Participate in STEAM projects and activities that you can recreate at home. Held monthly on a Sunday at 2:30 pm. Please check our Program Calendar for upcoming dates and topics.

ecoEXPLORE

ecoEXPLORE is a program for kids in K-8th grade that encourages them to make scientific observations in a fun way. Using smartphones or tablets, kids can make observations that scientists can use in their own research and also earn points and prizes at the same time! As a LoanSpot, the Southern Pines Public Library offers Loanpacks, which are filled with nature science equipment. Patrons can check out these backpacks to assist them in making observations. Click here to view our Loanpacks!

Homeschool Hangout

Homeschooling families are invited to come to our open space to network with other homeschoolers. Share ideas, triumphs, challenges, and questions while you get to know other families in the area. This is a drop-in program. Board games, coloring sheets, and snacks will be provided. No registration needed.

Teen Programs

Teen Zine Club

This is our new meeting space for creative teens in grades 6-12. From creative writing to storytelling to drawing and more, come by and see what other teen artists are doing. Check our Program Calendar for upcoming dates.

Adult Programs

Book Clubs

In-person book clubs are back! If you love reading and discussing amazing books, join one of our fantastic library book clubs! Check the library's online calendar to view upcoming book club dates.

Read Between the Pines, SPPL's evening book club for adults, meets on the third Thursday of the month at 5:30 p.m. Read Between the Pines meets at the Southern Pines Public Library, located at 170 W. Connecticut Ave. Contact mhoward@sppl.net for more information.

The Douglass Center Book Club meets on the last Thursday of the month at 10:30 a.m. at the Douglass Community Center. The Douglass Community Center is located at 1185 W. Pennsylvania Ave. For more information, contact mmiller@sppl.net.

The Whitehall Book Club meets at the Whitehall Property located at 490 Pee Dee Rd. The book club will meet on the third Wednesday of each month at 2:00pm. Contact mmiller@sppl.net for more information.

Physical copies of book club titles will be available for checkout from the Library, and extra copies of eBook and eAudiobook editions will be available through NCDL on the first of the month. Reserve your copy online or by phone and join the fun!

Writer's Group

Calling writers and illustrators: Are you interested in creating fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or comics? Come to the Sunday Afternoon Writing Group! Connect with other writers and artists, chat about your craft, and get feedback about your work. All levels welcome. Writer's Group meets one Sunday per month from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m., at the Southern Pines Public Library. To join, email lholden@sppl.net .

Ice House Entrepreneurial Mindset Course

Register for the Ice House Entrepreneurial Mindset Course . This ongoing online, self-paced program is designed to help you develop creativity, critical thinking, effective problem solving, teamwork, and other entrepreneurial skills.

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The Moore County Library System is a full-service public library system with a main library in Carthage, a bookmobile, and 4 branch libraries in the towns of Aberdeen, Pinebluff, Robbins and Vass. It is a member of the 5 county Sandhill Regional Library System. The Moore County Library System has a collection of 80,000 books, audios, videos, periodicals, newspapers, and other items. Services include reference, Internet, inter library loans, programs for children and adults, meeting room, genealogy, online catalog, fax and copy equipment. Membership is free to county residents.

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Vision Reverse the debilitating effects of low literacy for residents living in Moore County.

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Take your toys out on a sunny day and set them up so the sun is behind them. Now, trace there shadows and have some fun.

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This is a fun and simple way to teach kids about light and the basics of how light works.

Under sunlight, put a toy on a surface or a piece of paper.

Then watch as the shadow is created on the paper, floor or wall.

Light travels in a straight line (as far as our eyes can tell) until it hits an object.

When an object is placed in the light's path, the part of the light that reaches the object will be blocked while the rest of the light keeps going.

The blocked part becomes a shadow on another object (in this case, the paper).

Mini-Experiment

Here is a mini-experiment to prove that light really travels in a straight line.

Try the following with a light source such as a lamp (or other mild artificial lights), NOT with the sun.
Warning: Looking at the sun directly can permanently damage your eyes.
Stand in the shadow of a large object such as a statue trying to look back towards the light source.

You will not see a light source behind it.

But if you move a little so that you can just see the light, you can actually draw a straight line from your eye, past the edge of the statute, and on to the light.

