MATERIALS:
Natural materials (sticks, blades of grass, leaves, etc.), string, cotton, lint, yarn, clay, a bowl
Time Frame:
15 – 60 minutes
PROCEDURE:
The adventure in building a birds nest is really in finding the materials and thinking about how you would like your nest to look. Once you have your materials, you simply need to weave them together in any pattern you’d like to, as long as they hold together in a bowl-like shape.
If you would like to create a bowl shape out of clay first, you can then use the clay to help your materials stick together. Simply weave your natural materials together on both the inside and outside of the clay bowl to ensure it is fully covered up.
REFLECTION:
How do you think birds choose where to build their nests? Do you think humans choose the build their home where they do for the same reasons? Why or why not?
CONNECTIONS:
TIDBITS:
TIPS & IMAGININGS:
- Recycle an old shoe box and use it to keep your birds nest safe and sound
- Imagine how it might feel to live up in a tree… the sun filtering through the leaves, the wind blowing past your cheeks, the squirrels scurrying along the branches…what else might you experience up there?
*nest collection
Ohhh I like this, I have a birds near collection and one down low in a grapefruit tree, so I think I will do this activity some time soon with my 5 yr old oh-my-god-daughter 🙂
Oh, how wonderful! I really think birds nests are just fascinating! Have fun building your nests with your oh-my-god-daughter!