Nature Journal Resources

We will go on outside adventures during this book club. You will need a nature journal. This can be a nature journal you own, a drawing pad, or a regular notebook.

We recommend our Nature Journal that is designed to help student observe the world around them. You can purchase it in our shop by clicking on the picture below.

Project Resources

You will need the following supplies for projects listed throughout the course. You do not have to complete each project. Choose those you think would be interesting.

Project 1, Carving a Pumpkin:

• Pumpkin
• Knife
• Spoon or scoop
• Pattern or Stencil
• Or use a pumpkin tool set
• Candle and Lighter

Or for the non-carving option:

• Pumpkin (large for Ghost and small for Bat)
• Medium white pompoms
• Smaller black pompoms
• White crepe paper streamers for Ghost
• Black paint and Foam paintbrush for Bat
• Black craft foam for Bat
• Pencil
• Scissors
• Hot glue gun with glue sticks

Project 2, Make Farm Animal Puppets:

Foam cup activity:

• Styrofoam cups
• Paint and brushes (Dark orange, light orange, dark pink, medium pink, light pink, white and black)
• Chenille stems or pipe cleaners (Red, pink and green)
• Tools: pencil, craft scissors, sticky tape

Paper bag puppets:

• Brown paper lunch bags (One per puppet)
• Crayons or markers
• Child-safe scissors
• Liquid glue
• A copy of the free Farm Paper Bag Puppet printables

Project 3, Grow a Pumpkin:

• Pumpkin
• Dirt
• Fertilizer
• Water
• A sunny place in the yard or garden or a large indoor container

Project 4, Paint with Veggies!:

• Vegetables of any kind (Carrots, potatoes and corn are used in the articles below)
• Paint
• Paper