Field trips in Use Acorns and Pinecones

By sandnsea2
October 22, 2011

Fall is a great time to gather all those acorns and pine cones, large and small. You can drop them off at the art department of your local school for the kids to use in craft making. With all the budget cuts nowadays, the schools are very appreciative of this.... and so are the kids.

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Aguane

Oct 21, 2011 6:35 PM CST

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Name: Susie
Phoenix AZ (Zone 9a)
Southwest Gardening~ moderator/ATP.

This is a great idea! I love this idea!

As a kid I loved creating my "art" from found objects.

I do remember during the Ozzie and Harriet days (I was raised in their family

) Our school would have field trips to mountain parks to collect our own pine cones, grasses, twigs, lichen, rocks etc. I'm sure the costs and even litigation insurance to continue that practice is prohibitive these days.

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sandnsea2

Oct 21, 2011 6:47 PM CST

Name: Janice
Cape Cod, MA, USA (Zone 7a)

Thanks, Susie!
Hopefully, it may spark an interest in nature and appreciation for trees and these little gems they produce, in the children.
I remember, as you do, those idyllic Donna Reed days!
Lucky you to be raised in Ozzie and Harriets' family!

Mine was more like the Addams family.

There are two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle
- Albert Einstein.

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JuneBug

Oct 21, 2011 7:23 PM CST

Name: June or Nancy-June o
Fort Leonard Wood, MO (Zone 6a)

We always put our gatherings in the freezer overnight to kill all of the creepy-crawlies. Learned that lesson the hard way when the living room was full of bugs coming out of the baskets of cones by the fireplace.

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KyWoods

Oct 21, 2011 7:47 PM CST

Name: Renée
Northern KY

LOL @ sandnsea2
Good idea for getting rid of stowaway bugs, June.
My sister made a beautiful wreath out of pine cones, acorns, etc. It hangs on our front door every Christmas season.

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sandnsea2

Oct 21, 2011 8:06 PM CST

Name: Janice
Cape Cod, MA, USA (Zone 7a)

Good idea, June!
Renee, I can imagine that is a great wreath!

There are two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle
- Albert Einstein.

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