Children enter this world bursting with creativity.
As parents, we want to encourage those natural instincts and introduce our children to new ways of experiencing the world and expressing their thoughts and feelings.
But sadly, many of us adults feel like we lost too much of our creativity along the way and we might even feel intimidated by arts and crafts. To make it worse, the hectic schedule of modern parenting often tends to limit our time spent simply playing with our children.
Since we believe in the joy of creating, we are thrilled to introduce you to a most unique children’s book that you will enjoy just as much as your children do. We want to thank Macmillan Publishing for sponsoring this post.
Ideas Are All Around
This beautiful new children’s book, Ideas Are All Around, written by Philip C. Stead invites you and your children to explore the simple beauties and adventures all around you.
Inspiration is truly all around us and yet we often feel at a loss for new ideas.
The author takes us on a profound and intimate journey of personal inspiration as he struggles to think of a new story.
I love the way this book introduces children to the job of an author and shows them that even authors sometimes struggle to come up with new ideas.
It’s important to let kids know that it’s okay to not always know what art to create or story to tell. They need to understand that being creative can take some work, but that we can take time to look outside ourselves and experience nature and community in order to create stories to share.
Wise Words and Stunning Artwork
The concept behind the book is profound, and I was impressed by the depth of wisdom in many of the phrases within it… such as “planting a seed is always a risk.”
As you read the book aloud to your children, you’ll enjoy contemplating the process of finding inspiration and creating art.
Alongside thought provoking words, unique illustrations paired with polaroid style photos allow you and your children to feel like you’re truly on the journey through the author’s neighborhood and his imagination.
“Ideas Are All Around” Activity Kit
To help you inspire creativity in your children — and yourself — you can download a FREE Activity Kit including more than fifty creative activities for ages four through eight.
You’ll find new ideas for…
- Story and poem writing
- Drawings
- Paintings
- Leaf Rubbings
- Plays
- Collages
- And Much More
Sample Activity from the Kit
We’ve selected one of our favorite activities from the kit to demonstrate and share with you.
This is actually one of the Bonus Activities. (Yes, there are even more than 50 activities in the book… there is a bonus section of 7 activities creating Art from Found Items.)
UPDATE: See our second craft here…
How To Make Eggshell Mosaics
Using eggshells and his or her imagination, your child can create unique mosaiclike designs.
Materials:
Eggshells (at least four), food coloring or tempera paints, small bowls, water, rolling pin, paper towels, glue, paper, pencil, and hairspray.
Directions:
- Your child can choose the food coloring or paints he or she wants to use in the picture and decide what he or she is going to draw.
- Remove the egg from the shell by poking a hole at the top and bottom of the eggshell with a safety pin and blowing the egg out from the bottom end.
- Dye the eggshells different colors using food coloring or tempera paints. Let the shells dry on paper towels.
- Crush the eggshells with a rolling pin. Make them small enough that they will lie flat, but not so small that they are too difficult to handle. You may want to separate the eggshells by color on individual paper towels.
- Ask your child to draw a picture in pencil on the paper.
- Glue the various colors of eggshells to the paper to color in his picture. Help him or her fill in blanks with little pieces. (Eggshells can be slippery.)
- Spray the picture with hairspray to create a shiny gloss.
- Hang the picture where everyone will be able to see it. Be sure to add his or her name at the bottom so everyone can complement the artist!
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Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group.
Written by Susan Carraretto, co-founder of 5 Minutes for Mom
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Build a bird feeder would be fun with my niece, it’s an activity we could all do as a family!
i like the Make a Tree Bird Feeder idea! 🙂
My son would love the bird feeder! We could make it together!
Grow Giant Sunflowers and Build a Terrarium are a couple of my favorites
I like the egg shell mosaic. (Reminds me of an frined’s brother from many years ago who was an artist who did huge, very intricate egg shell mosaics. (Gee, I hadn’t thought of him in years!)
i would love to do the pressing flowers activity with my students.
I like the Dry-Leaf Collage and Grow a Plant from A seed activities.
I like the egg mosaic and the family scavenger hunt.
