Suggested Materials for Conducting a Flying WILD Training

Pencils
Colored pencils
Markers
Paint supplies (paint, brushes)
Paper towels
Scotch Tape
Masking or packing tape
Glue
White paper
Notebook paper
Butcher paper
Construction paper—various colors
Poster board
Envelopes
Paper grocery sacks
Sticky notes
Several spools of thick string
Yarn
Calculator
Two 12-inch rulers
Yard stick
5 paper cups
5 Styrofoam cup
Coffee stirrers
Straws
Rubber bands
Plastic Ziploc freezer bags
Plastic wrap
Newspapers
Small white paper plates
twigs / Orange or red balloons
Empty film canisters (10)
3-4 large garbage bags with “soft” but heavy weights (pillow)
Shoe box
2 buckets or plastic bin
Red balloons
Orange Balloons
Hand lens
Flashlight (with batteries)
Hand wipes
Rope (two 10ft long pieces)
Modeling clay
12 water bottles
Cooking oil
Dish washing soap/detergent
50 tokens (such as poker chips), four different colors
Tennis ball or Frisbee
Plastic rings
2 Hula Hoops
Golf club (putter) or toy putter
Golf ball
Blindfolds
Small scale
Large scale (for measuring person’s weight)
Wildlife magazines for illustrations/photos of birds and other wildlife
Bird reference books
Natural history information about birds in your area
Articles relating to birds from newspapers, magazines, or websites
Maps of bird migration routes / Bird field guides (5 to 10)
Binoculars (5 to 10) pairs
Bird feathers from craft store
CD of bird songs
CD player
Materials to make bird feeders—milk jugs, milk cartons, coffee cans, sticks or dowels, pie tins clothes hangers, pliers, wire cutters
Pine cones
Additional materials and foods for beak simulation (“Fill the Bill”)—chopsticks, pliers, scoop or slotted spoon, strainer, small fish net, tweezers, tongs, tall, narrow vase or beaker, saucepan, Styrofoam chunks,
Perishable foods:
sliced apples and oranges, peanuts (both shelled and unshelled), peanut butter, oatmeal, lard, flour, cornmeal, raisins, cranberries, 4 raw eggs, popcorn, small marshmallows, rice, puffed rice, gummy worms, oatmeal, cherries with stems, nuts in shell, suet
Bird seed/food:
Sunflower seeds (shelled and unshelled)
Cracked corn
Thistle seed

By having these items on-hand for a Flying WILD Training, participants

and facilitators will have all materials listed for every activity.