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How to Make Fun Watermelon Seed Slime For Summer Learning

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Summer is rapidly coming to an end but there is plenty of time to enjoy this watermelon seed slime. You may also love my page Free Summer Unit Study for more ideas.

Watermelon is easily one of the most popular summer snacks and themes so there was no way I was skipping over the fun of this one.

How to Make Fun Watermelon Seed Slime For Summer Learning

Slime is a surefire hit with kids every time and this is a unique, borax-free slime recipe that they will love to stretch, squeeze, and watch it ooze.

August 3rd is National Watermelon Day,

if you enjoy celebrating the simple things as well as the big ones like I do then this is a great activity to do with your child before cooler weather takes over.

5 Watermelon Facts

  1. Watermelons are made up of 92% water and 8% sugar.
  2. You can eat the whole thing, not just the delicious red flesh but the rinds and seeds too!
  3. Watermelons can grow to epic sizes, the record is held by Christopher Kent from Sevierville, Tennessee, in 2013. This winner weighed in at 350.5 pounds.
  4. The famous writer Mark Twain loved watermelon; he called it the food of angels.
  5. The record for watermelon seed spitting was set in 1995 and was 75 feet 2 inches.

Encourage your child to research some fun facts about watermelon on their own, like how many varieties there are. (More than 1200)

What colors do watermelons come in? (red, light pink, yellow, orange, and white)

How long does it take to grow one (65-100 days)

Watermelon is a delicious treat that can be enjoyed on its own, with salt, and feta cheese, made into popsicles, infused into water, or in many other ways.

How to Make Fun Watermelon Seed Slime For Summer Learning

 Be sure to grab a watermelon to enjoy with your child for National Watermelon Day while you explore a few of these ideas below.

10 Watermelon Seed Ideas to Enjoy

  1. Watermelon Seed Spitting Contest– Kids love gross stuff like being given free rein and even encouraged to spit. They won’t even realize that they are learning about graphing and measurements at the same time.
  2. Sensory Watermelon Dough is a fabulous sensory activity that makes a great base for a sensory bin or a canvas for practicing letters and numbers.
  3. Watermelon Squish Bag is another great sensory activity that little hands love.
  4. The Watermelon Seed Popsicle Stick Watermelon Slices
  5. Watermelon Kiwi Pops I couldn’t gather up watermelon ideas without at least one tasty snack, these look so yummy.
  6. Q Tip Watermelon Seeds for a good fine motor activity for little hands working on those pre-writing skills.
  7. PomPom Painted Watermelon Craft is a simple low prep activity that only requires paper, paint, and pompoms.
  8. No Cook Watermelon Sensory Rice– Make this watermelon-themed sensory rice for a sensory bin or bottle. Hide letters and numbers in it for your child to find or count out the “seeds”.
  9. Watermelon Seed Math is a great way to practice simple math skills like counting or more challenging addition and subtraction problems.
  10. Watermelon Seed Slime- See below for instructions.
How to Make Fun Watermelon Seed Slime For Summer Learning

Finally, look how to make fun watermelon seed slime.

How to Make Watermelon Seed Slime

You could use watermelon seeds or black beans as the seeds in this slime but I wanted to avoid any real food additions to keep it from spoiling quicker from the moisture.

You will need:

  • 2-4 oz. bottles of school glue
  • 1 teaspoon of baking soda
  • 2-3 Tbsp. Contact eye solution
  • Red gel or liquid food coloring
  • Black craft foam
  • Watermelon scent-optional
How to Make Fun Watermelon Seed Slime For Summer Learning

First, pour your glue into a large bowl or measuring cup.

I buy mine by the gallon so I can easily measure out 8 oz. into a glass measuring cup but if you use 4 oz bottles you can just empty both into any bowl you like.

Mix in gel or liquid food coloring to get the shade you like.

How to Make Fun Watermelon Seed Slime For Summer Learning

Stir in scent if you are using any, a good essential oil is a fun way to add another sensory aspect to this activity.