We already feed the birds, but I liked their bird feeder idea, too. We may start doing that.
Bird Feeder Builder idea with my granddaughter
Thanks for the great giveaway! I like the family scavenger hunt and build a bird feeder.
I love the Bird Feeder Builder idea ~ anything to get them outside in fresh air and sunshine is wonderful! Plus, they get to learn to take care of the little birds 🙂
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The family scavenger hunt looks like so much fun!
I love the Build a Bird Feeder idea. My kids have 6 birds and they love them it would be so cool to enjoy watching them make something that they would make with so much love for their birds. All of the ideas are so cool and fun. Thanks for the awesome chance 🙂
The egg mosaic will be added to my crafts list..
the Flower-Petal Stained Glass sounds like fun!
Some of my favorite ideas are Make a Twisty Twig Vase, Rock on with Rock Art and Seashell Magnets. Thank you!
Since it is a warm Spring here in the desert southwest, I think our kids would enjoy these two activities in particular: Grow Giant Sunflowers (outdoors), and Grow a Plant from a Seed (indoors).
The nature walk is definitely a fun activity
I like the family scavenger hunt and bird feeder! My kids would love these activities!
Tree bird feeder – timely for spring.
I really like the crafts using flowers: Pressed Flowers Framed As Nature Art , Pressed-Flower Cards, Flower-Petal Stained Glass. Thanks and God bless!
I love the Bird Feeder idea because we have lots of tree with lots of birds in them.
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The bird feeder
My Great-grandson and I made the bird feeder..
My favorite ideas are Make a Twisty Twig Vase and Make a Sundial.
I like the pressed flower cards
we go hiking a lot so the bird watching fits right in with that. Love it!
Pressing flowers and the bird feeder ideas are one I’d like to try
Some great ideas, love all of the outdoor ideas, we can’t wait to do the family scavenger hunt and build a bird feeder.
The nature walk and bird feeder ideas are wonderful-children need as much time in nature as possible!
I like the bird feeder.
i love nature so i like making the tree bird feeder idea. i also like the dry leaf collage idea.
I like the building/making activities, like Build Your Own Bird’s Nest. Cool!
I think the egg shell mosaic craft is so nice. What a great and so creative idea!
I love the Prepare Potpourri Pinecones such a fun idea
I’d love to grow giant sunflowers with the kids and they would love to build a terrarium
Since I’m an outdoorsy grandma, I like the birdhouses and leaf rubbings.
build a bird feeder and the egg mosaic
I like build a bird feeder and grow a pumpkin
Indoor seedlings is something my little one would be majorly interested in. My child could craft all day if I let her and had the money for all the supplies for her ideas haha.
I like the stargazing and nature walk activities plus lots of others since they get the kids outside and involved and can lead to doing research and gaining news interests that are non-game, non-social media computer activities.
Build your own bird nest, grow giant sunflowers & nature prints sound like fun activities.
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I think some good ideas can be gathered at the local library or science center. I think outdoor spaces are wonderful especially for artistic and visual people. Thanks.
i would like to do the tree bird feeder activity and the build a terrarium activity too.
I LOVE the egg mosaic!
I like the family scavenger hunt
I love the egg mosaic idea and I think my grandson would love the bird feeder activity.
Build a Bird Feeder and Build a Terrarium are a couple of my favorite ideas.
Will be doing the Egg mosaic and Bird feeder over Spring break for sure, great ideas!
Egg mosaic looks fun
I like the bird feeder and indoor saplings.
Growing seedlings inside sounds like a fun and productive activity. I like to involve the little ones in my garden.
The milk carton bird feeder is so cool
I like the scavenger hunt the best!
I like the idea of the building bird feeder!
Cute kit! The indoor gardening sounds glorious.
The whole family loves to make arts & crafts whenever we have time. My kids loves to make photo frames & gift it to family & friends
I think my son would enjoy doing any of these activities.
I like the grow pumpkins idea & build your own birdhouse
My kids and I purchased a Kit this week to grow our own seedlings. Looking forward to a resounding success :).
The nature walks with the dog are the best idea-multi tasking! And I love the Bird Feeder, living here on the farm we have so many birds to watch.