Explaining Mini-Experiment

In this light and shadow experiment, the shadows look different when you move the farm animal toys because the outline edges of the toys change as they move.

If you take your time to do this project, you will find that the shadow also changes slightly with time.

This is because the sun's position changes across time.

This property of the sun can actually be used to make a clock! Check out this What Is A Sundial experiment.

Books On Light And Shadow

References
PBS Learning Media Scientists find light doesn't always travel in straight lines UCSB ScienceLine

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No matter what the time of year this egg box bird feeder is a great craft to make with your kids, perfect for encouraging nature into your garden and super easy to create.

Egg Carton Bird Feeder

Kids or grown ups, all of us have a love for nature and it's great for us to be able to encourage that.

This easy bird feeder for kids to make is super simple and we're always fans of any kind of crafting that don't require us to spend loads of money on expensive new materials.

In fact when I made these with my daughter we realised that we had everything we needed for them already in our home, always a bonus when you don't need to make that extra trip to the store before you get started!

What Bird Seed Can I Use in an Egg Box Bird Feeder?

For an egg carton bird feeder any kind of loose birdseed that's suitable for wild birds will be fine.

How Long Will an Egg Box Bird Feeder Last?

Being made of cardboard it's pretty obvious that an egg box bird feeder won't last forever. If you want something permanent then I'd recommend buying a bird feeder instead.

To my surprise, ours held up pretty well during rain, we live in Cornwall, England and trust me it rains a lot round here.

Ours gave up though after high winds. Not only was the seed blown out of the egg box but eventually our old apple tree that it hung on was blown over too!

Milk Carton Bird Feeder

No egg boxes at home? Or maybe you just fancy making some more DIY bird feeders! We love this sweet juice carton bird feeder made by Red Ted Art that you could make with a carton of milk as well.

For more homemade bird feeder ideas check out our post of easy bird feeders kids can make.

Decorate your egg box using colouring pens.

Now it's time to add the string or wool to your egg box so that it can be hung outside. Take a piece of wool and feed it through the two holes in the raised part of the egg box. You want to create a loop between these on the upper part. on the underneath part of your egg box make knots in your string or wool so that it won't be pulled back through the holes.

Turning your bird feeder back up the correct way you can now fill it with seed and hang it outside.

Our egg boxes have holes in the top of them which are perfect for threading wool or string through but if yours don't you can make a hole in them yourself. When making holes in paper or card I always recommended playing some blue tack or playdough underneath the thing you are making a whole in so that you don't hurt anything or anyone with the scissors you are using to make the hole.

More Nature Themed Activities for Kids

This free printable outdoor scavenger hunt for kids is a great way to help encourage your kids to get outside and have some fun too.

Or grab our free butterfly printable and make this super sweet butterfly nature craft.

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Check out how you can make a simple popsicle stick catapult with materials you probably already have at home. Here are 3 tried and true catapult designs that are easy to build and test. It's a fun STEM project that you can do with your kids indoors on a rainy day!

Do you have popsicle sticks or craft sticks somewhere in the house? If you are a parent of a toddler or preschooler, I bet you do.

One day, I saw in a magazine instructions on how to make a catapult with popsicle sticks, rubber bands, and a spoon. How fun! I went home and built it right away.

Then I started experimenting with different ways to build the popsicle stick catapult to make it shoot farther and more powerful. The engineer in me couldn't help it.

Here are 3 simple DIY popsicle stick catapult designs that you can build with your kids with materials you have around the house.

Design 1: Catapult with Popsicle Sticks, Rubber Bands, and Spoon

Materials:

Directions:

1. Make a stack of 7 popsicle sticks and use rubber bands to tie them together on both ends.

2. Make a stack of 2 popsicle sticks and use a rubber band to tie them together on one end only.

3. Pull the 2 popsicle sticks apart and wedge the stack of 7 popsicle sticks between them.

4. Use two rubber bands, secure the plastic soon to the upper popsicle stick.

5. Place the ball onto the spoon.

6. Hold the catapult with one hand, use the other hand to push down the spoon.

7. Release the spoon and watch the ball fly!

Design 2: Catapult with Popsicle Sticks, Rubber Bands, and Bottle Cap

This popsicle stick catapult design is very similar to the one above, except you are replacing the spoon with the bottle cap. To do this, you need a hot glue gun and a cap from a water bottle or sports drink bottle.

