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This Fall STEM Challenge will not only get kids outside and engaged with nature, it will also encourage them to use their creativity and problem solving skills to create a leaf sculpture greater than 6 inches tall.
Can you make a leaf sculpture? Disclosure: This post contains Affiliate Links FALL STEM Challenge for Kids: Leaf Sculptures Objective: This lesson will engage early childhood children (Preschool to 3rd Grade) in STEM skills to design and build a leaf structure that is more than 6 inches tall. STEM Skills Presented in this Lesson: Science: Children will explore their natural world and learn about photosynthesis and chlorophyll. Technology: Watch a video clip to introduce children to the terms of colors changing. Engineering: Design and Build a leaf sculpture that is over 6 inches tall. Math: The students will measure their...
No tools are needed to make these fun vintage style DIY crates!
Well, unless you consider scissors and a glue gun a tool? Because these farm fresh DIY crates I made for my fall decor are made out of paper! Can you believe it? No I know what you are thinking… paper is not strong enough for a crate to actually hold anything. Well, I solved that little problem with a piece of foam board from the dollar store! So armed with some paper, $1 foam board, and some glue, I set out to make the perfect decorative crates for my farmhouse fireplace this fall. And I have to admit, I am...