Month: April 2021

Long ago, there was a boy named Randy. Randy is 6 years old and his favorite movie is Jurassic Park. He lives on Acorn Road in cottage with his mom and dad. The cottage is a small brown two story home on top of a mountain. Inside Randy’s house there is a fireplace. Randy is a brave boy. In the evening, Randy goes to other mountains by himself.

As he was crossing strawberry hill, he saw a stranger. The stranger was tall and was wearing a purple jacket with red pants. His name was Harold.The stranger ask Randy, “If you could choose one special power what would it be?” Randy told him he wanted to become a dinosaur. The stranger made Randy’s wish come true by putting a spell on him.

Later that night, Randy was so excited about his special power that he couldn’t fall asleep. The next morning he slept in past noon and he had already missed so much of the day. Randy quickly ran down stairs, ate breakfast, and went outside to use his special power. Randy punched the ground very hard to turn himself into a dinosaur. Randy turned himself into a T-Rex! He began climbing over mountains and cliffs so much easier. It was starting to get late and Randy knew it was time to get back home. On the way home, he ate a few coyotes.

When Randy arrived home he realized he was way too big to fit into the front door! He went around to the other side of the house and looked into his parents window. Inside, his parents were sleeping with headphones so that they couldn’t hear anything. Randy roared so loudly to wake them up but it didn’t work. After roaring over and over again for 10 minutes Randy was out of breath and panting, he had given up. Randy began stomping over to the nearby village. When he arrived, the people of the village saw him and ran for their lives! One person shouted, “Look out for the big dinosaur, get out of the way!” Randy began crying because he didn’t know how to turn back into himself.

Randy decided to run back over the hills to find the stranger who gave him the magical power. The stranger says to him, “You like the saddest dinosaur in the world.” Randy replied, “I have scared everyone away from Harold-ville!!”. Randy sobbed. The stranger told him to grab a pail of hot lava from the magical volcano and pour it onto himself. Randy quickly runs over the the volcano, pours the lava on himself, and he magically turns back into a child. Then he runs back down the mountain into the village and he grabs a microphone from the microphone shop. Randy runs back into the hills where the people are hiding and he gets to the front of the crowd to let everyone know that he was the T-Rex. Everyone from the village believed him and they let out a big sigh of relief. They all ran back down to their village and lived happily ever after.

Thee End.

Preparations:

I decided to use a milk carton because I thought it would be big enough for my idea. I had to gather a milk carton, small net, paint in the colors of purple, red and light blue and bird feed. I also needed paint brushes, scissors and popsicle sticks. I already have the paint, scissors, milk carton, paint brushes, pencils, popsicle sticks and tape. I’m going to use the same bird feed we use for our parakeets. The only thing I may need to buy is the small net.

I’m using a milk carton for my bird feeder with a door cut out in the front that will have a small net covering it so that the birds can get the food but squirrels can’t. I’m going to use the lid of the milk carton to pour bird food into the feeder. I will make a roof out of popsicle sticks to keep it dry and as a perch for the birds. To prepare I washed the milk carton out and left it to dry. 

I might have trouble finding a net and I think the squirrels might be able to one day figure out how to open the lid.

 

Building:

Step 1: Washed the milk carton

Step 2: Painted milk carton and let dry for one day

Step 3: Cut five popsicle sticks in half and glued them together with a glue gun to make the roof and perch.

Step 4: Cut out the front of the carton.

Step 5: Glue the net on to the front and cover the edges with popsicle sticks.This makes it squirrel proof.

Step 6: Glue on the roof and perch.

Step 7: Punched holes at the top and tie strings in it to hang in a tree.

Step 8: Fill with bird seed and hang up.

I realized that there was too much space inside the carton so we put extra cardboard inside to make a platform for the bird feed to sit on so the birds can reach it. Instead of putting the net on the inside like I planned I had to put it on the outside because it was too hard to glue it inside. 

My babysitter JL helped be with using the glue gun so I wouldn’t burn myself because glue guns can be very hot. I didn’t have to buy anything to make this bird feeder. I used the net from some potatoes and the milk carton and popsicle sticks and everything else we already had at home.

 

Testing:

Why did I pick that spot? Because there is a bird nest near it.  And squirrels can’t get it.

Who helped put it up: My dad did.

What did I do to check that my goals were met:  We are going to watch to make sure the birds come and the squirrels don’t.  I don’t know yet if it worked.

Were the goals met?  The bird seed we have is for Henry and Elisabeth (our parakeets).  If we get wild bird seed it will fit better. I will buy wild bird seed.

DId you see any bird’s visit the bird feeder: Not yet but my dog is outside.

What would you do to change of improve the design: I would keep the netting and the roof. I would change the colors, and the bird seed to fit the net better.

 

Facts:

The bird feeder is  9 1/2 inches tall.

The bird feeder is attached to metal fountain with a yarn.

The food inside the bird feeder contains bird seed.