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Upcycle: CD Bird Reflectors


Bird Deflectors will help protect your garden from snack-snatching birds. Use fun paint pens to decorate your bird deflectors and hang them in your garden. Hang this craft in your window to deter birds from flying into your window. Birds are especially active in the spring, so protect your garden from birds and protect birds from flying into your windows with these handy deflectors. Decorating your deflector can be as simple or as elaborate as you want, but try to leave some of the shiny CD uncovered by paint to make sure it reflects the sun. Paint pens are a great way to decorate lots of surfaces, but small children under the age of 3 should not use them without adult supervision. You can decorate both sides of your bird deflector by decorating one side of your CD, allowing it to dry, and then flipping it over to decorate the other side.

Difficulty level: Beginner
Age range: Age 3+
Required time: 10 minutes

Things you’ll need:
CD
Ribbon
Paint pens

Things to do:
1. Decorate your CD with paint pens and let dry.
2. Tie your ribbon around your CD through the center hole.
3. Hang your bird deflector in your garden or window to keep birds away.

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DIY Summer Sponge Water Bomb Ball


Since we spend a lot of time outside and a lot of time in the water, these sponge balls are perfect for my kids, they’ll love soaking them and then tossing them back and forth, or maybe at one another. You can vary the side of these sponge balls by using bigger or smaller sponges and thicker layers. Look for rubber bands with no metal join. This way you’ll avoid both rust and the change that a hard edge might sting when it’s tossed at it’s target.

Difficulty level: Beginner
Time to complete: 5 minutes

Things you’ll need:
Flat kitchen sponges
Scissors
Rubberbands or cotton twine

Things to do:
1. Cut the sponges down their length into four even strips.


2. Stack three layers high and four strips wide for each sponge ball.

3. Wrap a rubberband tightly around the center of the pile.

4. Fluff out the strips to create a ball.

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