Hand print Earth

We are reading a few of our favorite books about our wonderful planet this week:

• What a Wonderful World by George David Weiss and Bob Thiele
• Fancy Nancy, Every Day is Earth Day by Jane O'Connor
• Earth Helpers Count the Ways to Save our Planet!  by Alyson A. Zachary
• Michael Recycle by Ellie Bethel

C and R both knew a few ways to take care of our planet.  I was impressed.

We took our paints outside to make hand print earths.  I traced a large bowl onto some paper that was used to wrap a shirt that we recently purchased.  I made a point to mention to C and R that we were recycling this paper!  I cut out the circles and they painted them blue.

Once the blue paint dried, I painted their hands green (C was a willing participant - I was shocked!  I think he participated only because green hands are monster hands.)

and they made hand prints on the blue circles to look like earth.

  Happy Earth Week!
I am linking this to stArt.  Go visit A Mommy's Adventures to see more great book projects!