Our February meeting was a busy one, with all kinds of great creations made by the kids. We started with a mini build based off February holidays, such as Valentine’s Day, Presidents’ Day, Mardi Gras, Chinese New Year, Wild Bird Month, Pancake Day, Engineers’ Week and Grand Canyon Day. Then riffing off the theme of love, we talked about how some famous buildings, such as the Taj Mahal, are monuments to love. The kids were divided into groups and challenged to build a famous monument, either human made or nature made. They made some *amazing* builds!
Here is some of what the kids built during our meeting:
Heart for Valentine’s Day, people, bushes and a smiley face
A bird
A lollipop
A fox with a sapling, a pond with a frog and a waterfall
Characters from Mortal Kombat
Freeze taco army with commander
Royal hearts
Bedroom of the princess of hearts
A heart
A house
A tree nest with mama bird and baby bird
Electronic device #1
Electronic device #2
Bald eagle
Monument building in progress
Completed Monuments
Washington Monument
St. Louis Arch
“something I built”
Base of the giant sequoia
Great Wall of China
Empire State Building and Eiffel Tower
Grand Canyon
Golden Gate Bridge
Taj Mahal
Chinese New Year fireworks in front of the Jade Palace
We had a great time building our monuments. Happy building!
