Toothpick Sea Urchins

We were reading The Magic School Bus On The Ocean Floor and noticed a cute sea urchin in the illustrations on one of the pages. The kids in Ms. Frizzle's class all had their ocean floor projects displayed and Gregory made sea urchins out of clay and toothpicks. What a great idea!

After we finished reading, I got out the Play-Doh and a stash of toothpicks and the kids went sea urchin silly. It's amazing how much fun kids can have rolling balls of dough and sticking them with toothpicks. Before I knew it, the was an urchin army on my kitchen table.

Shortly after they finished making their sea urchins they ended up watching the Octonauts and the Urchin Invasion, so they got a fun mini-lesson. Great combo if you're looking for some at-home afternoon fun.