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Kid Friendly: Nature Walk Terrarium

July 1, 2015 By Vanessa Leave a Comment

We created nature walk terrariums and had fun in the sun with Banana Boat as part of a sponsored post for Socialstars #BestSummerEver

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My grandmother always told me to never leave the house without two things, a quarter and sunscreen. She’s a smart lady. Living in Arizona, where it’s sunny 99% of the time, I’m taking her advice. My sunscreen of choice at the moment is Banana Boat® Dry Oil Clear Ultra Mist Sunscreen with Argan Oil. With the one touch spray feature, I love how quick and easy it is to apply. It also leaves my skin feeling moisturized instead of greasy, plus it’s water resistant up to 80 minutes. My kind of sunscreen that keeps me protected while enjoying my family!

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I sprayed on the sunscreen and we recently took a little nature walk around the neighborhood. Logan, my almost 5 year old, always asks me what certain plants or flowers are called and I’m always left looking clueless. I’m no botanist, but this mama is a professional googler lol! For this particular nature walk, I handed Logan a large mason jar and had him collect his specimens that he wanted to learn more about. 

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He filled the bottom of the jar with some rocks to add to his growing collection. He then found several leaves, twigs and flowers that he wanted to learn more about. Together, we researched more about the desert plants we collected and Logan placed his new nature walk terrarium on his nightstand. I think we might have to create nature terrariums anytime we’re in a different landscape, so we can bring it home and learn more about that area. 

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To create your own Nature Walk Terrarium, here are the simple instructions. Kids of all ages will enjoy this outdoors learning activity! To take this activity a step further, provide a microscope or magnifying glass for kids to really examine their environment.

NATURE WALK TERRARIUM

MATERIALS

Large Clear Mason Jar
Leaves, Twigs, Rocks, Flowers, Shells, Beach Sand, etc.

INSTRUCTIONS: Slather on the Banana Boat sunscreen and go on a nature walk with your child. Hand them the mason jar and instruct them to fill it with things they find along the walk. Once you return home, you can simply display the terrarium or research the different pieces of nature. 

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For more summer fun activities for the family, visit Banana Boat on Facebook. 

 

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I'm Vanessa and it's my mission in life to spread my love of hot glue guns and glitter to others. I suffer from craft ADHD, regularly working on at least 10 projects at the same time and my craft room looks like a tornado hit it. My first craft book, Party in a Jar, was published in 2014. I look forward to crafting with you!
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