Blankets and Toys For The Humane Society

We came home from the HSSV with instructions for making blankets and toys for the "kitty condos".
The kids were all on board for doing this as a thank you to the wonderful people
who showed us such a good time at our field trip. Knowing that they are helping some
of the animals at the shelter was a nice feeling too.

 As per instructions, Mark starts cutting the first blanket.
 Making the fringe to knot.

 Boys can't braid!
I never thought of it before, but they never have a reason to.
They can now and they did an awesome job!
Good work CK.

 This girl has some mad skills when it comes to braiding.
These are for kitty toys also as per instructions from HSSV.

 Kyle and James worked together to cut and knot this blanket.

 Julia and McKayla did an awesome job on this two sided blanket. It is simple,
but it takes a lot of patience to tie all those knots.
 Speaking of mad skills- Paul cut strip after strip of material for the cat toys.

 Completed toys- a little jingle bell will hang on one end and the other will be tied to a cage (condo;)).


 After we finished, we had some worksheets the HSSV gave us. They are designed to get the students to think about what pets need and how much they will cost to keep, and to help the children understand safe behaviour around animals---even their math were tested to figure out how many dogs one unspayed female dog can produce (from her and her offspring) over a two year time period.
                                

Last on our list- drop all this fun stuff off!


Humane Society Silicon Valley
901 Ames Ave. Milpitas, CA 95035
408-262-2133

No Ordinary Blog Hop: August 20 is International Homeless Animals' Day (didn't know that when we planned all this!). Write a blog post about your local animal shelter and link it to NOBH's giveaway category (the winner will have $50 donated to their local animal shelter on their behalf!). 


Comments

  1. asliceofsmithlifeAugust 31, 2011 at 4:05 AM

    Hi Lori!
    This is a great post and I love all your great pictures! The blankets and toys turned out so wonderful and the kids did fantastic! It sounds like they learned alot too! Thank you for making some of our four legged friends happy and for entering NOBH's giveaway! :)

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  2. PattyAugust 31, 2011 at 2:29 PM

    Wow! Your kids not only worked hard but did a fantastic job! Those will be some lucky furry critters :)

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