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Astronomy-Earth Ornament

12/16/2016

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This was a SUPER EASY Ornament Craft we put together for a fun Christmas time activity during our Astronomy Studies.  Though this could be easily made at any time of the year or even during an Earth Day Lesson or a Unit on the Earth, we fit ours in at the holiday season.  

**The kids really enjoyed making these.  Another fun idea to go along with the Earth Ornament, is you could make one for each Planet you study and hang them up as a sort of Solar System display.**

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We actually used those Round Coca-Cola Ornament Bottles they sell at Christmas time.  

​The kids were SOOOO upset to have to drink all the coke so they could have an empty round bottle to use for their ornament, haha (ya, not really).
This variety of paints was nice to have on hand.  

Even though we only used Blue, Green, and White for this Craft, we had many opportunities throughout the Astronomy unit to use many of the other colors.
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Supplies Needed:
  • Round Ornaments (1 per student)
  • Ornament String
  • Ribbon (for a bow if desired)
  • Blue, White, Green (other colors if desired)
  • Paint Brush
  • Black Sharpie

Here are the steps:
  1. Fill Clear Ornament with a little bit of BLUE paint.  Place lid firmly back on or cover with your thumb for loose fitting lids.  Shake well to make sure the blue paint is distributed evenly on the inside of the bottle.  (you can even add glitter if you'd like)
  2. Next, We drew outlines of the continents on the outside of the ornament with a BLACK SHARPIE.  
  3. We placed ornament string in the loop at the top (or tied around the lid of the pop bottle tightly in our case).
  4. The kids then took a paintbrush and green and white paint and filled in the continent outlines.
  5. Let ornament dry.  We hung ours up by the strings.
  6. Once it was dry, we tied a nice bow around the top with some "Christmas-y" Ribbon.


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​               ENJOY YOUR EARTH ORNAMENTS
​                         & MANY BLESSINGS!

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Christopher Columbus-Free Links and Resources for your homeschool Day!

10/12/2015

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Check out some great FREE Resources about Christopher Columbus to enhance your ​homeschool on this holiday
You can check out youtube for other Christopher Columbus videos, some in cartoon/movie form for younger kids. 
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There are so many neat FREE printables on-line for
Columbus Day too...
here is a site called bookunitsteacher.com
that has a neat FREE lesson for the day!  






Another great resource for a lapbook or activity for younger kids ages 2-8 is offered by www.3dinosaurs.com.
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​You can download a FREE Christopher Columbus lapbook and FREE Christopher Columbus notebooking pages from 
MarineCorpsNomads.com.

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