Owls

One evening last week while we were having our family bible time, we heard an owl hoot right outside our window.  We were a very excited about that and decided to turn that excitement into some crafty fun.

Owl making and caretaking dominated our week.  This post will chronicle our (mainly Malachi's) adventures.

First, we made mommy owls with pine cones from Pap-paw and Mam-maw's house and feathers and googly- eyes from Wal-mart.

Then we made babies.  We had to wrap yarn around our fingers 100 times to make a pom-pom.

Then we glued the eyes, beak, and feet onto the puffs.

1 mommy, 2 babies

2 mommies, 2 babies, 2 happy kids

Malachi created this owl cage to take care of the owls.

Then he moved the cage to his room.  Don't even think about moving that green tractor you see there... because it, and the other toys you see, are the walls to the cage and not really toys at all.

And, as you can see, the 2 mommies were actually 1 mommy and 1 daddy, and the baby owls multiplied.

Here Malachi is demonstrating how to use the "air-pump" so the owls can get air.

By the end of the week, Malachi and Karis' room turned into a pet shop.  This meant that every container that held toys was emptied onto the floor and the empty containers were used for housing animals.  Here is an example:

Malachi, especially, had a great time with the owls and is still being a great little caretaker.  Now, if he will just help me clean up his room, I mean pet shop.

By God's grace, another week completed!