Scavenger Hunt

God writes the gospel not in the Bible alone, but on trees and flowers and clouds and stars. ~Author unknown, commonly attributed to Martin Luther

During camp today, the grands gathered a variety of flower petals and leaves which they arranged underneath old handkerchiefs and napkins.

 Small hammers banged on top of the handkerchiefs and napkins allowed the flower petals and leaves to release their pigments (and awakened the neighbors)!

They created nature masterpieces like this...

 

and this... 

 and this!!!

The grands thought it would be a good idea to label their work so that they could remember what was growing in the garden this summer.  We also dated their work.

Summer 2011

This book helped us to prepare for our backyard scavenger hunt!

Even though there were lots of bees, we weren't looking for honey!

The grands were given lists and  pencils and lots of assistance with reading and writing - except for PJ who is already a pro!

The list of things to find and do...

which included finding something soft...

something that can be recycled...

 and...

a worm!!!

                                       

In between the raindrops today, the grands had fun playing Mia's version of hide-n-seek!  Two people hide their eyes and count to twenty - don't forget the Mississippi's - while one person hides in the yard.  When the person hiding is found they have to pop out of their hiding place and run while the other two try to tag him/her.  The first person to tag the hider is the next person to hide in the yard. 

'til next week - it's grand to be a Grand!