How to Make Fun Watermelon Seed Slime For Summer Learning

Add the baking soda and be sure to mix it until smooth and completely combined.

How to Make Fun Watermelon Seed Slime For Summer Learning

Now, stir in your contact solution and mix until it begins to pull away from your container and is no longer sticky.

How to Make Fun Watermelon Seed Slime For Summer Learning

Watermelon Seed Slime

Cut little watermelon seed shapes from craft foam. 

How to Make Fun Watermelon Seed Slime For Summer Learning

Stir them into the mixture.

How to Make Fun Watermelon Seed Slime For Summer Learning

At this point, you can remove it and need it with your hands for a few minutes.

How to Make Fun Watermelon Seed Slime For Summer Learning

If you want to make a cute little jar for storing, take any jar you have with an airtight lid like a little pickle jar, mason jar, etc.… and paint the entire thing dark green on the outside.

Allow it to dry.

How to Make Fun Watermelon Seed Slime For Summer Learning

Paint lighter green squiggles over the dark green and allow it to dry.

You now have a cute little watermelon rind container to hold the watermelon in, a great idea for gifting too.

Store in an airtight container at room temperature.

Your slime should keep a couple of weeks or more depending on how much it is used and how well it is stored.

How to Make Fun Watermelon Seed Slime For Summer Learning

15 Hands-On Nature Math Ideas to Make Learning Come to Life

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I have 15 hands on nature math ideas for your younger kids. Also, you may love Hands-On Nature Study: Bird Color Bar Graphing Activity.

If you have a child who would rather be out filling their pockets with rocks than sitting still at the kitchen table learning to count, I have some fun hands-on nature math ideas for you.

But they are also great for kids who get bored on nature walks and need a little more structure.

Too, these ideas work if you feel like you haven’t accomplished any school this week, but you want to sit outside and enjoy the weather.

There are so many wonderful ways we can incorporate hands-on nature into many subjects, but have you ever considered math?

15 Hands-On Nature Math Ideas to Make Learning Come to Life

You can very easily enjoy nature study while learning math with your children.

Yep, there are lots of things you can do to work on math skills while in your own backyard, at the beach, walking around the neighborhood, in a field, at the park, or while hiking.

So, the next time you head out on a nature walk take a few of these ideas below along with you so that you are getting double the benefit out of your time.

Nature Items for Math Manipulatives

I not only have ideas for manipulatives but ideas for math tools to take with you on nature walks as well as some specific activity ideas to get you started.

You can use these items out in the field or bring them home for rainy days or just days that are too hot to get outside.

10 Nature Items to Use for Math Manipulatives

  1. Leaves
  2. Rocks
  3. Shells
  4. Acorns
  5. Seed pods
  6. Nuts
  7. Fruits
  8. Sticks
  9. Pinecones
  10. Feathers
15 Hands-On Nature Math Ideas to Make Learning Come to Life

Those items are great teaching for basic counting but there are a whole lot more ways to use nature items for math.

Real-world learning at its best.

Books to Include In Your Nature Study

Also, add some of these books to your day if you want to include a complete nature unit study.

6 Nature Study Books and Resources

Add one of these resources or books to your study about nature. They all give you a starting point or use one or two of them as a nature spine.

Additionally, look at these other fun ways to add hands on nature math to your day.

More Hands on Nature Math

Then, look at these ways to add nature math to your unit studies.

15 Hands-On Nature Math Ideas

1. COUNTING

A fresh method for counting that also helps build fine motor skills in little hands is to roll a die and have your child punch holes in leaves to match the number.

Take it to the next step and use it for addition, roll a second die, have them punch in that number then add them together.

15 Hands-On Nature Math Ideas to Make Learning Come to Life

2. SHAPES

Look for shapes occurring naturally in nature like squares, circles, triangles, etc.. point them out and your child will soon be finding them everywhere

3. NUMBER IDENTIFICATION

Teach your child to identify numbers by writing them on rocks, or leaves, or scratching them into the ground with a stick.