The scavenger hunt and the egg mosaic look really fun 🙂
I like the bird feeder activities.
My daughter would love the egg mosaics and the family scavenger hunt…such fun ideas!
the nature walk & bird feeder is awesome, plus love the Mosaic Egg craft!
I love the family scavenger hunt:) A way for the whole family to interact with each other.
I really love the nature walk and bird feeder! I am looking forward to some fun activities with my toddler.
I would have to say the birdfeeder idea for sure
There are so many great ideas! I really like Adopt a Tree. Color of the Day, Flower-Petal Stained Glass, and Grow a Sunflower House.
leaf rubbing and milk carton bird feeder look like fun
We would love to make the egg mosaic.
I really love the eggshell egg mosaic. That’s such a cute, colorful idea!
the bird feeder is such a great idea! whether you live in the city or country!
I would like the Build a Bird Feeder and the Nature Walk activities.
I like the activity for making a milk carton bird feeder. Perfect activity for my granddaughter with all of the birds in our backyard.
The Build-a-Birdfeeder is perfect for our family.
There are many activities I love but the grow a pumpkin is a great idea as kids like to see things grow over time. In addition, I like the “build a bird feeder” since we have so many different birds where live.
The bird feeder would be great for the boys and the seashells would be a perfect use of the shells we collected last summer.
The Family Scavenger Hunt & Build-A-Bird Feeder are my two favorites! Lots of great ideas though!
Cloud Watching… so many beautiful ideas but I always enjoyed cloud watching as a kid. Helps with the creative mind. 🙂
I like the Make a Milk-Carton Bird Feeder best.
The Eggshell Mosaics are adorable and so much fun to do! My kids would love this. I think we will also try the Family Scavenger Hunt. It is perfect for the Mach Break!
I like the eggshell mosaics. I’d also like to make the bird feeder with my grandchildren.
I like the paper making ideas including paper mache and the puppet
I like the bird watching and bird feeder to help kids enjoy the outdoors.
Thanks for the contest.
My granddaughters (4 & 5) love to be creative. They love reading, coloring, painting, building things, it’s really endless. What a wonderful book.
I liked making a bird feeder!
i like the bird feeder and indoor gardening.
I like the egg mosaic and the nature walk 🙂
One of my fave ideas is indoor gardening.
I love the Seashell Symphony craft idea because my son has special needs & has sensory interests with music / sound. I think this unique wind chime would be a cool experience for him! I also like the Sand & Glue art which both my kids would enjoy creating together.
The birdhouses and pinecones looks fun!
I like the Dr Suess activities.
I like the Egg Mosaic idea and the Family Scavenger Hunt.
i like bird houses and scavenger hunt pinecone are good too
The milk carton feeder and egg mosaics are my faves
i like the build a bird feeder!
I like the growing indoor seedlings and the egg mosaic. Great ideas to do with the kids.
My daughter loves scavenger hunts.
I really like a lot of these, especially the ones using flowers. Some of my favorites are “Pressed Flowers Framed As Nature Art” and “Pressed-Flower Cards.”
love the build a bird feeder
Make a tree bird feeder
The eggshell mosaics are exactly what I was looking for…it is a visually beautiful and wonderful project for different ages, as are many of the project ideas!
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The build a bird feeder is a great activity. Get to watch birds when your activity is done.
I love growing pumpkins and making a bird feeder! Fun outdoor activities for the kids!
I like letting kids do anything they want, as long as no problems are involved, and the bird feeder and nature walks
I like the twisty twig vase and the pressed flowers ideas. Thanks!
This book sounds like one my family would enjoy!
I like the ideas that let the kids do whatever they want. The egg decorating is so pretty.
I really like the Explore the Zoo and Adventure Walk ideas! We’re going to the zoo son, so they’re perfect!
I like the prepare potpourri pinecones,and the leaf collage
I like Build a Birdhouse and Potpourri Pinecones
My daughter likes bird feeder than any other things. I think because of her I liked it so much 🙂
I like the bird feeder and the leaf collage. Those are things that I did as a kid and enjoyed, and it’s always good to connect kids to nature.
