{"id":3116,"date":"2011-07-19T21:28:32","date_gmt":"2011-07-20T01:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/?p=3116"},"modified":"2011-07-20T21:52:20","modified_gmt":"2011-07-21T01:52:20","slug":"birds-and-bugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/2011\/07\/birds-and-bugs\/","title":{"rendered":"Birds and Bugs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our birdhouses, according to Anna, needed birdies.\u00a0 So I bought a big bag of assorted pompoms and pulled out a few other supplies:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3117\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3117\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110719_birds_and_bugs1.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3117\" title=\"20110719_birds_and_bugs1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110719_birds_and_bugs1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110719_birds_and_bugs1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110719_birds_and_bugs1.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3117\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ready for some crafty fun!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A little glue here, a little cutting there&#8230;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3118\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3118\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110719_birds_and_bugs2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3118\" title=\"20110719_birds_and_bugs2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110719_birds_and_bugs2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110719_birds_and_bugs2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110719_birds_and_bugs2.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3118\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Please excuse the post-swimming-lesson hair...)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8230;and we had fuzzy little googly-eyed birds!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3119\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3119\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110719_birds_and_bugs3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3119\" title=\"20110719_birds_and_bugs3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110719_birds_and_bugs3-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110719_birds_and_bugs3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110719_birds_and_bugs3.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3119\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chirp, chirp!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And then we made some <a href=\"http:\/\/littlemisscraft.com\/Name_Caterpillar-54_8\">name caterpillars<\/a> because gluing pompoms is kind of addictive.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3120\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3120\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110719_birds_and_bugs4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3120\" title=\"20110719_birds_and_bugs4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110719_birds_and_bugs4-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110719_birds_and_bugs4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110719_birds_and_bugs4.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3120\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This caterpillar is named &quot;Anna&quot;.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3121\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3121\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110719_birds_and_bugs5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3121\" title=\"20110719_birds_and_bugs5\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110719_birds_and_bugs5-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110719_birds_and_bugs5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110719_birds_and_bugs5.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3121\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">All of our fuzzy creations.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After that, the girls went to town with glue, pompoms, googly eyes and construction paper.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3122\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3122\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110719_birds_and_bugs6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3122\" title=\"20110719_birds_and_bugs6\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110719_birds_and_bugs6-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110719_birds_and_bugs6-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110719_birds_and_bugs6.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3122\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Googly eyes are small, and glue is kind of runny...<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3123\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3123\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110719_birds_and_bugs7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3123\" title=\"20110719_birds_and_bugs7\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110719_birds_and_bugs7-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110719_birds_and_bugs7-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110719_birds_and_bugs7.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3123\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anna glued about 10 pairs of googly eyes to that paper!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3124\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3124\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110719_birds_and_bugs8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3124\" title=\"20110719_birds_and_bugs8\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110719_birds_and_bugs8-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110719_birds_and_bugs8-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110719_birds_and_bugs8.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3124\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A plethora of pompoms.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I think the message I need to take away from today&#8217;s project is that I need to go hit the back-to-school sales to stock up on more glue.\u00a0 The girls love glue almost as much as paint.\u00a0 Especially if it involves googly eyes!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our birdhouses, according to Anna, needed birdies.\u00a0 So I bought a big bag of assorted pompoms and pulled out a few other supplies: A little glue here, a little cutting there&#8230; &#8230;and we had fuzzy little googly-eyed birds! And then<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,60],"tags":[67],"class_list":["post-3116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kids-crafts","category-summer-fun","tag-garden"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3116"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3131,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3116\/revisions\/3131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}