🐾 Welcome to Animal Kingdom Week at Buzzy B DIY Camp! 🐾

Get ready, wild explorers! This week we’re embarking on an epic adventure through jungles 🌴, oceans 🌊, skies 🌈, and beyond. We’ll dive deep into the wonders of wildlife, uncovering amazing animals from every corner of our incredible planet. 🌎🐘🐬

Every day, we’ll have exciting crafts 🎨, thrilling activities 🦁, and lots of roaring good fun! So grab your explorer hats 🎩 and binoculars, because it’s time to journey into the Animal Kingdom and let your curiosity run wild!

Let the adventure begin! 🌿🦜✨

Explore wildlife, habitats, conservation, and animal care through playful learning, hands-on crafts, and adventurous activities. Let’s roar, stomp, and leap through the week!

📆 Daily Activities & Schedule

Day 1: Safari Adventure 🌿🦁

  • Explore: Virtual safari or local zoo virtual tour.

  • Activity: Animal footprints scavenger hunt outdoors.

  • Craft: DIY binoculars from cardboard tubes.

Day 2: Under the Sea 🌊🐠

  • Explore: Ocean creatures documentary.

  • Activity: Create an ocean sensory bin.

  • Craft: Paper plate jellyfish craft.

Day 3: Birds & Bugs 🐦🐞

  • Explore: Birdwatching in your backyard.

  • Activity: Bug hunt and observation journal.

  • Craft: Pinecone bird feeder.

Day 4: Rainforest Explorers 🌴🐸

  • Explore: Learn about rainforest ecosystems (short video lesson).

  • Activity: Rainforest-themed yoga session.

  • Craft: Colorful rainforest parrots from recycled materials.

Day 5: Animal Heroes 🦮💖

  • Explore: How animals help humans (therapy animals, service dogs).

  • Activity: Make homemade animal treats and donate to local shelters.

  • Craft: Animal face masks and role-play rescue missions.

  • Cardboard tubes (for binoculars)

  • Yarn or string

  • Construction paper and cardboard

  • Paper plates

  • Paint, markers, crayons

  • Glue and tape

  • Scissors

  • Pinecones

  • Birdseed

  • Plastic bins (for sensory bin)

  • Sand, shells, small ocean toys

  • Fruit loops or cheerios (for edible crafts)

  • Pet-safe ingredients for homemade treats (peanut butter, oats, pumpkin puree)

  • Book: The Animal Book by Steve Jenkins

  • Movie: Zootopia (family-friendly, hilarious, and educational!)

🎨 Featured Craft of the Week: DIY Animal Face Masks 🐼

Materials Needed:

  • Paper plates

  • Markers, paint, crayons

  • Scissors

  • String or elastic

  • Glue

  • Construction paper (optional, for ears and whiskers)

Instructions:

  1. Cut eye holes in the paper plates.

  2. Color or paint to resemble your favorite animal.

  3. Attach ears, noses, or whiskers with construction paper.

  4. Punch holes on each side, attach string or elastic for secure wearing.

  5. Enjoy imaginative animal role-play! 🐵🐱🦊

🍇 Produce

  • Grapes

  • Strawberries

  • Bananas

  • Carrots (baby carrots or sticks)

  • Yellow or orange bell peppers

  • Cucumbers

  • Cherry tomatoes

  • Apples (optional for owl wings)

  • Blueberries

🍪 Snacks & Dry Goods

  • Trail mix (nut-free if needed)

  • Pretzels or crackers

  • Dried fruit

  • Rice cakes

  • Oreo cookies (or favorite sandwich cookies)

🥜 Spreads & Dips

  • Peanut butter (or alternative, like sunflower seed butter)

  • Cream cheese

  • Chocolate frosting

  • Hummus or ranch dressing

🍭 Decorations & Baking

  • Candy eyes (edible googly eyes)

  • Chocolate chips or candy-coated chocolates

  • Raisins

✂️ Supplies (Non-food items)

  • Ziploc snack bags

  • Clothespins

  • Pipe cleaners

  • Googly eyes (non-edible, for butterfly bags)

  • Wooden skewers

  • Toothpicks or small spreader (to apply frosting/peanut butter)

You’re ready to hit the grocery aisle and make snack time wildly fun! 🐾🦉🦁

🐍 “Slithery Snake” Fruit Skewers

  • Ingredients:

    • Grapes

    • Strawberries

    • Banana slices

    • Candy eyes (optional)

    • Wooden skewers

  • Instructions:

    • Thread grapes, strawberry, and banana slices onto the skewer.

    • Use a strawberry tip for the head.

    • Attach candy eyes with a dab of peanut butter or frosting.

  • Why You’ll Love It: Healthy, cute, and kids will adore creating their slithery snacks!

🦋 Butterfly Snack Bags

  • Ingredients:

    • Ziploc snack bags

    • Clothespins

    • Pipe cleaners

    • Googly eyes

    • Trail mix, crackers, pretzels, dried fruit

  • Instructions:

    • Fill bags halfway, pinch middle with a clothespin.

    • Attach pipe cleaner antennae and googly eyes to the clothespin.

  • Why You’ll Love It: Portable, adorable, and great for snack breaks outdoors.

🦁 Lion Veggie & Dip Plate

  • Ingredients:

    • Carrot sticks (mane)

    • Yellow/orange bell pepper strips (mane)

    • Hummus or ranch dressing (face)

    • Cucumber slices (ears)

    • Cherry tomato (nose)

    • Black olive slices (eyes)

  • Instructions:

    • Spread hummus or dip in a circular shape.

    • Arrange carrots and bell peppers around for mane.

    • Add cucumber, tomato, and olives for face details.

  • Why You’ll Love It: Creative, healthy, and encourages veggie eating!

🐻 Bear Paw Cookies

  • Ingredients:

    • Oreo cookies (or your favorite sandwich cookie)

    • Chocolate frosting or peanut butter

    • Chocolate chips or candy-coated chocolates

  • Instructions:

    • Spread frosting on the cookie.

    • Use chocolate chips as paw pads.

  • Why You’ll Love It: Simple, sweet, and paw-sitively delicious!

🦉 Owl Rice Cake Treats

  • Ingredients:

    • Rice cakes

    • Peanut butter or cream cheese

    • Banana slices

    • Blueberries or raisins

    • Apple or almond slices

  • Instructions:

    • Spread rice cake with peanut butter or cream cheese.

    • Add banana slices topped with blueberries for eyes.

    • Use apple or almond slices as wings and beak.

  • Why You’ll Love It: Crunchy, nutritious, and irresistibly cute!

  • You’re ready to hit the grocery aisle and make snack time wildly fun! 🐾🦉🦁

Enjoy your Animal Kingdom Week—it’s bound to be wild fun! 🦁✨

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