{"id":2997,"date":"2017-06-28T00:34:49","date_gmt":"2017-06-27T14:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gosciencekids.com\/?p=2997"},"modified":"2020-03-17T23:25:25","modified_gmt":"2020-03-17T12:25:25","slug":"mushroom-spore-prints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gosciencekids.com\/mushroom-spore-prints\/","title":{"rendered":"Mushroom Spore Prints: nature science for kids"},"content":{"rendered":"

Create cool mushroom spore prints! Fun nature science activity<\/a> that kids can do at home.
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Did you know you can make a natural spore print from a mushroom? Like, really easily? So awesome!<\/p>\n

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Suitable for<\/h3>\n

Try this as a nature science activity<\/a> for preschoolers<\/a> or kindergarteners<\/a>. My 4.5 year old daughter Bumble Bee thought this was the coolest thing ever!<\/p>\n

Older kids<\/a> might also like to try scraping off some spores and studying them under a microscope afterwards.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

How to make a mushroom spore print<\/h2>\n

You can actually make a spore print with any mushroom, and apparently different mushrooms have different coloured spores and create different patterns, which is so awesome.<\/p>\n

We decided to use a large field mushroom (also called portobella or open cap mushroom<\/a>) since we’d bought one from the store earlier that day.<\/p>\n

We used:<\/p>\n