Simply hot glue the bottle cap to the end of the popsicle stick where the spoon was from the other design.

With the bottle cap, the catapult felt more stable. I also like it because you can put different objects in the cap and not risk having them fall out since the cap is deeper than the spoon.

However, since the spoon extended the arm of the catapult, the catapult with the spoon could shoot farther. The catapult with the bottle cap seemed to shoot higher, but the horizontal distance of the projectile was shorter.

Design 3: Catapult with Popsicle Sticks, Binder Clip, and Bottle Cap

Materials:

Directions:

1. Form a triangle with 3 popsicle sticks and glue the ends together.

2. Glue one popsicle stick to one of the points of the triangle and glue the other end to where it bisects the opposing side.

3. Glue the binder clip to the end of the top popsicle stick. I used extra glue around the metal part of the binder clip to make sure it will stay attached to the popsicle stick.

4. Glue a popsicle stick to the top of the binder clip. Again, I applied extra glue to the metal part of the binder clip.

5. Hot glue the bottle cap to the other end of the popsicle stick.

This popsicle stick catapult design is simple yet effective. With just a little pressure on the bottle cap, you are able to really launch the projectile far.

The downside is that you need to use hot glue, so preschoolers or kindergarteners, or even elementary school kids can't build the popsicle stick catapult independently. If you are looking to do this activity with a group of students in a classroom, then the first catapult design with rubber bands is probably the way to go.

The Science Behind the Popsicle Stick Catapult

The biggest benefit of STEM projects is that you can show your kids the science visually, which helps them understand the concepts. That's how I learned physics at school!

You probably heard of Newton's Three Laws of Motion ( source):

1. An object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.

2. When an external force acts on a body, it produces an acceleration (change in velocity) of the body in the direction of the force.

3. Every action has an equal and opposite reaction.

You can explain to your child how without touching the catapult, nothing happens. The ball is not going to launch itself without you applying force.

When you pull back the spoon and let go, you overcome the ball's inertia and fling the ball into the air. The force of the spoon exerted on the ball produces acceleration upward and makes the ball fly into the air. The action of letting go of the spoon causes the reaction of the ball getting launched.

You can also explain to your kid that because of gravity and air friction, the ball was pulled down to the ground instead of flying in the air forever. Then when the ball hits the ground, it bounced and rolled until the friction of the floor eventually stopped it.

If you have preschoolers, Newton's laws may be a little complicated for their minds. However, you can always try to explain everything in simple terms and start introducing the concept of force and motion to them. You never know what they absorb and remember!

Popsicle Stick Catapult Activities

There are so many fun activities you can do with a popsicle stick catapult! You will find that your child may come up with his own ideas, but here are some to get you started:

Attack the Castle:

Build a castle with some lightweight blocks or even LEGO bricks (without snapping the pieces together). Hurl balls at the castle and blast the castle wall open! Just make sure the blocks are not too heavy so that the balls have enough force to knock them over.

Go the Distance:

Make multiple catapults and see who can launch the ball the farthest!

You can make multiple catapults using the same design, or you can make one of each catapult design. It would be interesting to see which design shoots the farthest.

This is an excellent opportunity to walk your kids through the scientific method. Which catapult design do they think will be the best at launching the ball ? Make sure to ask them why they think so and take the time to measure and write down the distances when testing the popsicle stick catapults.

True Aim:

This one is difficult, but fun at the same time! Place a bunch of cups on the floor . Have your child fling the balls at the cups and see how many balls land in the cups!

Switch It Up:

Try different objects to Do heavier objects go farther образование в германии? How about flatter objects? You can even try chucking a slime ball (provided it's not too sticky) at the wall or glass door and watch the slime ball go "splat!"

Final Thoughts on the Popsicle Stick Catapult Designs

I hope you and your kids have lots of fun with this popsicle stick catapult activity как поступить в германию! I love how it's mess-free and I didn't have to run out to the store to buy any materials to build the catapults.

And if you are finished playing with the popsicle stick catapults, you can always just take them apart and use the popsicle sticks for other crafts or projects дропшипінг! Even the catapult designs that use hot glue could be salvaged for parts by simply cutting off the section that has the hot glue.

