{"id":2815,"date":"2019-11-21T16:47:39","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T16:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magicalchildhood.wordpress.com\/?p=2815"},"modified":"2019-11-21T16:47:39","modified_gmt":"2019-11-21T16:47:39","slug":"beluga-whale-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/21\/beluga-whale-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"Beluga Whale Fun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I happened upon a pretty incredible video that you have to see to believe today &#8212; a beluga whale playing fetch!<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/_SJPeace_\/status\/1192547789332525063?s=17<\/p>\n<p>Now if that doesn&#8217;t make you smile, I don&#8217;t know what will.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>I had to share it, and figured I might as well see if I could find some fun stuff about beluga whales for kids to go along with it.\u00a0 So&#8230;.<\/p>\n<h2>Here are a few facts about beluga whales for the kids&#8230;<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Beluga whales are also called white whales.<\/li>\n<li>They are one of the smallest species of whales.\u00a0 Even so, they can still reach 2,000 to 3,000 pounds and 13-20 feet long.<\/li>\n<li>Beluga whales are mammals, like us.<\/li>\n<li>Like us, they are very social and like to be around others.\u00a0 They live in small communities called pods.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"clearfix\">Belugas eat fish, crustaceans and worms.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>They live mostly in the Arctic.<\/li>\n<li>Belugas like to talk and are nicknamed &#8220;sea canaries&#8221; because they are so vocal. They talk to each other with clicks, clangs and whistles, and can also imitate other sounds they hear.<\/li>\n<li>Belugas love to play!\u00a0 There are lots of reports of them swimming alongside boats and of playing with objects they find in the water, both in the wild and in captivity.<\/li>\n<li>They are endangered.\u00a0 They need our help keeping the oceans safe to keep them safe.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>And here are some fun crafts about beluga whales<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oflcmops.wordpress.com\/2013\/09\/24\/marshmallow-beluga-whale-craft-and-activity\/\">OFLC MOPS<\/a> has this fun marshmallow beluga craft and some links.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/oflcmops.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/07\/beluga_side_view.jpg?w=300&amp;h=225\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/>\u00a0 <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/oflcmops.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/07\/beluga_topview.jpg?w=300&amp;h=225\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.allkidsnetwork.com\/crafts\/animals\/ocean\/whale-craft.asp\">All Kids<\/a> has a darling sock whale craft.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allkidsnetwork.com\/crafts\/animals\/ocean\/images\/whale-sock-craft.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"170\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lenaweegreatstart.org\/blog\/2010\/05\/13\/baby-beluga-paint-activity\/\">Leenawee Great Start<\/a> has a fun and simple Baby Beluga painting project.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/lenaweegreatstart.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/whalecraft-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/magicalchildhood.files.wordpress.com\/2019\/11\/97540-dsc_1801.jpg\">The Iowa Farmer&#8217;s Wife<\/a> has a darling paper bag beluga.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/magicalchildhood.files.wordpress.com\/2019\/11\/97540-dsc_1801.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"292\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejoysharing.com\/2018\/08\/rocking-beluga-whale-paper-plate-craft.html\">The Joy of Sharing<\/a> has a sweet paper plate beluga craft.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/magicalchildhood.files.wordpress.com\/2019\/11\/73b33-rockingbelugawhale-1.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/learncreatelove.com\/printable-beluga-whale-craft\/\">Learn Create Love<\/a> has a great beluga printable with some more info.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/learncreatelove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/0091.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"296\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And lastly, <a href=\"https:\/\/thechristinejuang.wordpress.com\/2014\/06\/23\/diy-baby-beluga-stuffed-animals\/\">thechristinejuang<\/a> has a free tutorial to make these adorable stuffed belugas.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/thechristinejuang.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/06\/img_3322-e1403307704304.jpg?w=842&amp;h=329\" width=\"842\" height=\"329\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Have fun!<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I happened upon a pretty incredible video that you have to see to believe today &#8212; a beluga whale playing fetch! https:\/\/twitter.com\/_SJPeace_\/status\/1192547789332525063?s=17 Now if that doesn&#8217;t make you smile, I don&#8217;t know what will.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42 I had to share it, and figured I might as well see if I could find some fun stuff about&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[29,69,85,258],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2815"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2815\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}