- Read What’s That Awful Smell? by Heather Tekavec. Available here. After you read make egg carton pig noses, then read the story again!
- Cut out the individual egg cups (the bottoms) from a cardboard egg carton.
- Paint pink (or any color you like) and let dry.
- Draw 2 small circles with a black marker on the front for nostrils
- Punch 2 small holes on either side of the pig nose
- String with string and wear your pig nose!
- Read The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf about a bull who loves to smell flowers. Available here
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- After reading Ferdinand the Bull, make scented flowers!
- Cut out several flower shapes in different colors
- Glue a cotton ball to the center of each flower. Let dry.
- Drip a few drops of different flavoring on each cotton ball.
- vanilla extract
- lemon or lime juice
- almond extract
- root beer flavoring … whatever you have available!
- Tape a wooden skewer on the back of each flower.
- Pass the flowers around and let the kids smell and try to guess the scents!
- Make a Fruit Loop necklace … smells great and tastes great!
- Scratch and Sniff Painting
- Mix one packet of Kool-Aid with 1-2 Tbls. water.
- Use a paintbrush to paint a picture on white cardstock.
- Let dry, then smell your beautiful painting (scratch lightly to enhance smell!)
- NOTE: Kool-Aid can stain clothes and tables. Wear a paint shirt and cover the workspace with newspaper.
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