Then you can use the popsicle sticks for this easy popsicle stick rainbow craft or a simple DIY popsicle stick bird feeder to welcome the spring.

Popsicle sticks are also great for making Christmas crafts like a gingerbread man or the Polar Express train. We always have a bunch around for last-minute craft activities.
Did you try this popsicle stick catapult project with your kids? I would love to know how it turned out! Let me know in the comments.

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A soothing cross between slime and play dough, this edible pudding slime recipe smells almost good enough to eat! (And it's taste-safe!) Our most popular edible slime of ALL time!
Edible Pudding Slime (Easy Kid Safe Slime Recipe)

We already love making edible slime recipes at home! So far we've made the following edible slimes:

But what do you do on a day you're craving some squishy slime sensory play, and don't have the usual ingredients?
Make a new recipe of course!!
Today we dug some old boxes of instant pudding out of the back of our pantry - who knows how long they've been there, so might as well get some use out of them!

The result was a fantastic-smelling hybrid between slime and play dough. We even tried a couple different flavors and made a banana split! Because more slime = more fun!

The best part is that this pudding slime recipe is made with all food ingredients, so if your kiddo sneaks a taste it's not a big deal.
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Pudding Slime Ingredients

This recipe rocks because you only need 3 simple ingredients that you might already have in your kitchen! I've included affiliate links for your convenience; disclosure policy here.

(Keep reading for full photo step-by-step instructions and slime making tips!)
Tip: If your kids love making edible slime, stock up on corn starch! It's one of the safe slime ingredients we use ALL the time!
How to make Edible Pudding Slime

1. Add instant pudding mix and half of your cornstarch to a mixing bowl. Add 1/3 cup water and stir until slime begins to form (it will be pretty sticky at this point)

2. Slowly add the rest of your cornstarch, stirring as you go. When slime thickens and is hard to stir with a spoon, finish kneading by hand.

What if my pudding slime is sticky?

Making slime isn't an exact science, and sometimes I need to add a bit more water if the slime is dry, or a bit more corn starch if it is sticky.

I'd compare making slime to making bread - sometimes you need to keep working on it until you have the perfect consistency. It usually takes us about 3-5 minutes to get just the right slime texture.

Keep in mind that this edible pudding slime won't behave exactly like stretchy glue/borax slime, as they have different properties and react differently. However, I feel that safety aspect of an edible slime is well worth the trade, especially with younger children.

Can my kids really eat pudding slime?

While this pudding slime recipe is technically edible, it's not meant to be consumed as food or a snack. The goal here was to make a non-toxic slime that wouldn't be harmful if kids tasted it or stuck their fingers in their mouth (as kids do).

Also, though our pudding slime smells amazing, it doesn't taste that great. That's because a large portion of the recipe is cornstarch, which on it's own tastes pretty blah. That was intentional, so kids don't want to eat it once they taste it.

Always supervise kids when playing with slime, even taste-safe slime.

How Long Does Pudding Slime Last?

Since this recipe is made with food ingredients, it won't stay fresh for as long as traditional glue-based slimes.
Read this next: How to Make Slime Safely
To store pudding slime, keep in an airtight container in the fridge. When you want to play with it again, you may need to re-hydrate by working a little liquid into it.

To extend the life of your pudding slime, always wash hands before playing. Discard any slime that ends up on the floor or appears dirty.

Before re-using slime, always check for signs of mold. Discard immediately if slime appears old or moldy. We recommend tossing the slime after a 1-2 uses to be on the safe side.

To clean up, simply wash hands with soap and water. Clean your play area with a wet cloth or sponge and soapy water. The slime should wash away fairly easily.

How to Make Perfect Slime

For more detailed slime info, including our favorite slime ingredients and troubleshooting tips, click here: How to make slime perfectly every time!

Just remember, that slime-making isn't an exact science. And above all else, it's meant to be fun!

Our Favorite Slime Recipes

There are three starter slime recipes that form the base for hundreds of awesome slime variations, like this Edible Pudding Slime. Once you master these basic recipes, you can make almost anything!

Want More Homemade Sensory Fun??

Invitation to Play: Banana Split Pudding Slime
Click here to learn how to make slime using our three starter recipes!
With our pudding slime, you can make a pretend "ice cream" parlor!