If you don’t want to leave permanent marks you can use chalk that is easily washed away. They can be used for ordering, skip counting, and addition/subtraction as well.

4. SORTING

Even the smallest toddlers can sort items by type such as leaves, rocks, and sticks.

15 Hands-On Nature Math Ideas to Make Learning Come to Life

5. STICK FRACTIONS

Cut 4 sticks of the same length. leave one as is, cut the next one in half, the next one thirds, and the last one into four equal pieces.

15 Hands-On Nature Math Ideas to Make Learning Come to Life

6. MEASURING

Take a ruler, yardstick, or measuring tape outdoors with you and teach your child how to measure the width, height, and circumference of trees, leaves, and more.

15 Hands-On Nature Math Ideas to Make Learning Come to Life

7. TALLY MARKS

Use similar-sized sticks to teach your child how to use tally marks for quick counting.

15 Hands-On Nature Math Ideas to Make Learning Come to Life

8. PATTERNS

Patterns are everywhere in nature, from leaf groupings of certain numbers to alternating colors on flowers.

15 Hands-On Nature Math Ideas to Make Learning Come to Life

9. SKIP COUNTING

You can use any type of nature manipulative for teaching skip counting but also look for patterns in nature to practice it, like this branch where the leaves are in groups of two.

15 Hands-On Nature Math Ideas to Make Learning Come to Life

10. ESTIMATING

Have your child grab a handful of pebbles, seashells, acorns, or whatever nature manipulative is handy, then have them guess how many are in their hand. Finally, count them out and see if they are close.

11. GEOMETRY

You can use sticks to create various geometric shapes for your child to identify. Or simply use a stick to draw them in the dirt or sand.

12. GRAPHING

Bring your items home and create a graph for items found-rocks, feathers, etc. or creatures seen on your walk.

13. COMPARING NUMBERS

Make two piles of objects then use leaves or small sticks to as an equality/inequality symbol.

15 Hands-On Nature Math Ideas to Make Learning Come to Life

14. SIMPLE EQUATIONS

Write out simple equations in the dirt or sand for your child to figure out, they can use the same stick to write the answer or nature manipulatives.

15 Hands-On Nature Math Ideas to Make Learning Come to Life

15. COUNTING FRAME (ABACUS)

Another simple idea that also works on fine motor skills is to carry a handful of small beads and thread them on skinny twigs the way you would an abacus for counting, or just give them a number and have them thread that many beads onto it.

15 Hands-On Nature Math Ideas to Make Learning Come to Life

You don’t need anything other than what you find outdoors for math but if you would like to bring along a couple of items to enhance the learning on your trip I recommend:

  • Ruler
  • Measuring tape
  • Small hand pruners (for cutting sticks).
  • 2 Dice
  • Hole punch
  • Permanent marker/chalk for writing on rocks, leaves, etc.
  • Bag for collecting items to bring home.
15 Hands-On Nature Math Ideas to Make Learning Come to Life

8 Facts About Moths and a Fun Nature Elephant Hawk Moth Craft

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I’m sharing 8 facts about moths and a fun contact paper nature elephant hawk moth craft. Also, you may love Fun and Easy Hands-on Life Cycle Butterfly Activity for Kids.

Typically, we think of moths as dull nighttime flyers and butterflies as beautiful bright creatures, but many moths are colorful and beautiful like the Hawk Moth.

The Garden Tiger Moth, the False Tiger Moth, the Oleander Hawk Moth, the Luna Moth, and the Comet Moth, to name a few, rival the most colorful butterflies in their beauty.

8 Facts About Moths and a Fun Nature Elephant Hawk Moth Craft

There is much more to moths than what you see flitting around your porch light in the evening.

They are just as fascinating as butterflies.

Moths are very important in food webs as a food item for songbirds, mammals, and other insects.

Too, moths are also crucial pollinators, especially those that are active after dark when other pollinators are sleeping.

8 Facts About Moths and a Fun Nature Elephant Hawk Moth Craft

In honor of the poor unappreciated moth, we are making a fun and pretty giant moth to decorate the window.

