Museum @ Home • issue 24

Thursday April 16, 2020

Brought to you by A!CM: It's Thursday! The Adventure! Museum @ Home posts each have a different combination of fun projects, visits with friends, new things to see, and ideas to inspire. Our mission remains, as always, to create an environment dedicated to the spirit of adventure, and to help kids grow into artists, explorers, and innovators. See you soon, Adventurers!

Sponge Animal Tracks This is a fun and messy project to do on some flattened paper bags outside! Make these animal tracks out of sponges, cardboard and hot glue, then make a "stamp pad" with tempera paint in a pie plate. If you need more directions, click through to the Green Kid Crafts blog. Music Thursday! We usually host a Thursday morning music class at Adventure! featuring scarves and musical instruments and lots of good happy noise. This week, we invite you to make your own plastic egg maracas! You'll need plastic eggs or plastic vending machine bubbles; two plastic spoons; tape; and some dried beans. A Thrifty Mom blog has the DIY!

Chalk Adventures If you have chalk and a patio, you can replicate this fun project! Place yourself or a family member in a magical or unusual setting and take some photos! Bonus points for costumes! Click here for the Facebook gallery

Plant Your Own Popcorn! Did you know you might already have a bunch of seeds in your cupboard? Unpopped popcorn, dried beans, raw (unroasted) peanuts in the shell, and birdseed all have the potential to grow into plants. To start, get some small pots or containers (yogurt cups work great; the lids can be plant saucers) and poke a small hole in the bottom. Fill with dirt. Plant a seed about an inch down, and cover with soil. Keep watered in a sunny window! The photo shows my own corn plants at home after 3 weeks of growth.

Online Tour of the Guggenheim Visit the Guggenheim Museum in New York with an online tour! Frank Lloyd Wright designed this building, which features a continuous spiral ramp around the inside. Click here to tour!

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