First make three batches of edible slime/play dough:

1. Banana pudding slime (use the recipe above with banana pudding mix)

2. Chocolate pudding slime (try our chocolate "poop emoji" slime!)

3. Edible strawberry ice cream play dough.

If you like play dough, be sure to check out our Homemade Play Dough Recipes Ebook! There are 12 awesome recipes that you can make at home with simple supplies!
Now have fun making your banana split! You can incorporate lots of things you already have around the kitchen for hours of sensory play:

ice cream scoop

plastic bowls & spoons

chocolate syrup

For more ideas on setting up a play dough ice cream shop, check out this post from Sugar Spice & Glitter! (We also love this sturdy wooden ice cream play set by Melissa & Doug)

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I've had many sensory bottle ideas floating around in my head for quite some time. Now, I'm not sure if I can stop making them.

I had foot surgery at the beginning of June, so it's been a pretty uneventful summer since. What better way to spend my time than immersing myself in preschool Pinterest projects?

These DIY calm-down jars (as they are also known) are seriously addictive, even more so since I made them in my three favorite colors: rainbow, glitter, and glow-in-the-dark. I'll give step-by-step directions to make your calm-down sensory bottles, listing the materials, tips, and pros/cons.

First up:

The Glitter Whirl-Swirl Sensory Bottle

DIY Glitter Sensory Bottle - Materials

* Water bottle (I used glass Voss bottles, basically because they are beautiful. You can use plastic, too)
* Steel wool (to remove the Voss logo)
* Glitter (is there such a thing as too much glitter?)
* Clear Elmer's glue
* Food coloring
* E6000 (to glue the lid shut: although I might use crazy glue on future projects)
* Warm water

DIY Glitter Sensory Bottle -Instructions

1.) Fill the bottle 3/4 of the way full with warm water
2.) Add clear Elmer's glue ( I used one bottle, but I wish I would have used a bit more. The more viscous your solution, the longer the glitter will suspend.)
3. Add glitter. Lots of glitter.
4. Squeeze a few drops of food coloring into the water.
5. Superglue the lid shut

Pros: Very mesmerizing qualities. You can never have too much glitter.
Cons: I found getting the water: glue ratio just right a bit challenging.

The Rockin' Rainbow - Water Bead Calming Sensory Bottle

The Rockin' Rainbow - Water Bead Calming Sensory Bottle -Materials

* Water bottle
* Jelly Beadz (assorted by color)
* Funnel
* Super glue
* Cold water

The Rockin' Rainbow - Water Bead Calming Sensory Bottle - Instructions

1.) Sort your beads by color and put them into bowls ( I made the mistake of waiting until they grew to marble-sized, slippery orbs before I sorted them. Needless to say, that decision quickly made it to the cons list).
2.) Add water and wait several hours until they are full-size
3.) Use a funnel to drop them into the bottle, layering the colors as you'd like
4.) Add water to fill
5.) Superglue the lid

Pros: This bottle is stunning! It is also super fun to plop the beads through the funnel. This would be a fun bottle to make with kids.
Cons: Sorting them by color can be tedious.

Also, I first made my layers too big and could hardly fit all six colors in the bottle. Instead, I dumped them out, made my layers about an inch big, and repeated the pattern.

All That Glitters is Glow - DIY Glow in the Dark Sensory Bottle

All That Glitters is Glow - DIY Glow in the Dark Sensory Bottle - Materials

* Water bottle
* Clear glue
* Food dye
* Glitter
* Glow paint and brush
* Glow everything: beads, stars, sticks, etc

To put it vaguely, this bottle was very trial and error.

All That Glitters is Glow - DIY Glow in the Dark Sensory Bottle - Instructions

1.) Splatter glow paint on the outside of the bottle (optional)
2.) Follow the steps to make a glitter sensory bottle
3.) Add glow items (I ended up adding a few water beads to mine, too)
Author's note: If I were to remake this bottle, I would use clear hair gel instead of water/glue solution, nix the food dye, and then add my glow-in-the-dark items.

Pros: I love that this glows in the dark!
Cons: The water/glue solution was not very thick, and the beads and stars floated to the top immediately.

And there you have it! Three easy, fun sensory bottles!
Are you on Instagram? Tag @especiallyeducation in your sensory bottle pictures!

