Maple Tapping

We've gone every year to the wild rice festival at the Harriet Alexander Nature Center (and I always end up saying Harriet Tubman any time I talk about the place) and I saw that they were having a Maple Tapping event. Hey, I like maple syrup, I thought. So we went!

It was a cold day, though, so we didn't spend a ton of time by the tapped trees. Inside, we did some maple related crafts.


The boys got to make a "paper birch basket" out of paper that Native Americans would use to collect sap.


Here, Wren's snacking on a leaf rubbing.


Everyone took some time to admire all the animal skulls.


Grey liked to look at the reptiles while his brothers did projects.


Wren getting friendly with Sir Turtle.

We did bundle up and take a stroll around the boardwalk. Take a gander at the photos to finish out this post.