We get to combine two activities for this piece, a lovely relaxing nature walk with an indoor art project to preserve some finds and recreate a moth that stays put.

This craft is typically one that is done with preschoolers or toddlers.

 But I am sure an artistic or nature-loving older child would also love this and could be challenged to make an even more intricate design than a younger sibling.

8 Fascinating Moth and Hawk Moth Facts

Next look at these facts about moths.

  1. Moths far outnumber butterflies. For every butterfly that you see flying around, there are over nine times as many moths.
  2. Hawk Moths are from the Sphingidae family of moths, also known as Sphynx moths.
  3. Many of their caterpillars are known as “hornworms” and are a nuisance to tomato plants.
  4. Hawk moths have the longest tongues of any other moth or butterfly, some of them are as long as 14”.
  5. Moths range from small, like the tiny Stigmella Maya with its forewing measuring just .04 inches to large specimens bigger than a human hand, like the largest moth, Hercules Moth at 14”.
  6. They have an amazing sense of smell. A male emperor moth can smell a female from about seven miles away.
  7. Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History has over 25,000 different specimens of Hawk Moths, which are closely related to butterflies.
  8. Not all moths fly only at night, some moths are nocturnal, but others are diurnal.
8 Facts About Moths and a Fun Nature Elephant Hawk Moth Craft

Next, look at some of the books to add to your unit study or learning day.

Books and Resources For Learning About Moths

Add a few of these books about moths to your unit study or for hands-on activities.

Also, add some more hands on ideas about moths.

More Moth Resources

Here are a few more beautiful moth crafts, resources, and activities to help you learn more about these mysterious creatures.

  • Sweet little Pinecone Moths are pretty enough to leave all around your home.
  • Make the pretty bright Luna Moth Craft.
  • These Paper Moths would be a great project for middle and high schoolers.
  • I just love these DIY Moth Wings for dramatic play and a unique art project.
  • A young artist will enjoy learning How to Draw a Moth.
  • Have your child research the differences between butterflies and moths.
  • A budding lepidopterist (an entomologist who specializes in studying butterflies and moths) might enjoy a moth specimen to begin or celebrate finishing up a moth study
8 Facts About Moths and a Fun Nature Elephant Hawk Moth Craft

Finally, look how to make this fun contact paper hawk moth.

How to Make A Contact Paper Nature Elephant Hawk Moth

This is a fun simple activity that can also be used to teach your child about the anatomy of a moth, colorations, and simple vocabulary.

You will need:

  • Clear contact paper
  • Painters tape
  • Permanent marker
  • Flowers and leaves
8 Facts About Moths and a Fun Nature Elephant Hawk Moth Craft

First, find and print out a picture of the moth you would like to create. We chose the Elephant Hawk Moth knowing we had pretty pink flowers in the yard to create some of its lines.

Then head outside for a nature walk, gathering fresh or dried leaves, flower petals, and other lightweight nature items.

8 Facts About Moths and a Fun Nature Elephant Hawk Moth Craft

Next, cut a piece of clear contact paper out as large as you would like to make it and tape it down to your work surface with low tack tape like painter’s tape, backing side down (do not peel it off yet).

8 Facts About Moths and a Fun Nature Elephant Hawk Moth Craft

Use a permanent marker to draw the outlines of the moth.

8 Facts About Moths and a Fun Nature Elephant Hawk Moth Craft

Peel off the tape and move to the window you want to use, slowly peel off the contact paper backing and tape the contact paper to the window, sticky side facing outward.

8 Facts About Moths and a Fun Nature Elephant Hawk Moth Craft

Set their nature walk finds nearby and have them press them into the sticky side of the contact paper.

8 Facts About Moths and a Fun Nature Elephant Hawk Moth Craft

For younger children, you can let them get creative and cover their moth in whatever pattern and gathered materials they like.

For older children, challenge them to try to recreate the colors and patterns of their chosen moth.

