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Nature Pins and Magnets

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Materials:

metal jar lids, well washed
craft glue or a low temperature glue gun (with adult supervision) and a pack of glue sticks
collected items from the outdoors: seeds, nuts, cones, lichens, dried fungus or flowers, interesting rocks or bark (only collect bark that has fallen off the tree)
paper bag for collecting
pin backs or magnets from craft store
newspaper to protect work surface

Activity:
1. Gather items for decorating the magnet or pin (suggested list above).
2. First cut out a circle of bark and glue a background inside the lid.
4. Then carefully arrange and glue each nature item inside the lid.
5. After the inside is completely dry, glue on the pin back or magnet on the back

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