Gracie is incredibly smart but lacks focus. As in she can be talking to you and then get totally distracted in like a second. Sometimes this is good (because I can easily refocus her attention if she is misbehaving) but sometimes it drives me crazy. Surprisingly making bird feeders was an activity she really really got into. I was worried she would make a mess or loss interest, but she was so careful and excited. When we finished with our two feeders she wanted to make more! I do have plans on making feeders with cookie cutters/glycerin sometime this winter, but for now this was a much easier project. All you need is empty toilet paper rolls, peanut butter, and bird seed. When you are done you can just slip the feeder over a branch (you don't need to tie a string to hang it-it's that simple).
Rolling the feeder in bird seed (I did spread the peanut butter on-Gracie isn't quite ready to do that). Such concentration!
Gracie with her finished bird feeders!
Hanging her bird feeder all by herself.
"Where are the birdies?"
Our plans for later today are to make footprint reindeers to hang for Christmas. Gracie really loves projects and paint so she is thrilled. Hopefully we can keep the paint on our feet and the paper and no where else! Our finished product is supposed to look something like this, but we'll see (and I plan on doing just one of Gracie and Ruby D's feet so our reindeer will be different sizes).
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