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CUB'S CORNER
Here's a spot for the younger adventurers and those young at heart to learn more about the great outdoors with print out activities, coloring sheets & kid-friendly websites. You might want to print some out to keep around the cabin for those rainy days that sometimes happen. Click links below to see more.
* Coloring pages from the Wildlife of PA coloring book from PA Game Commission
Oh Deer!!
Yes, deer love to eat pumpkins, especially the sweet inner pulp, seeds, and guts. Besides deer, squirrels, chipmunks, mice, voles, raccoons, porcupines, groundhogs, and foxes are among the most common backyard visitors that will feast on both carved jack-o'-lanterns and raw pumpkins. You may even get a feathered friend to join in the feast. Seed-eating birds like the Northern cardinals, blue jays, chickadees, finches, nuthatches, and grosbeaks will help clean up any extra seeds that may have been left behind.
Although pumpkins are packed with vitamins (A, B, C, E), fiber, and protein-rich seeds, naturalists note that feeding wildlife or leaving large piles of pumpkins near homes or roadways can cause "habituation," making deer too comfortable around humans, or congregate them in ways that spread disease.
If you plan to leave your leftover Halloween pumpkins out for your background diners, National Wildlife Federation states to ensure they are completely free of bleach, paint, wax, or mold, which can poison the animals. Also, never use a jack o’ lantern that had a candle burning in it. The blackened parts inside the pumpkin and the wax that may be left inside are equally toxic for the backyard critters. It is best to keep your pumpkins
“au naturel” for the wildlife!!
Make it Yourself
Maybe after eating all those pumpkins, the deer needs to take a little snooze? Click the words below for a link to make a sleeping deer made from a paper plate. After it’s all done you can surround it with little pumpkins or gourds for a festive fall display.
Pumpkin Snack Perfection!
Not sure what do with all those seeds after you get finished carving your pumpkin. Click the words below for a sweet twist to traditional roasted pumpkin treats. You don’t have to share these with the deer!!
Coloring Page
Click the words below for a coloring sheet you can print out.
