Nature Crafts

Looking for easy spring craft projects for the kids to make? We’ve got you covered with these nature-inspired crafts that will get the kids outdoors.

This handmade stick mobile for the garden is the perfect way to use sticks the kids collect on nature walks and in the backyard.

Turn a vintage wood box into a herb fairy garden with fairy lights and a fountain using this step-by-step tutorial.

This homemade stick slingshot craft for kids is a fun weekend project or summer break activity.

Get outdoors this spring and summer and make a fresh flower crown to wear while playing outdoors. 

I enrolled the kids in a couple of sessions of Jr. Ranger camp over the summer at Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve. During the two day camps they attended they learned all about owls and studied animal and bird tracks.

If you've been reading my blog for a while,  you may remember that they attended the Lil Rangers camp last summer too.

This year though I emailed the camp director ahead of time and asked if I could move the kids into the Jr Ranger camp. They didn't quite meet the age cut-off (by just a couple of months) but when I read the activities that they would be doing, particularly studying owls, which I have such a love for, I needed them to be a part of it.

September 28, 2013 is National Public Lands Day. On this day, you get free admission to National Parks. Over at Rusty and Rosy…

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How to make a butterfly clothespin craft for kids.

Christmas Day was spent with my husband's uncle.  It was snowing, and the kids were thrilled to wake up to a white Christmas. …