The Crafty Crab has come up with a great craft for us today! Woohoo!
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Instructions:
Today’s craft is an easy one- but these little guys sure are cute! Pattern below!
Our week of diving is continuing at camp and we are meeting a seahorse- or a SeaEdmond as we like to call them! Everyone ready? Grab those flippers and let’s goooooo!
Lined Seahorse Fun Facts:
We’re loading up the SS E&E- our research boat with campers for the next three days as we head out to sea! It’s time for all our campers to grab their scuba gear and go diving! We’re exploring the ocean floor today! If we’re looking for a flat fish, so keep those eyes peeled for the Peacock flounder!
Peacock Flounder Fun Facts:
Peacock flounders are amazing animals! These flat fish are masters of camouflage! We are glad our campers were able to spot a few! Hehehe!
We are meeting our last sea star of the week! This one is best to be observed but not to touch! Ouch- watch out for the crown-of-thorns sea star.
Crown-of-thorn sea star fun facts:
We love sea stars of all kinds, but this one might have gone to the dark side. Keeping a balance in habitats is crucial for all the animals that live there.
SEA STAR BEAN BAG
We are in the craft cabin here at Camp E&E by the Sea and our dear friend Crafty Crab is going to help us with craft time! Today we’re making sea star bean bags for our sea star week! Woot! Woot!
MATERIALS:
Directions:
1) Cut out pattern.
2) Cut out two sea stars on felt.
3) Hot glue the two pieces together, leaving a small opening.
4) Put the flax seed in the sea star. If you don’t have a funnel, you can easily make one with paper, by rolling it in a cone shape. If you don’t have flax seed or stuffing or small dry beans will work too.
5) Make sure you don’t overstuff it. Then glue the opening shut.
6) Glue on the eyes and draw on the mouth.
You’re done! Toss your sea star, use him as a paper weight, or just give him a hug!
We are meeting another sea star family member here at camp! We are meeting the sunflowers sea star today! They may not have the crazy arms like a basket star, but they do have more than five!
Sunflower sea star Fun Facts:
Who doesn’t love a sea star? And now there is more to love with the sunflower sea star and all those arms!
We are so excited to see everyone here! It’s Sea Star week here at camp! You may know these amazing echinoderms as starfish, but scientists are now using sea star as these animals are not fish! We bet you’d like to know what an echinoderm is though– it’s an animal that has radial symmetry (arms radiating from a central body) and a hard covering. Other echinoderms include sea urchins, sea cucumbers and sand dollars.
Today, we are meeting one of the craziest enchinoderms around the basket star. Woohoo!
Basket Star Fun Facts:
These amazing creatures have no brain, but they do have a complex nervous system. The oceans house the craziest critters on the planet!
Welcome back to camp everyone! We trust that you had a lovely holiday! We know we did! We have set up Camp E&E by the sea for the month of July and in to August! The cabins are ready and this year they are spiffy! We will also have some great tents for those that want to sleep by the ocean and hear the waves at night.
We will be meeting the animals that call the shore and ocean home! We have set up the craft cabin and here at the shore it’s run by Carl the Crafty Crab! We’ll also be enjoy a whole we dedicated to our cartilaginous friends- sharks and rays!
So back up your trunks (the box not the elephant nose) and get your cabin assisngment and let’s get ready to enjoy all the Camp E&E by the Sea brings us!
Dont’ forget your water shoes, surfboards, stand up boards, extra sunsuncreen, bug repellant (the gnats can be terrible), a flashlight with a red lens (must not disturb sea turtles) and your beach towels!
We will see you on Monday for Sea Star Week!
We are meeting one last animal here at camp at Lake Salamander. Next month we head to Camp E&E by the Sea! This month has just flown by way too fast too! Maybe we’ll come back for a few weeks in August before school starts! The animals we are meeting tonight, is a big bird and one of course that prefers the night! Let’s hope the Great Horned Owl sings tonight!
Great Horned Owl Fun Facts:
We could sit out here all night and listen to these great and powerful predators call to each other. Just give a listen here!
The Salamander Woods are home to another night time creature- the spotted skunk! You heard it here folks, not all skunks are striped- some are spotty! We’re going to learn more about them this evening as we roast marshmallows at the campfire!
Spotted Skunk Fun Facts:
We sure are glad the family of skunks here at camp are friendly. We would hate it if one of our campers was sprayed. Luckily we have a solitary tent for those who make get it! Hahahaha!