So many awesome things. We do alot allready . Love the twisty twig Vase idea, the egg shell mosaic we must do this at Easter , grow pumpkins . My neighbourhood is something neat I want to do with my toddler.
I like making a milk-carton bird feeder, and growing pumpkins! How rustic.
I like the Bird Feeder ideas and Grow Giant Sunflowers. The birds love sunflowers and I would put the feeder near the sunflowers to see which the birds chose first.
my favorite is Adventure Walk and Pressed-Flower Cards ideas which is so much fun.
The bird feeder and scavenger hunt both sound really fun!
I liked the adventure walk and pressed flowers in a nature print activities
i am the absolute worst when it comes to creative ideas. take me back about 10 years ago… i would have been all over it… think i lost my creative side the more serious life got.
The birdfeeder would be a lot of fun as well as a scavenger hunt
I like the Scavenger hunt 🙂
I like the bird feeder idea
I love the scavenger hunt idea and I know my boys would love to build a bird feeder.
My kids would like the family scavenger hunt .
We would like the nature walks or the family scavenger hunts.
I like the bird feeder idea
My girls would love the bird nest, bird feeder and the pressed flower cards
I love to do scavenger hunt because your body is getting a little exercise while the brain is too.
I just pinned the egg mosaic, it’s gorgeous! I love the idea of nature walk combined with an alphabetic scavenger hunt. Or pointing things out that start with that letter. Rock art sounds fun too. I want to find different things with chalk since I’m disabled and I’m not always up for a walk, much as I’d like to be. Thanks for these ideas and the giveaway! 🙂
I like making a bird feeder .
I love the ideas for outdoor activities – it’s great for kids to get out of the house!
I love the building a tree bird feeder!
love to make the bird feeder
The make a tree bird feeder would be fun for the kids and me. Thank you
A lot of great creative ideas, a few favorites are the Grow Indoor Seedlings, Build a Terrarium and the Go on a Nature Hunt.
The family Scavenger Hunt would be lots of fun! The Sundial as well.
The egg mosaic brings back a lot of memories!
i liked the sundial activity.
The build a bird feeder would be perfect because we love feeding and watching the birds and the egg mosaic sound cool!
Starting seeds indoors sounds like a great idea to me.
There were so many great ideas. My favorite one was to go on a nature hunt.
I love the make a bird feeder, and also love the family scavenger hunt.
I like the egg shell mosiacs and the bird feeder ideas
I like Make a Tree Bird Feeder and Grow Giant Sunflowers
I really like the egg mosaic and the Family Scavenger Hunt. Sounds like a great time with the kids!
I like the ‘make a sundial’ activity and the sand and glue art activity.
I would have to say i really like the bird feeder activity 🙂
To me, the build a bird feeder activity and the egg mosaic activity sound quite nice.
My little love shows an early interest in gardening,so I would pick growing sunflowers
I love the bird feeder. My sons made a bird feeder at Lowes. My sons loved it!
The egg shell mosaics are darling! I love the idea of cloud watching and creating a time capsule!
Love the pinecone bird feeders, I have made them before and the birds love them. Also like all of the growing and gardeing activities, pumpkins and sunflowers are my favorite. Thanks!
Family Scavenger Hunt and Bird Tree Feeder look fun.
I like the bird feeders and the Twisty Twig Vase projects.
I like the bird feeder. My daughter wants to make one. Her and her Nana enjoy the birds.
I am excited to make the bird feeder and the egg mosaic with my kids. Such great ideas!!
A bird feeder is a good idea – my Grandma has one and my kids love to watch the birds eat out of it.
I think growing pumpkins would have to be my favorite activity! Kids can get their hands dirty in the Springtime and then watch as pumpkins grow until Halloween – when they can of course carve them! You get the kids involved in gardening and growing food (super important) and as a parent you get multiple family activities out of it. Win-win here… although there were so many great activity ideas in that book/download that it was hard to decide.
I like Grow Giant Sunflowers and Make a Twisty Twig Vase
I like the idea of recreating / reinventing famous works of art, such a the piece shown by van gogh
I love the Prepare Potpourri Pinecones and Nature Walk.