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Bubble Painting Art for Kids {Fun, Easy Activity} - Living Well Mom

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Looking for a simple and cheap ways to keep your kids busy? We have put together a collection of 33 very simple activities with drinking straws you can use with your toddlers and preschoolers any day of the year! Older kids will enjoy many of these activities with drinking straws as well!

Who would have though there are so many things to do with something as simple as straws?!

Pick a pack of drinking straws and have fun!

If you are unwilling to purchase plastic or paper drinking straws, you can easily make your own paper straws using old newspapers and magazines.

SIMPLE ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS WITH DRINKING STRAWS

You will find here ideas to use drinking straw activities that will promote many different types of learning through play:

Bubble painting is a super simple drinking straw activity and perfect for hot summer days! Although bubble painting is an art techique, it can also be considered a sensory activity with a visual and tactile stimuli. Even if you don't make art prints with bubbles, kids will have fun making bubbles! Source: Housing a Forest

If your toddler is not keen about getting messy, you can offer them a sensory bag! This particular sensory bag is filled with playdough and cut drinking straws to add texture. They will love pushing straws into playdough and moving it around. Interested to learn more about making a sensory bag? We can help you make your first sensory bag today! Source: Learning and Exploring Through Play

You have a perfect excuse to invite your toddlers and preschoolers to work on their scissor skills - let them cut and make their own beads for jewelry! You can do this activity both with plastic or paper drinking straws. And as a bonus, they also work on another aspect of fine motor skills - threading. Source: Kids Activities Blog

Independent play at it best! Our friend Emma handed over a pack of drinking straws to her son and he played with them for quite some time. He even decided to sort drinking straws by color! Not much is needed to involve kids and peak their interest! Source: Adventures and Play

With an empty container and a pack of drinking straws, you can easily create a homemade tool for your toddler to practice fine motor skills. (You will need a hand punch tool.) And, let me tell you: in the beginning it will be tricky! However, this is a great way to practice their hand-eye coordination AND patience! Source: Kitchen Floor Crafts

If you need a calm down tool for your toddlers, you can make a sensory bottle! We created this sensory bottle without any liquids. Truthfully, I am always afraid my toddler will drop a bottle, it will crack and spill. This sensory bottle has even a glow-in-the-dark effect! Source: Best Toys 4 Toddlers

For little builders, variety of building materials is always desirable. In this case, they used drinking straws and pipe cleaners to create a variety of 2D and 3D objects. Pipe cleaners serve as connectors. Would your child enjoy building with these materials? Source: Meaningful Mama

Few toothpicks and couple drinking straws are all you need to create super quick and fun fine motor activity for your toddlers! You can extend an activity and offer beads instead of drinking straws for further practice. Source: Best Toys 4 Toddlers

Another super simple STEM activity for beginners - building bridges with drinking straws is perfect for preschoolers and kindergarteners. They will get in touch with so many new words and scientific expressions with so little effort. Source: The Imagination Tree

Project where we combine fine motor practice, learning and fun! Let kids work on their scissor skills to cut down the drinking straws and then use pipe cleaners to form letters. This activity can be used for name recognition as well. Source: Meaningful Mama

Science can be so much fun! Just look at these straw rockets! Kids can come up with their own designs and enjoy playing! This is perfect activity for a summer camp or birthday party. All kids involved with love it! Project we shared here is perfect for Valentine's Day or RAK day. We also love this adorable spring and summer shooting craft with little bugs! Source: Frogs Snails and Puppy Dog Tails

We made this simple activity in under 10 minutes! Head to your recycle bin and pick some paper rolls to form tunnels. Both of my daughters enjoyed this although it was a bit tricky in the beginning. Pom poms are light and fly easily! There are so many ways you can play without spending any money with items from your recycle bin! Source: Best Toys 4 Toddlers

Did you know that you can make a paper kite with drinking straws? And it's very simple to make them! This craft for kids combines STEM and imagination. Invite kids to make them and let them fly! Source: Creative Jewish Mom

A piece of contact paper and few straws and kids are ready to make their own pieces of art! Since this art is transparent, you can use it as a suncatcher! Now kids can admire their artwork every time they look through the window! Source: Nurture Store

These butterflies made of drinking straws, pipe cleaners and clothespins are totally adorable! This is a good example how a craft can assist with building fine motor skills through cutting, threading to gluing. Make few of these lovely butterflies over spring or summer. Source: Krokotak

