Anticipation for the annual Heart of the Lakes School Carnival is in full swing amongst the classrooms at school! Between the excitement of selling raffle tickets in hopes of being in the top ten sellers, decorating posters to advertise around school and creating classroom baskets for the silent auction, we can hardly wait for April 1st! I was greatly inspired by a project I came across on facebook a few weeks ago, and decided to give it a go with the second graders. Preston Eidenschink from Owatonna, MN is the creator/designer of Book2birdhouse. He was so gracious in mailing us measurements and step by step directions, thank you Preston! After spending an afternoon with my husband and my talented father-in-law Harry Dahlin, we had 23 birdhouses ready in under 2 hours! Once the kids had their bird houses in hand, they were ready to get the real work started! They each brought in an old hardcover book that could be ripped apart. They chose bright colorful pages to measure to fit the sides. This fit in perfectly with math Unit #9 which just happens to be on measurement! The kids knew these birdhouses were going to be "marketed" so we had to make them just right! We used Modge Podge to adhere the pages on the sides. The finishing touches took place when Gracie Midgarden's dad and my brother, Shane Hoefs, came in with their very cool power tools to drill on the book covers. These birdhouses will be set out at the silent auction on April 1st. All money will go to help fund our school in the area of technology and/or equipment for classrooms. We hope to see you there.
