Get tips, indoor nature play and craft ideas. Learn how to inspire a nature appreciation in your children through indoor learning and nature study and exploration.
Getting your kids outside isn’t always easy. Maybe it’s blizzarding and raining buckets, you live miles from a park, or your kids just simply refuse to go out. (Or remember that time the world was forced to stay home?…) Or, sometimes you’re not actually allowed to stray far from home or even leave it unless […]
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Looking for natural Christmas decoration ideas? Have you tried making dried leaf Christmas Trees? You can make them into Holiday ornaments, festive mobiles or garlands. They can even be attached to cardstock for natural Christmas Cards too! How to make leaf Christmas Trees These are very simple crafts to make. You can make them as
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Pets are one of the easiest way to include more nature and animal learning into your child’s life. But, getting a pet shouldn’t be taken lightly. Any pet needs space, love, care, and dedication… and if kids are involved, then supervision is also needed! Are you thinking about getting your child a pet? Rabbits are
Bunnies are the perfect pet for your kid to love & care for! Read More »
Do you have a little bird-lover in your family? Want a fun way to nourish that interest with an invitation to quiet nature learning and play? We have a bird enthusiast in our family and I’m going to share with you how we set up an indoor bird watching station so our daughter could enjoy
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Do you or your littles enjoy collecting leaves? Do your children like to make their own Valentine’s Day cards? Here’s an easy Valentine’s Day nature craft card which will combine both activities! A love of leaves When we’re out walking in the fall, sometimes I just can’t help myself. On returning home, I’ll find my
Cute and Easy Nature Valentine Card (and a printable!) Read More »
Ice lanterns are a beautiful and easy winter celebration activity. Use them to decorate your porch as guest visit on Christmas eve or let them light the table for your Winter Solstice feast. So, get out your tubs, round up some of nature’s treasures, and take your littles outside to help you put together some
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These nature craft ideas for kids are the perfect way to get your kids outside and get creative together during spring, summer and fall! Whether you are looking for flowers, leaves, sticks or a little of everything, kids will enjoy making beautiful crafts with everything the collect outside. Usually I just let me kids use
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At a time when we should all be trying to conserve our plastic consumption, I walk down the Christmas decoration aisle and cringe. Sorry to put a damper on all the cheer, but have you considered the carbon footprint to all this holiday decorating? Instead, here is a handful of natural Christmas tree decoration ideas.
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Let’s be honest. As much as you’d like your kids to go outside all the time, they probably don’t. Unless they’re in some sort of fantastic forest kindergarten or you live freely on a farm or in the woods, chances are your kids are inside more than you’d like. But, that doesn’t mean they can’t
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Are your old phone books stuffed with leaves just waiting to be loved? Seems when we’re out crunching through the autumn streets we can’t help but come home carrying leaves destined for some unplanned leaf art project. More often than not, those lovely leaves just sit on our front hall table until brittle and forgotten
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