Spring Nature Walk-- Building Fairy Houses

We went on a nature walk with several homeschooling families on April 23, 2012. We went to the Mobile Botanical Gardens. There was a good turn out, with many boisterous children, and moms trying to keep up with their broods.

This was an interesting trip, since the leader set it up as a fairy and gnome "hunt." After walking around the Botanical Gardens, she sat with the children and shared a couple of books about fairies and gnomes. Then she had them try their hands at building "fairy houses."

The boys were sitting, rolling their eyes during her talk about fairies and gnomes, but you should have seen it... the boys were more interested in building the fairy houses out of available nature materials than the girls were.

Watching a Garden employee feed the fish

The Garden employee pointing out a frog just under the water

Kim telling the children about fairies and gnomes

Walking to the fern garden, where they were going to make their fairy houses

My son's fairy house

Two boys gathering moss for their fairy house

I am linking up with Barb at the Handbook of Nature Study for this month's Outdoor Hour Blog Challenge.