Few beads, a pipe cleaner and a drinking straw - you are reading to make your own pipe cleaner pal! Best part of these little friends is that they have movable body parts and kids can pose them in any way they want. Source: Parents

Make an instrument with drinking straws. It's easy, just look at this straw pan flute! To make the flute, they will need to work on their math with measuring and fine motor skills with cutting and taping. When done, let them explore how sound is made! Source: A Dab of Glue Will Do

Creating a maze with drinking straws in a cardboard box and playing with it is an amazing project for a bigger group of kids. The bigger the box, more fun they will have playing with it! Let them choose the toys they will guide through the maze in turns! Source: Teach Preschool

Adorable fireworks art is super simple to make with drinking straws! Your kids will love it! Change up the color combination to your liking to get a different effect and according to a theme or a holiday! Red and blue color combo is perfect for patriotic holidays. Source: Crafty Morning

For a rainy day, set up a straw javelin throw game for kids. It's easy to set up and provides a great way to work on their gross motor skills. Set this up when your toddlers have lots of extra energy to burn! Source: Toddler Approved

Make a simple flowers for spring or summer with cupcake liners and drinking straws. These flowers would be a lovely gift idea for Mother's day or a token of appreciation for their teachers on first or last day of school year! Source: Learning4Kids

This fine motor activity needs to be prepared ahead since kids need to paint Q-tips and let them dry. Once Q-tips are dry, they can work with their little fingers to match q-tips and drinking straws in the same color. Source: Mess for Less

Use a sensory tub filled with the drinking straws as a base for sensory play. Since drinking straws are not food stuff, this sensory bin can last for long time. Just add some of your toddler's favorite toys inside to change up the setting and they are ready for play! Source: I Can Teach My Child

If your toddler loves to dip their fingers into playdough, use an opportunity to introduce this hands-on pre-writing activity to them. You only need a chunk of playdough and few pieces of drinking straws to make learning letters fun! Source: Kids Activities Blog

Making the rainbow necklace is a fun way to greet coming of spring season! Love how it's made in rainbow colors and how fun and cheerful it looks. You can, of course change up colors. Maybe shades of blue and gray for a rainy day activity?! Source: Planning Playtime

Now you can make your own skipping rope at home. So simple! Just use pieces of drinking straws and thread to recreate your own rope. This is a fun activity to combine fine and gross motor skills because, after cutting and threading, kids get to jump over the rope! Source: And Next Comes L

Your kids are too young to learn knitting or how to crochet? Weaving using drinking straws is a good introduction activity for complete newbies! This activity also provide fine motor practice and takes a lot of patience to complete. Source: One Little Project

Who knew you can make a flying glider with 2 paper strips and a straw?! Let kids pick the colors for their own gliders, assist them to assemble them and let them play as much as they like. Simple and fun! It would be a great project for summer camp or a birthday party as well! Source: Red Ted Art

Limitless possibilities! Each piece of the mosaic art made with drinking straws will be unique for a child who made it. This art project has an amazing benefits for your toddler's fine motor skills - from cutting to gluing these little pieces. It will take a lot of skill! Source: Picklebums

Love this! Play a game of kerplunk with your toddlers! All you need is a container with holes (like IKEA Caddy Utensils Storage), pack of drinking straws and some pom poms and you are ready to go. Invite your toddlers to thread drinking straws through the holes, it will provide a nice fine motor practice for them. Source: Mery Cherry

Rainbows are always fun to make! And this sensory rainbow provides a lovely tactile experience to toddlers. All you need is a bit of shaving foam and few drinking straws. If you are afraid that kids might put their hands into mouth after touching shaving cream, you can replace it with whipped cream! Source: Mess for Less

If your kids love blowing bubbles as much as mine, offer them a new way to have fun with bubbles and make giant bubbles. It is really easy to make bubble blowing frame with drinking straws and string! Source: Frugal Fun 4 Boys and Girls

What Else from Your Kitchen Can Be Used for Play and Learning?

Apart from drinking straws, you probably have rubber bands and bottle caps in your home? Sugar cubes are useful too! Use them with your kids! These are cheap materials and tools you can use to work with kids on fine motor skills and they provide many more benefits!

