I decided to make week 3 pirate week when I heard Ella walking around the living room one day saying "Arrr mateys! I'm a pirate!"
This is what I've come up with...please add any other ideas you have.
Monday: Make our pirate costumes. You can make these newspaper hats, or tye dyed bandanas (or just use any bandana). Make a pirate hook and get an eye patch to complete the look!
Tuesday: Make a pirate spy glass and/or a catapult
Wednesday: UA Fossil Creek is showing The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything for free at 10 am (June 22 and 23)
Thursday: Make pirate treasure chests. You can do this with whatever materials you have, but if you need ideas, here's an easy example.
Friday: Make treasure maps. I am going to let the kids make their own, creative treasure maps. But, I am also going to make one of our house with the location of Thursday's treasure box marked with an X! Then, we can hunt for treasure while dressed up in all our pirate gear!
Also, this week the Saginaw Library is doing something called a mobile dairy classroom in the parking lot. I'm not sure what it is, but if you're interested it is Wednesday at 10:00.
Supply list: (this is quite a list, but you probably have most of this at home)
newspaper
scotch tape
glue
black marker
tin foil
2 sturdy paper or styrofoam cups
black or grey duct tape
toilet paper roll
paint and brush
construction paper
12 craft sticks
2 clothes pins
plastic spoon
rubber band
cotton balls or marshmallows
tissue box or shoe box for treasure chest
1/2 c. coffee or tea
eye patch (optional)
candy or small toys/treasures to put in the treasure chest
If you want to make a tye dye bandana, you'll also need a plain bandana or white cloth cut to bandana size and one of those tye dye kits.
For a fun pirate snack, you can scoop the fruit out of a cantaloupe, watermelon or even an orange and fill it with your favorite fruit salad. Use a skewer or craft stick and make a flag for your pirate ship and enjoy.
"But as for me, I will always have hope; I will praise you more and more. My mouth will tell of your righteousness, of your salvation all day long, though I know not its measure." Psalm 71:14-15
That sounds like what we went to one year at the Saginaw Public Library. If it's the same thing, it's a guy with a cow in the back of a fancy trailor. He shows the modern way of milking cows & talks about their diet & what we get from cows. I think it would be great for younger kids who are really into farm animals, but not as entertaining for older kids. If it is the same thing, they have to do it outside.
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