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Giveaway! Celebrate Earth Day with Green Kids Crafts and a Shadow Puppet Theater!

April 22, 2014 by Janine 37 Comments

Earth Day is here and that’s why Green Kid Crafts wanted to sponsor this post and giveaway!  For more information read my full disclosure.

How are you going to celebrate Earth Day?  How about exploring nocturnal animals and hosting your own shadow puppet show?  We did all of that with our Green Kids Crafts Discovery Box!

how to make a shadow puppet theater

We received a Nocturnal Animals Discovery Box packed with 4 different eco-friendly crafts.  Even the box looked fun and my children were so excited to get started.

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First, we got our shadow puppets ready for the puppet show and talked about which animals were nocturnal.

earth day activities shadow puppets

They were surprised to learn that kangaroos are mostly nocturnal.  My daughter picked out the owl right away because she knew that animal was.

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Next we turned the lantern craft into a group project.  We discussed the bees and moths on the lantern and how they can be nocturnal.

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The lantern came with a flame-less candle light and looked so pretty in the dark.

earth day activities

Finally we tried the stuffed owl.  It was a little hard for my eldest daughter to make the legs with the rubber bands, so I helped out.

nocturnal animals earth day activity

Our box also came with a bonus craft.  Reusing an old plastic bottle from the recycling bin, we made a glow-in-the-dark firefly!

firefly earth day activity

Even more activities and craft ideas were included in the Nocturnal Animals Activity Guide that I downloaded from the link on the back of my activity card.

earth day activities nocturnal animals

As you can see in the video below, my children loved their Discovery Box and would have played with it for hours if I’d let them!  It was a great Earth Day activity; to teach and learn all about the animals in our world.

About Green Kid Crafts

Green Kid Crafts delights over 10,000 kids across North America each month with fun, creative and eco-friendly craft and STEM activities (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics), delivered right to their door through the company’s subscription program!  Every month’s Discovery Box is packed with 3-4 unique and engaging activity kits designed to foster a child’s creativity and confidence while helping to raise the nation’s next generation of creative leaders.

Green Kid Crafts 3 month giveaway

For kids ages 3-10, their award-winning products celebrate creativity and activates thinking, questioning, inquiring, and original creation.  Each month brings a new theme; past themes have included Mad Scientist, Nocturnal Animals, Around the World, Outer Space, and Feathered Friends.

green kid crafts founderGreen Kid Crafts is a mom-owned, green company founded by Penny Bauder, a mom of two and an environmental activist from Alaska.   Her program has won a variety of awards including Dr. Toy’s Best Green Products of 2013, PTPA Seal of Approval, a recommendation from Parents’ Choice, MACT Excellence and MACT Green Awards and Red Tricycle’s Award for Most Awesome Subscription Service.

An Earth Friendly Company

Green Kid Crafts is certified carbon neutral, Green America Approved, a member of 1% for the Planet, and has won numerous awards and designations for its responsible business practices. You can also read more about their “eco ingredients” online.

If you like crafting, creativity, and natural parenting you can subscribe to their free newsletter and get 12 Kids Activity guides for free!  A $72 retail value!

green kid crafts

Subscriptions are available in month-to-month, 3, 6 and 12 month durations, and also make great gifts!  Subscriptions start at just $16.95 / month, and sibling subscriptions are also available.  The company also offers single Discovery Boxes, Creativity Kits, Science Kits, and Birthday Party activities and favors.

Save $5 off your order with code EARTH

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How to Make a Shadow Puppet Theater

This was my kids’ favorite part of the whole night!  We made our own shadow puppet theater under the dining room table.  Covering the table with a white sheet and resting the light pen that came in our Green Kid Crafts box on a stool, the kids played for an hour.

shadow puppet show

They took turns putting on a show and experimenting with the shadows.  You can see a clip of their shows below!

Green Kid Crafts Giveaway!

In celebration of Earth Day, Green Kid Crafts are giving away a 3 month subscription to this award winning program!  Just enter the rafflecopter below!

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More Chances to win!

I’ve partnered with Contest Patti to bring you another chance to win a 3 month subscription!  You can read her review here.  The giveaway is open to the US residents aged 18+ only. It starts on 04/09/14 at 0001 PST and ends 05/12/14 at 2359 PST. Enter using the form below.

 

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About Janine

Janine LaTulippe is the Mother of 6 blessings. She believes that an elite education begins in the Home. Her sites www.BlueManorAcademy.com and www.TrueAimEducation.com provide curriculum, free resources, and inspiration for Homeschoolers!