Tips:

  • Add a moth photo or two to your window as inspiration.
  • Be sure that they press firmly to be sure their items are attached.
  • Small light pieces will adhere the best.
  • If you want to preserve their picture just lay another piece of contact paper over it, sticky side to sticky side, and cut out around your moth.
  • They don’t have to complete this activity in one sitting, you can leave it up and let them come back and forth.
8 Facts About Moths and a Fun Nature Elephant Hawk Moth Craft

6 Facts About Mountain Lions and How to Make a Fun Mountain Lion Diorama

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I have 6 facts about mountain lions and a fun mountain lion diorama. Also, you may love the ideas on my post 6 World Wildlife Day Activities to Learn About African Lions.

Today, we’re making an upcycled mountain lion diorama that pairs perfectly with a mountain lion unit study.

Mountain lions have 40 different names. For example, look at these names.

  • Cougar
  • Mountain Lion
  • Puma
  • Panther
  • Catamount
  • Colorado Cougar
  • Texas Lion, and
  • Patagonian Puma to name a few.
6 Facts About Mountain Lions and How to Make a Fun Mountain Lion Diorama

They have the widest range amongst all the wild cats in the western hemisphere, covering parts of Canada, the United States, and most of the South American countries.

They make a beautiful and interesting subject for our latest diorama.

One thing I really love is a craft that uses recycled materials that we’re going to end up in the trash bin.

They’re likely to end up there eventually anyway but this gives a little bit longer life and saves a lot of money because we had to buy almost nothing for this project.

I used a science board I already had on hand from Dollar Tree but you can just use leftover cardboard from a delivery box.

You might need some small plastic animals if you don’t have any. I have a suggestion below that can be used for many things.

Before we jump in let’s learn a few facts about the mountain lion and what sets them apart from other cats in the wild.

Mountain Lion Diorama – 6 Facts To Pounce On

  1. Because their larynxes are different from those of other big cats, they never roar. Rather they sound more like a person whistling, a bird chirping, or even a woman screaming. You can listen to that eerie scream here. How eerie!
  2. The young look very different from mature cats, mountain lion cubs have blue eyes and dark spots when they are born.
  3. When you think of mountain lions you may think of slow, slinking creatures but they can run up to 50 mph.
  4. A mountain lion’s preference for prey is deer but as opportunistic predators, they will eat raccoons, elk, moose, antelope, mountain goats, horses, and bighorn sheep.
  5. They are amazing jumpers; they can jump as high as 18 feet off the ground.
  6. Mountain lions are not considered “big cats”, but they are the largest of the “small cats” at 90 to 175 pounds and standing 2’-3’ tall at the shoulder.

First, I like to grab my handy dandy anatomy books.

I was able to find information on panthers and mountain lions for comparison in our Wildlife Anatomy book.

6 Facts About Mountain Lions and How to Make a Fun Mountain Lion Diorama

In Nature Anatomy you can see a small excerpt on the mountain Lion but also information on mountains, some of its prey animals, and more.

6 Facts About Mountain Lions and How to Make a Fun Mountain Lion Diorama

Next, look at some more ideas for lion activities.

More Mountain Lion Activities

6 Facts About Mountain Lions and How to Make a Fun Mountain Lion Diorama

Finally, look how to make this mountain lion diorama.

How to Make a Mountain Lion Diorama

You will need:

  • Trifold science board
  • Brown paper bag/brown shipping paper
  • Styrofoam packaging
  • Green construction paper
  • Small pebbles and twigs with leaves
  • Green, blue, and tan craft paints
  • Hot glue gun
  • Small plastic animals
6 Facts About Mountain Lions and How to Make a Fun Mountain Lion Diorama

Once you have decided where your mountain lion is living, cougars like dense forests, coastal swamps, rocky cliffs, and mountain ranges as their habitat you can begin building.

I am walking you through creating a mountain diorama.

First, cut a trifold science board into half and then cut off half of that so you have just half of one flap and half of the center.

Next, cut off the other half of the centerpiece. We will use that for the base.

