It s all about green today! Children delve into and explore the color green. Cover one end of a paper tube with green cellophane and hunt for green!

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1 Shades of Green Required: It s all about green today! Children delve into and explore the color green. Snack Suggestions: Green Shamrock Shakes- mint chip ice cream Green tinted milk or apple juice Cookie or cupcake decorating with green frosting Cook green eggs and ham Activity Suggestions: I Spy Something Green Make-and-take green play dough Cover one end of a paper tube with green cellophane and hunt for green! Different shades of green spin art or marble paint Getting Started: Hang a sign It s All About Green! or Celebrate Green! Send an reminder (sent by Corporate) Post the event on Facebook Purchase needed materials Prepare materials ahead of time

2 Edible Caterpillars Skewer Grapes White frosting Mini chocolate chips Scissors Cut the skewers in half Skewer five grapes Dot the back of two chocolate chips with frosting Place them on the caterpillar as eyes Enjoy!

3 Little Blue and Little Yellow Cookies Little Blue and Little Yellow book by Leo Lionni Sugar cookies 3 Small bowls Blue and yellow food color Powder sugar Milk Measuring cups and spoons Read Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lionni Measure and pour ½ cup of powder sugar into two bowls Stir 1 tablespoon of milk into each bowl Stir until it s a thick paste adding more milk if needed Add a few drops of blue into one bowl and a few drops of yellow into the second bowl and mix Pour the blue and yellow mixture into the third empty bowl Mix and watch the magic! Use to decorate cookies

4 Bubbling Green Drinkable Slime Lemonade Pineapple juice Sierra Mist Lime sherbet Green food color Large bowl Ladle and ice cream scoop Purchase ingredients Scoop half the carton of lime sherbet into the bowl Pour equal parts of lemonade, juice and soda over the sherbet into the bowl Add green food color Gently mix with ladle Enjoy!

5 Leprechaun Slime 1 Teaspoon Borax 1 1/2 Cups water 5 oz. Elmer s clear glue Green food color Glitter Bowls and spoons Measuring cups and spoons Purchase materials Mix one cup of water with borax until dissolved and set aside Pour the bottle of glue into a bowl and add ½ cup of water Add a few drops of food color to the glue mixture Stir it some and add a bunch of glitter Add the borax mixture Use your hands to mix it all up Play!

6 Shamrock Collage Green construction paper Anything green you can find! Glue Cut a supply of green construction paper shamrocks Gather anything green you can find! Cover your shamrock with glue Add green collage materials There is no wrong way to do this so have fun! KidsPark March 2015 Shades of Green

7 Green Shamrock Prints Shamrock cookie cutters Different shades of green paint Paper plates White construction paper Pour different shades of green paint on different paper plates Place one or two cookie cutters on each plate Dip a cookie cutter into paint and stamp it on your paper Try different colors of green Overlap shamrock prints to create a unique picture

8 Green Fruit Kabobs Skewers Kiwi Green apples Plastic knives Paper plates Purchase fruit Peel the kiwis Cut the apples into bite size pieces Cut the kiwi into bite size pieces Thread the fruit onto the skewer Enjoy!

9 Leprechaun Mask Green, black and yellow construction paper Paper plates Orange crepe paper Green jumbo craft sticks Glue Tape Scissors Cut the center of a paper plate out for each child Cut a green construction paper hat for each child Cut a supply of black construction paper squares and strips Cut a supply of yellow construction paper smaller squares Cut a supply of orange crepe paper strips Glue a hat on the top of the paper plate ring Glue a black paper strip onto the hat Glue black and yellow squares onto the strip as a buckle Glue orange paper strips onto the paper plate ring as a beard Tape a craft stick on the mask as a handle

10 Green Trees Different shades of green foam shamrocks White construction paper Brown marker or crayons Glue Purchase foam shamrocks Draw a tree trunk on your sheet of white construction paper Glue on different shades of green shamrocks to create a tree

11 Build a Leprechaun Trap Cardboard boxes Different shades of green construction paper Different shades of green markers Green stickers Green Legos, sticks and other building materials Scissors Glue and tape Discuss - What a leprechaun is - What size they are - What their likes may be Time to get creative! Assemble a leprechaun trap Decorate it as you desire Don t forget to add some bait

12 Green Sensory Fun Put all of the green materials in the bins Explore! Large shallow bins Green leaves Green tree clippings Green bowls and/or cups Green rocks Green toy lizards, frogs, turtles, etc. KidsPark March 2015 Shades of Green