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Comments

  1. Kara says

    April 22, 2014 at 2:24 pm

    My daughter would love this

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  2. Lara N says

    April 22, 2014 at 2:24 pm

    I like “Around the world” box best.
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  3. linda w. says

    April 22, 2014 at 3:53 pm

    I like the garden or backyard science kits.

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  4. Emma says

    April 22, 2014 at 4:10 pm

    I love the mad scientist kit, but they all look like fun!
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  5. Holly Mitkowski says

    April 22, 2014 at 5:01 pm

    I like the mad scientist box! 🙂

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  6. Jessica says

    April 22, 2014 at 5:54 pm

    I like the Mad Scientist and Around the World!
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  7. Debbie @ http://kidsbibledebjackson.blogspot.com/ says

    April 22, 2014 at 5:54 pm

    These look like fun! I would love to try the kitchen scientist sometime!

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  8. Christina S says

    April 22, 2014 at 5:57 pm

    They all look awesome! I’d love to try the Kitchen Scientist or the Dinosaur one though!
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  9. tracy says

    April 22, 2014 at 6:33 pm

    We are in love with the Backyard Science kit

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  10. Angela says

    April 22, 2014 at 6:49 pm

    probably the kitchen science….we love to cook
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  11. Katherine Donovan says

    April 22, 2014 at 7:03 pm

    I love the Backyard Science Box. My grandson and I love to explore in the yard.

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  12. Angela P. says

    April 22, 2014 at 7:27 pm

    The Kitchen Science looks like a lot of fun.

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  13. Kirsten says

    April 22, 2014 at 8:43 pm

    Mad Scientist

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  14. Chelsea Blair says

    April 22, 2014 at 8:52 pm

    I love them all but my top three faves are; dinosaur, garden and ocean. My kids would adore these boxes. Adding this to the birthday list.

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  15. Becky Kuntz says

    April 23, 2014 at 12:34 am

    I would love the backyard science or the Around the world box… This is a cool program!

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  16. Mary Agloro says

    April 23, 2014 at 1:19 am

    kitchen science

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  17. PaulaMS says

    April 23, 2014 at 5:16 am

    If I have to choose just one it would be Kitchen Science.
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  18. mal says

    April 23, 2014 at 5:34 am

    I like the mad scientist kit for my little mad scientist.

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  19. Cheryl says

    April 23, 2014 at 7:09 am

    I like the backyard science kit.
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  20. Loraine Ellis says

    April 23, 2014 at 8:00 am

    The Mad scientist one

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  21. Michelle Osborn says

    April 23, 2014 at 9:29 am

    My children said thwy would like the mad scientist.

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  22. renee says

    April 23, 2014 at 10:07 am

    I like the garden box.

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  23. Abigail says

    April 23, 2014 at 1:36 pm

    Id LOVE the Mad Scientist and Kitchen Science kits!

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  24. Jessica Medina says

    April 23, 2014 at 2:18 pm

    The Mad scientist kit looks great!

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  25. Laura J says

    April 23, 2014 at 9:59 pm

    Oh I really loved the Ocean box!

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  26. Melissa Cunningham says

    April 23, 2014 at 11:47 pm

    Kitchen Science

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  27. Lesley M says

    April 24, 2014 at 10:17 am

    My son would love the dinosaur box!

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  28. LeAnn says

    April 25, 2014 at 7:51 pm

    Mother’s Day Flower kit!

    Reply
  29. Jennifer Rogers says

    April 26, 2014 at 4:47 am

    We ;like the Backyard Science Box!

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  30. sharon crawford says

    April 26, 2014 at 1:56 pm

    I think these are such a great way to teach the children about our world! I love the back-yard box!

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  31. Tiffany says

    April 26, 2014 at 7:24 pm

    The Around the World kit looks extra cool (but really, they all do!)

    Reply
  32. Jennifer Rogers says

    April 27, 2014 at 7:26 am

    We would like to get The Cloud Finder STEM Kit

    Reply
  33. Marci Wright says

    April 27, 2014 at 8:04 am

    The Mad Scientist box looks like a lot of fun! My son would love any of them, though. They all look great!

    Reply
  34. zekesmom10 says

    April 28, 2014 at 9:35 am

    Mad scientist, of course! 😀
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  35. Judith Martinez says

    April 28, 2014 at 8:26 pm

    I like the kitchen science kit best.

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  36. Judith Martinez says

    May 12, 2014 at 9:00 pm

    I like the butterfly costume kit

    Reply

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