6 Facts About Mountain Lions and How to Make a Fun Mountain Lion Diorama

Paint the top blue like the sky and the bottom third a tan like your mountain color, tan for this model. Allow it to dry.

6 Facts About Mountain Lions and How to Make a Fun Mountain Lion Diorama

Grab the piece of cardboard you are going to use for your base and cover it in glue.

Crinkle up the green paper, smooth it, and press it into the adhesive on your board.

Crinkling gives your “grass” some nice texture.

6 Facts About Mountain Lions and How to Make a Fun Mountain Lion Diorama

Add additional color and texture with dabs of green paint if you like.

6 Facts About Mountain Lions and How to Make a Fun Mountain Lion Diorama

Once your background is dry, bend it so that it creates an L shape and adhere it to the base with a generous line of hot glue. Hold it in place until it sets.

6 Facts About Mountain Lions and How to Make a Fun Mountain Lion Diorama

Now, cut up your styrofoam to resemble mountain shapes.

6 Facts About Mountain Lions and How to Make a Fun Mountain Lion Diorama

Glue to the board.

6 Facts About Mountain Lions and How to Make a Fun Mountain Lion Diorama

Crinkle up a big piece of brown paper and then smooth it out as you did with the green.

6 Facts About Mountain Lions and How to Make a Fun Mountain Lion Diorama

Press all over the styrofoam to cover, glue in place, and add more as needed, trim off the excess.

6 Facts About Mountain Lions and How to Make a Fun Mountain Lion Diorama

Gather up the stones, moss, and twigs you have collected and glue them on the ground as well as up the mountain.

6 Facts About Mountain Lions and How to Make a Fun Mountain Lion Diorama

Add a water source coming down the mountain across the land, animals always like to stay near a good water source.

6 Facts About Mountain Lions and How to Make a Fun Mountain Lion Diorama

Place your mountain lion and a prey animal or two.

I think our mountain lion is stalking the thirsty raccoon who stopped for a drink.

6 Facts About Mountain Lions and How to Make a Fun Mountain Lion Diorama

How to Make a Fun Bottle Buddy of the Trailblazing Pilot Amelia Earhart Craft

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I have a fantastic Amelia Earhart craft to go along with any study you might be doing about the famous trailblazing pilot. Also, look at Amazing Facts about Amelia Earhart and Fun Aviator Goggle Craft.

Amelia Earhart broke records opened the world of aviation for women and inspired many to push flying to its limits.

How to Make a Fun Bottle Buddy of the Trailblazing Pilot Amelia Earhart Craft

To honor her life while we learn about her accomplishments, we are making a bottle buddy Amelia Earhart craft.

It is perfect for an at-home project or would be great as part of a co-op presentation.

“I lay no claim to advancing scientific data other than advancing flying knowledge. I can only say that I do it because I want to.”– Amelia Earhart

7 Fun Facts About Amelia Earhart

  1. Amelia was the first president of the organization the Ninety-Nines, an organization for women aviators.
  2. Amelia Earhart was just the 16th woman to earn an international pilot’s license.
  3. She was the first female passenger to fly across the Atlantic.
  4. Amelia was the first woman to fly across North America and back on a solo journey.
  5. She was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
  6. She set a world altitude record of 18,415 feet.
  7. If she had succeeded in circumnavigating the globe, Amelia Earhart would have been the first woman to manage the feat.

“Some of us have great runways already built for us. If you have one, take off! But if you don’t have one, realize it is your responsibility to grab a shovel and build one for yourself and for those who will follow after you.”- Amelia Earhart

Also, look at some of these resources about Amelia Earhart.

6 Fun Amelia Earhart Resources

Bring your aviator unit study to life by adding some of these fun resources.

Next, look at some more resources and activities to learn about Amelia Earhart.

More Amelia Earhart Resources and Activities

Add some of these fun activities to your post.

How to Make a Fun Bottle Buddy of the Trailblazing Pilot Amelia Earhart Craft

Next, look how to make this fun bottle buddy craft.

You can use any size bottle that you have on hand from a 16 oz to a 2 liter for this project. This is all about low stress.