I like Egg Mosaic and the bird feeder
U like the bird feeder and the seeds.
The nature walk and the bird feeder ideas would be great fun for my kids. This has such wonderful activities in it.
i like alot of them.. the indoor seedlings the bird feeder .. and of course the savenger hunt is always a great time
Bird watching… Egg mosaic… So many neat ideas!
Growing giant sunflowers and then using the seeds in a bird feeder that we build. Love it!
I like the egg mosaic and the birdfeeder.
I like the making a bird feeder.
I like the milk carton bird feeder idea.
I love the bird feeder and the indoor seeds
I like the build a birdfeeder.
I like the following ideas:
a. Go Bird-Watching – Children need more outdoor time to enjoy nature
b. Grow Giant Sunflowers – The kids could dry the seeds and eat them after the plant has been fully developed.
c. Nature Walk – It can’t be emphasized enough how important it is to get the young ones outdoors to enjoy nature.
The egg mosaics look like a fun project
I love the story writing projects!
I like the egg mosaic and the family scavenger hunt.
I think my daughter would have fun with the framed fall foliage and build a terrarium activities.
I love build a birdfeeder & family scavenger hunt ideas, they look super fun!
Some of the actives I would like to try is to grow indoor seedlings, pressed flower cards, and building a bird feeder. I think those would be great for kids!
I love the pressed flower cards and the scavenger hunt!
build a birdfeeder & family scavenger hunt look fun!
I always wanted to learn how to make a bird house/feeder. I think it would be a great thing to do with my daughter. She would love painting it.
I like the Mosaics and build a bird feeder both would be fun to do.
I would like to make a bird feeder
I love the Family Scavenger Hunt and the Bird Feeder!
I love the Eggshell Mosaics my oldest Granddaughter loves doing any kind of art or painting and drawing she will love love these, very cool ideas for kids and adults !
I also love the “Ideas Are All Around†Activity Kit
I have a ton of pinecones so the “Potpourri Pinecones” are a great idea. I also love the “Framed Fall Foliage”
I like the Build a Bird Feeder
Great site
I think the gardening and the nature walks would be fun to do with my kids
The egg mosaic and the bird feeder.
scavenger hunt
scavenger hunts are always super fun and the egg mosaic was an new and interesting idea. I did the “building a terrarium” project in 6th grade and still remember it! so that is def a fave
The dry leaf collage sounds like something I could handle with my twins this fall! I still don’t hardly trust them with any art supplies, they are so crazy! Little twin tornadoes. This morning they were having a “snowball fight” with balls of playdough while I was in the shower! I suppose one good thing is that they actually cleaned it up themselves…
We have some little flower seeds in tiny clay pots that I found at the dollar spot in Target the other day. Need to go dig out my potting soil and put them in our window sill soon!
I remember doing pressed flowers as a kid. Really need to plant some flower seeds this spring. 🙂
Some of my favorite ideas are making a Twisty Twig vase, building a terrarium and pressing flowers
Growing giant sunflowers and pressing flowers. Hmm, looks like I’m ready for Spring! 🙂
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I like the Build a Terrarium project, because it not only teaches about growing, it demonstrates the natural process of recycling.
We love doing things as a family so the scavenger hunt would be fun. We live on a 15 acre property so nature is all around us. The Kids would love to make some bird feeders.
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I love combining projects with exploring and outdoor activities, so adventure walks and scavenger hunts would be great for us!
Good Golly Miss Molly , OMG, luv the bird feeder and nature walk ideas. Divine. Wow, prize Visa gc is fab. & splendid. 2 fingers snap. It is tight, fly & off the chain. Thank you for the awesomeness, the contest, and generosity. 🙂 Pick me, pick me! Dear Santa: I’ve been nice. My X-Mas wish this year is to win this contest. Starving artist here desperately needs the gc to shop and eat. A life changing exp.
I like the Eggshell Mosaics idea. My son would love this!
I like the bird feeder and nature walk ideas!
the bird feeder would be fun, and my daughter would love the scavenger hunt.
