List of Archived Topics
All - title page, this month, 5 things you can do, scavenger hunt/5 things
December 2013
Save water in the rain
Johnny - lights went out at dinner
Snowflake
January 2014
Make your own recycled paper
Jenny ready for school, car won't start
Make an envelope
May 2014
5 uses for a bucket
Johnny taking a shower - no more hot water
Make a solar oven
Make a fan
June 2014
Switch to cloth
Jenny eats, hands messy, no paper napkin!
Make a cup
Maze by Smaran - get to Earth
July 2014
5 ways to use the sun
Johnny hungry, power's off. How make lunch?
Make a sun print
Nature hopscotch
August 2014
5 ways to go back to school greener
Jenny needs notebook but no money
Make a kite
Earth cards - reward someone for saving energy
September 2014
5 things (cut down on packaging)
5 places to find bugs
Reuse this: plastic jug
Johnny - no plastic bags for crackers
Match items to the bin (follow the curving paths/maze)
Litter bingo
October 2014
Jenny is lost - how can she find her way home?
This into that - CD to suncatcher, carton to seed planter, jug to scoop
How to carve a pumpkin
Connect the dots
November 2014
I'm grateful for (hunt)
TV is broken and Johnny is bored
Reuse this: plastic spoon
Thank you notes - use them to say thanks
Secret message - crack the code
December 2014
Hunt - do you see what I see
This into that - chip bag to wrapping, card to gift tag, to roll to garland, straw to beads
Make your own wrapping paper designs
Jenny has no money to buy gifts
Circle items for the compost bin
January 2015 + coloring calendar
Johnny wants to send a card - no construction paper
Make your own glue - incomplete!!!
Resolutions and goals - cards to write
Greener lunchbox, zero waste lunch
February 2015
This into that - chocolate tray into ice/popsicle/playdo mold, cereal box to painting/sign boards/bookmarks, jar lid to photo frame, yogurt container to seedling pot, luggage sticker to lint remover
Jenny stuck in rain without raincoat
Heart notes - heart-folded into envelope
Love word search
March 2015
Hunt - water everywhere
This into that - veg scraps into compost, dandelion leaves into salad, banana peels to sooth stings/bug bites, pine cones to bird/animal feeders
Johnny's plant dying - how can he help it grow?
Green jumble
Earth toss - make a cube and toss to play
May 2015
5 ways to use a torn plastic bag
Johnny wants to plant a garden
Make your own birdseed
Turn this page into a funnel
June 2015
This into that - yogurt container into bucket, jug into shovel, chopstick and newspaper into kite, sticks and towel into tent
Jenny's too hot indoors
Scavenger hunt wih clues and answers
Go fish - color and fish with string
Ring toss with bottles and bangles
July 2015
Johnny wants to help neighbors
Travel in style - name the ways to go from pictures
15 ways to use old paper
Fun outdoor games checklist
Color the earth
October 2015
12 scary facts + 1 good news
Look out for creepy crawlies
Jenny doesn't have a costume for Halloween
5 ways to trick or treat for the planet
Trick or treat board game
Make a mask
November 2015
Johnny - how can he celebrate Thanksgiving?
Will you give thanks for...?
Don't toss that - jackolantern to pie/animals/compost, yogurt cup to plant seed/use as scoop/collect and store treasures, cereal box to store art/make dollhouse/cardboard paintings, sandwich bag to reuse/store small items/flour water squish
Art with leaves
Color by dot
December 2015
Silent night finds
Jenny wants to give a gift - what for friends and family?
Ways to wrap gifts
Kind acts you can do
Magic pyramid - roll and see
January 2016
Johnny wants to make a card - what can he use?
New beginnings - find the first...of the year
What can you STOP doing this year?
This into that - reuse OR wrapping paper - shred for stuffing, cards - cut strips for bookmarks or collage, ribbon - tie up bags or use for stuffing, boxes - cut pieces for doing artwork
Fill out - 12 green things I can do this year
February 2016
Hunt - things we love
Jenny thinks spring is coming - how can she get ready?
5 ways to make a Valentine
Make a rain gauge
Sudoku
March 2016
Jenny and Johnny want to plant a spring garden
Look for constellations
This into that - credit card to phone stand/guitar pick, medicine packet to playdo toy/paint tray, popped balloons to rubberbands/seal bowls/drum
Flower flow chart
Sort by most to least water use
April 2016
This into that - granola wrapper to tinsel/packing, torn bag to plastic yarn, shoes to plant pot, plastic fork to mini banjo, single serve container to storage
Johnny travel for he summer - how to use less energy?
Follow the sun - directions and light left
Earth day scavenger hunt
Earth day badges
May 2016
Jenny can't go to her camp - or can she?
Where does pasta come from?
Mother may I? (Ways to help)
Which uses more energy?
Make a paper party hat
June 2016
Green summer fun ideas (fill in the blank)
What should Jenny and Johnny take camping?
Reuse this: styrofoam cup
Summer solstice - make a sun song
Smaran - beach trash pickup game
July 2016
Hunt - shadows
Johnny's tree has too much fruit
Keep a day diary
Trip to the Little Library
Lemonade recipe
Make a seasons/months book
Craft box
Make a sun visor
August 2016
5 senses
Johnny's lemonade stand
Creature of the day
Be a thing finder
Green science - do plants respond to light?
Breathe
Make popsicles
Make a sun reflector
September 2016