We are not using a template; it will be quick and easy to measure right on the bottle.

I have seen these in the past made with a foam ball for the head, you could certainly do that, but this was a very frugal and no-fuss way to make it with things you probably already have on hand.

Because we may all be using different size bottles, I am not going to give exact measurements.

I measured mine simply by holding the felt up to the bottle, marking and cutting as needed.

How to Make A Bottle Buddy Amelia Earhart Craft

You will need:

How to Make a Fun Bottle Buddy of the Trailblazing Pilot Amelia Earhart Craft

First, remove the label from the bottle and wash it out well.

You can add back in a few inches of clean water to act as a weight because your bottle buddy will be a bit top-heavy.

Because we have layers, we are not going to wrap each color felt all the way around so want to cut a piece of tan felt (pants) that wraps around the base of your bottle and is about ¼ of the height.

How to Make a Fun Bottle Buddy of the Trailblazing Pilot Amelia Earhart Craft

Cut a rectangular piece of white (shirt) that goes from the top of the tan to an inch or two below the neck of the bottle and wraps around about 1/3rd of the bottle.

You can tape them down temporarily with low tack tape to make sure that your whole bottle will be covered.

Next, wrap a piece of dark brown (bomber jacket) around the bottle so that it just overlaps the white and the tan pants at the bottom, and has an inch or so of excess at the top.

We are not going to glue them down yet because we must put her head on first. Set these pieces aside for now.

Make a head by stuffing a brown paper bag with scrap felt or paper, squeezing and moving it around until you are happy with the shape.

How to Make a Fun Bottle Buddy of the Trailblazing Pilot Amelia Earhart Craft

Bottle Buddy Amelia Earhart Craft

Draw on a mouth, nose, and eyes or use google eyes if you like.

How to Make a Fun Bottle Buddy of the Trailblazing Pilot Amelia Earhart Craft

Use hot glue to attach a few short pieces of yarn that will be coming out of her pilot’s cap, you don’t have to do the whole head unless you want to.

How to Make a Fun Bottle Buddy of the Trailblazing Pilot Amelia Earhart Craft

Trim the excess off the bag then wrap it around the neck of the bottle and tie it on tightly with a piece of string. We are ready to start putting her together.

Hot glue the shirt and pants in place and use a marker to draw the center leg line on the pants.

How to Make a Fun Bottle Buddy of the Trailblazing Pilot Amelia Earhart Craft

Wrap the dark brown piece of felt you cut to use as a jacket and glue it in place, leaving some excess at the top, fold this down to make a collar.

How to Make a Fun Bottle Buddy of the Trailblazing Pilot Amelia Earhart Craft

Cut a long piece of skinny red felt and make little fringes on either end.

How to Make a Fun Bottle Buddy of the Trailblazing Pilot Amelia Earhart Craft

Wrap and hot glue into place around her neck.

How to Make a Fun Bottle Buddy of the Trailblazing Pilot Amelia Earhart Craft

To create her pilot’s cap, center an entire piece of 8×12 fabric onto her head letting some of the hair peek out. At this point, you can add more if you feel like it needs it. Hot glue the center down.

How to Make a Fun Bottle Buddy of the Trailblazing Pilot Amelia Earhart Craft

Cut the flaps and any excess off then continue gluing it in place all the way around.

How to Make a Fun Bottle Buddy of the Trailblazing Pilot Amelia Earhart Craft

To finish off Amelia’s’ pilot costume we need to make her flying goggles.

Start by cutting a rectangle long enough to wrap over the top of her head from one side of the cap to the other.

Use a black marker to draw the eye openings.

How to Make a Fun Bottle Buddy of the Trailblazing Pilot Amelia Earhart Craft

Cut eye holes out.

How to Make a Fun Bottle Buddy of the Trailblazing Pilot Amelia Earhart Craft

Affix to the top of her cap with hot glue.

How to Make a Fun Bottle Buddy of the Trailblazing Pilot Amelia Earhart Craft