I like building a bird feeder and nature walks.
I like the bird feeder activity.
building a bird feeder
I like the bird feeder and the egg mosaic
I’ve never pressed flowers with my kids before so that would be a fun idea for us to try!
I would do the pressing flowers and the growing pumpkins with my nieces!
bird feeder is nice
Build a bird feeder, because we live in what used to be a nature preserve the birds fly around here.
bird feeder is a neat idea for spring
I especially like the pressed flowers because I remember doing something like that with my mom. I also love the scavenger hunt idea.
Love all your ideas 🙂 egg mosaic is nice!!!!!!!!!
build a bird feeder and the egg mosaic are neato
I like the make a bird feeder, my daughter will love it.
I love the bird feeder, it will be especially fun because spring is just around the corner and my son loves to watch the birds in the spring time
My family would love to do a family scavenger hunt & make a tree bird feeder!
love the egg mosaic
I like the idea of growing indoor seedlings.
I have a poetry blog so my favorite activity is 2. Write a Poem About Your Favorite Animal. I also like the Adopt A Tree activity.
Thanks for a chance at the giveaway!
I like building a bird feeder activity!
Like a lot of others, I’m big on the bird feeder. Also like homemade play dough.
THE BIRD FEEDER WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA
I love scavenger hunts so definitely the Family Scavenger hunt is my favorite. 🙂
thanks!
the bird feeder looks fun
I like the colouring pages
we like the birdfeeder idea.. we have lots of birds
I love the bird feeder . My little ones would have a blast ! The egg mosaic is great too just in time for Easter
I really like all the bird feeder activities. I love making things with my kids. I love writing 🙂 this book would be so great to strengthen anyone’s creative writing. Gonna have to buy this book :).
My kids love building bird feeders
Some of my favorite are the Pressed-Flower Cards,Family Scavenger Hunt and Time Capsule
I love the bird feeder and the seashell magnets as I now know how to use my seashells I have got over the years.
I love the Nature Walk, and the Family Scavenger Hunt. We love doing Nature walks and hunts
I like the leaf rubbing and the gardening activities.
Taking magazines and cutting out photos – then adhering to cardstock to make our own cards!
This is so neat! I love the pressed flower cards and the scavenger hunt! Great activities!
I like the Egg Mosaic and the adopt a tree idea. Thanks for the great giveaway!
Building a birdhouse watching birds family scavenger hunt oh so many I love , my children are not allowed to play video games. We are a family of outdoor activities and using our imagination. Thanks for the chance ☺
Explore the Zoo and Make a Tree Bird Feeder are my favorite ideas here.
Anything with nature, so like the bird feeder and terrarium ideas. Very cute.
The nature walk and bird feeder
Building a bird feeder and shadow tracing
The seashell magnets are perfect for us when we camp at the beach along with the nature walk.
another email subscriber I love egg mosaic and build a bird feeder
The Dry-Leaf Collage and build a bird feeder sound awesome.
I like the Build a Bird Feeder, the Nature Walk, and the Family Scavenger Hunt
I would like to try the bird house.
I like the bird feeder
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Lots of cute ideas! I really love the Explore the Zoo and the Milk Carton Bird Feeder activities. Cute!
I love the egg mosaic and potpourri ideas. i would have loved doing these as a kid and they’re perfect for children now
I love to teach my son about practical things such as baking and cooking. We do these things together and he learns a lot. I learn to work on my patience 🙂
I really like all the ideas in this activity kit, however, a couple are really cool. The one to write a poem about your favorite animal is a way to get creative. Also, make a Sundial sounds like a lot fun! 🙂
egg mosaic for the win!!!
The egg mosaic
My favorite ideas are Build a Terrarium, Seashell Magnets, and the Summer Wreath!!!
I like the nature walk, building a bird feeder and growing giant sunflowers.
We would like the Family Scavenger Hunt.
the family scavenger hunt would be fun and the bird feeders
We grew up learning how to press flowers from a professional print maker. It was a lot of fun when we were kids and it would be even more fun to share with our kids and grand kids. What a wonderful book this is!