Did you know that you can offer a colander to your toddler to play with? We have 5 ideas how to use colander for play you can try! And, there are 15 more ways how to use common kitchen cupboard items for play and learning! Don't forget to have fun!

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Collection of 33 very simple and easy drinking straw activities for kids, including STEM, art and crafts, fine motor practice and more.

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Art is a harmony parallel with nature.-Paul Cezanne

Ever since humans started to create art, nature has been our muse. We are inspired by nature, moved to emotion by it, and have attempted to capture its essence in our own works. It's only natural that children are also moved by nature to create art.

Creating art inspired by nature helps children express themselves, tune into the natural world, and also to express their own appreciation of nature. Nature art can also enhance nature connection in a child, as one recent found.

As beautiful as a wall montage of your child's landscapes, bird portraits and flower close-ups can be, an accessible, expressive, beautiful and completely non-messy form of art to do with your child is ephemeral art. One wonderful bonus of ephemeral art: no clean up is required!

Ephemeral art is a work of art that only lasts for a short amount of time, perhaps occurs once, and cannot be embodied in any lasting object. It can be a sculpture, performance art or a temporary design such as a

The beauty of ephemeral nature art is that it can teach your child that not everything we value has to be material. Not everything we create has to be taken home or even returned to. The process of making art is fulfilling enough to be the focus at times. Creating ephemeral art teaches kids about the impermanence of life and nature, as the most beautiful things such as a winterscape or a sunset aren't permanent. More than an image seen with our eyes, ephemeral artwork is an actual moment in time.

How can your child experiment with ephemeral art? Easily. Just let their creativity flow when they get outside. With ephemeral nature art, the only limit is the imagination. There are no rules and no tools required. So you can leave the artists' supplies behind. Nature will supply all you need.

Before you head out, introduce your child to works from other ephemeral artists such as British artist and sculptor Andy Goldsworthy. Goldsworthy works with whatever comes to hand: twigs, leaves, stones, snow and ice, reeds, and thorns.

"I enjoy the freedom of just using my hands and "found" tools--a sharp stone, the quill of a feather, thorns. I take the opportunities each day offers: if it is snowing, I work with snow, at leaf-fall it will be with leaves; a blown-over tree becomes a source of twigs and branches. I stop at a place or pick up a material because I feel that there is something to be discovered. Here is where I can learn."-Andy Goldsworthy

To create one of his site-specific works, Goldsworthy must first tune into the environment mentally, physically, and emotionally. He listens, he observes, and then when he seems to be drawn to the way the materials express themselves he creates. He takes these very materials and reweaves them back into the environment in a deliberate manner then lets the effects of the natural conditions take over.

"Nature for me isn't the bit that stops in the national parks. It's in a city, in a gallery, in a building. It's everywhere we are." - Andy Goldsworthy.

Along with Andy Goldsworthy, Richard Shilling is a land artist who is redefining our definition of art with his ephemeral nature works. Shilling focuses on art that can't be owned or bought. Using natural materials found in the area where he's creating, Shilling's works draw out the details of nature that we may overlook, enhancing the beauty of nature. And it is simply mesmerizing watching Shilling create. See for yourself in this video.

Another very cool artist to introduce your child to is . Pine discovered a technique for making near-perfect spheres from just sand and water in 2000 and has used sand globe making as an avenue to connect people with each other and with coastal areas. Check out these perfect spheres!

Photo credit: Zach Pine

Exploring balance in nature as Pine does with sand spheres can be practiced by your child when making a balancing rock sculpture. Rock balancing, also known as stone stacking, stone building, and stone balancing, is when you balance or stack rocks on top of each other without any outside support. Rock sculptures can be as simple or complex as the artist desires. And some look like pure magic. Show your child this video and watch how this artist tests the laws of physics when creating his sculpture.

This simple and expressive form of art predates the bible and can be found all over the world. One of the ancient known uses for these rock piles was to measure the sun for solstice and equinox celebrations. Creating a stone sculpture is an excellent way for a child to relax, create, play, and learn.

After being inspired by the many possible forms of ephemeral nature art, head outside with your child and see what strikes up his or her fancy. Perhaps a balancing rock sculpture, or a portrait of a bird made from found objects in nature? Have a look at some of the creative ideas below designed by children of all ages and go create (ephemeral) art together!

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