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We had fun when he had to do a habitat and chose the ocean. We got sand from the sandbox and mixed it with glue and covered the whole bottom. Then he painted the rest of the shoe box blue like water. He found cool pics of ocean fish and taped them to toothpicks, which we stuck in mounds of modeling clay so it looked like they were swimming in mid-air. The sand I got had some algae in it, so that looked cool..lol. He cut up a sponge so he had a real sponge. Added rocks and other stuff. It came out good. I think I'm freaked out about making the people. We'll work it out. I already figured that for the corn, we would just pull out the metal prongs from a couple of our "corn on the cob holders" that look like corn...lol. They're really cheap ones anyway and I have nicer wooden ones.
Anyway parents, there are things to always have on hand in addition to the poster board that someone else mentioned..
Shoe boxes (you'll need at least one a year, never throw any out, unless you want an excuse to go out and buy a pair of shoes because the kid needs one TOMORROW)
Milk Jugs (again, at least once a year. Since we're lactose intolerant around here, I end up buying milk, dumping it out and cutting up the jug)
Paper Towel rolls and toilet paper rolls. It really stinks to have to unwind an entire roll of paper towel because the kid needs the roll TOMORROW.. same with TP. Keep a few on hand, always. And make sure the TP ones are good ones, where the TP doesn't stick to the roll too much!
Modelling clay,paints, glue (sticks and liquid), markers
Egg cartons, both styrofoam and cardboard because it depends on what they're doing.
Coffee cans.. these are getting harder and harder to find all the time because the bags are more popular. Again, no coffee drinker in this family, so I buy it, put it in tupperware in the freezer and save it for when my dad comes to visit. I have tons of coffee in tupperware in the freezer! I wish my dad would take it with him when he leaves, but he never will.
Dee
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