Showing posts with label nature. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nature. Show all posts

6.15.2014

Hobbit Messenger Bags

Last night I stayed up late working. I had been waiting for so long to develope some of the ideas I have for the Hobbit party.

I made the the cloaks, I'll describe them in another post and also the messenger bags I want to give the kids. In Mexico people use to give plastic thematic bags with candy at the end of the party to take away, also they sometimes give plastic bags for the traditional piñata. I rather give the bags at the beggining of the party I like to give thing that encourage imaginative play and very little candy if ever. Also I think that if I give them fabric bags they will reuse them and I won't be causing more trash with the party. And since they have te bags from the beggining they cand use them for the piñata and to be part of the play adventure. I don't ususally organize many activities, or at least I don't schedule them.

I will talk abput it in another post, but for now I show you the Hobbit Messenger Bag, with plastic on the cover so they can storage the map, I think this will be a good bag to make nature walks, so you can place the observation guides on the plastic pocket.

The straps have leaves and I add a little detail with mountains and a lake at the back.

I add a spider button, I have some others with birds too, a way to personalize the bags.

I love it and my kid too, now I just need to make another 11.




6.05.2014

Botanical garden

We visited it yesterday and it was such a nice discovery.

There is a nice variety to learn from as well as workshops.


People there is very nice, workers and visitors.

My son integrated very well to couple of kids who take care of the turtles, brushing them and putting eye solution in their eyes.

We hope to get back often.

I'm already planning a lot o plant studies there.


6.27.2011

Babies

Arañas bebés 

On Sunday, while working on the bike, I found a mother with her eggs under the seat and I knew I would have to make an eviction. 

The next day they were born.

6.13.2010

Identifying our first

It's so exiting to identify birds, we got our first approach at this art when we went in the trip to the PEX, and now we are more interested and it's great to see Itzcoatl getting interested too.

There are a lot of birds to watch in Costa Rica and there is a lot of resources to make it easy, like cards, books and even a CD with the voices recorded, we got the disc today and we were able to identify the Pitangus Sulphuratus, Great Kiskadee, we have seen many times, but it's nice to be able to call it by his name and also to relate the sound to the right bird.

This is the book we have, it's really good.
And this is the CD, also very good.
Costa Rican Bird Songs - An identification guide