I like the Make a Tree Bird Feeder and the egg mosaics.
the bird feeder, just something about getting to do a fun craft and interacting with nature just seems like a great idea
I love making a terrarium…never thought of that!
The bird nest, bird feeder and growing seedlings all sound like fun activities.
I love making play-doh and homeade gak with my kids. We also love painting rocks to put in the garden, and collecting pinecones to cover with peanut butter and birdseed for the birds!
My fav activity on the list is bird watching. I think kids learning this sport (it is a sport as well as a hobby and career) early on is a wonderful thing. My brother learned about birds early on and now is actually a ornithologist and travels the world learning, researching and tracking birds!
A couple of my favorite activity ideas are building a bird feeder, family scavenger hunt and seashell magnets.
The growing sunflowers and the bird feeder ideas sound like great learning and fun activities.
I love the bird feeder, I love seeing all different kinds of birds.
I love the nature walk and the egg mosaics.
I love the Make a Milk-Carton Bird Feeder and the Make a Dry-Leaf Collage.
I like the egg mosaic and scavenger hunt.
Birds and bird feeders are a big treat
I like the Build a Bird Feeder idea.
I like the Go Bird Watching idea.
I like the egg mosaic
Grow Indoor Seedlings is always a good activity for the kids as it can provide many valuable lessons. It can teach them responsibility if they are giving the task of providing care to the seedlings. It can also develop patients as they watch the seedling grow over time.
Making Egg Carton Spiders can encourage the kids to be creative…who says ‘their’ spiders have to be black?
I like the Grow Giant Sunflowers.
I can’t wait to try the Flower-Petal Stained Glass with my children. Spring is on it’s way!
So many fun ideas! Prepare Potpourri Pinecones and Grow a Sunflower House are two of my favorites. I wish we had good sunflower soil here! Create a Nature Mural After a Nature Walk is definitely something we will try to do this Spring.
I love to do scavenger hunts, so I modify that activity and use it often!
Love the go bird watching and grow indoor seedlings! Great ideas that get children involved and learn at the same time 🙂
The egg mosaic is a great and so is the bird feeder
I love the family scavenger hunt idea! We used to go on scavenger hunts when I was a kid and they were very fun!
the kids love walking on the trails so it would be the Adventure Walk
Growing indoor seedlings would be lovely as well as a nature walk.
I like the . Explore the Zoo and Grow Giant Sunflowers activities
The bird watching and walking together, then making a bird feeder is great for kids… and adults!
I love the Adventure Walk and Pressed-Flower Cards ideas.
i appreciate this post so much!! Too many times do the kiddos get focused on ‘getting it right’ verses just creating art. I think that it is so important to encourage the kids to let the ‘creative juices flow’ verses letting them limit themselves by how a project ‘should’ look. That’s my two cents, anyway.
A family scavenger hunt sounds like a lot of fun.
My daughter would love to build her own bird’s nest and milk carton bird feeder!
I love the idea of Dry-Leaf Collage (loved doing it as a kid too) and a bird’s nest – this one is a winner – my son loves building with mud, rocks and needles 🙂
I like the nature walk and the family scavenger hunt.
My guy’s still pretty little, but he’s great with a glue stick! The dry leaf collage is right up his alley. He also LITERALLY hugs trees, so I love the idea of adopting one in our neighborhood.
I love the Bird feeder idea because we have a lot of cute birds in our tree!
Grow indoor seedlings – we do not have outdoor space really in our apartment and my daughter will love this
I like the bird feeder idea
Make a tree bird feeder.
Love the Prepare Potpourri Pinecones and growing sunflowers ideas! I love that it incorporates nature so that my kids will be able to help Mother Earth as well as learn something from all these experiences!
my daughter would love to make a bird feeder. She loves animals.
The build a bird feeder and the egg mosaic sound cool! Thanks so much for the chance!
I like Go Bird-Watching and Make a Tree Bird Feeder.
I like the Build a Bird Feeder, the Nature Walk, and the Family Scavenger Hunt.
The egg mosaic is a great idea! I will do this with my kiddos in a couple weeks.
Egg mosaic looks fun