Tree Blocks: Building with Nature Kids Activities Blog

A good foundation is important for both buildings and for life.   This week's sponsor, Cerra, is a visitor with a wide variety of products, ranging from comforting oils, candles,   journal aids and more.   Their products help remind us to be grounded in who nosotros are and to build with what we have around us.   They motivated me to transform what was a dead tree into lively play.   We are making our own tree blocks (similar to the ones by Counting Coconuts).   Exploring with recovered items from our surround is a bang-up fashion to ground our kids in who they are, to teach them to re-use, re-purpose and to be inventive with their world.

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We kept several branches and the body of the tree we cut down in a dry place (our garage) for several months to permit the wood completely dry out   – I as well needed time to determine what nosotros were going to create.   Then we cut slices out of the branches – ranging from one inch broad to 4 inches tall.   We also cutting some larger blocks from the thicker torso (it was a pocket-size tree).

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We are anticipating some major life changes and I am trying to prepare for the Wintertime equally much equally possible now, so even though these blocks are going to exist the kids Christmas present, I permit my son assistance.   He loved dusting off the branches and wiping them with polyurethane.   Nosotros gave the blocks ii coats with the hopes that these will be exterior "toys" and I wanted them to be able to withstand the elements.

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Our tree blocks are boxed upwardly, ready and waiting for Christmas!   I love being prepared.     Cerra in their Vii Intentions encourages u.s. to, "Return to something secure and familiar. Ground yourself. From there, you can forge new territory".   I call up these blocks will help do that for our kids.   They will learn to build and create with items rescued from their environs, their own lawn.   Cheers Cerra for inspiring us!
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I'm curious to know: In your decorated everyday life, how do you strive for balance? To be grounded in who y'all are?

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Rachel is the founder of the web log, One Crazy Business firm.  She is the co-writer of 101 Kids Activities that are the Bestest, Funnest E'er! and The 101 Coolest Simple Science Experiments. She lives in Fort Worth, Texas with her husband and six children.

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