I’ve posted about Nature Collages before, but I think they are such wonderful crafts that I will tell you about an up to date post today! I am doing this with my children tomorrow since it has a been a while, and I love seeing how their artistic and creative minds have developed each year. You can find the inspiration over at The Chocolate Muffin Tree. This project goes along with Tinkerlab’s current challenge…Flowers! There are amazing inspirations for this challenge that you can find if you scroll to the bottom of the post in the linky!
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Spring Activities to Get Kids Outside
By the end of March where I live we are starting to have more warm days than not, and all we want to do is spend more time outside. Luckily we can make it educational and a little fun, too, with these spring activities involving the outdoors.
Of course it’s great to do things that will get kids outside and keep them going outside, like starting a garden or installing bird feeders and going out to regularly fill/check on them. Making seed bombs is a fun thing you can do inside and then use outside to see what grows. Or make these for Mother’s Day gifts! Get the instructions from Natural Beach Living.
Make your own bubble wands (and/or your own bubble solution) and get outside to blow bubbles. If you want to make a giant bubble wand, you can find out how from It’s Always Autumn.
If you have access to a sidewalk you can make your own sidewalk chalk (or chalk paint) and draw or play sidewalk chalk games. First up, get the recipe for chalk from Princess Pinky Girl, then get some ideas for sidewalk chalk games.
I personally love hopscotch because it gets kids moving, but you can also print out or come up with your own spring movement activity cards (these are from From ABCs to SATs) and take them outside to use in a game or just let kids go wild hopping like bunnies and waddling like ducks. I love the idea of a spring themed game of Red Light, Green Light where kids have to do the movements as they go.
And of course nature walks are great all the time, and there are all sorts of themes you can use, from collecting different colors to textures, shapes and more. I love this one for a fairy house building activity from Glitter on a Dime. First kids can walk around and collect materials, then design and decorate their fairy homes.
Arushi says
This is awesome!!! Can I write about you in my blog http://www.arushiaggarwal.blogspot.com ?
kristenstephens says
Hi Arushi,
This is not my work, I just find fun ideas and post about the people who created it. If you would like, click the link on my blog post to go to the creator, then write about their specific post! Thanks for reading!
Melissa@TheChocolateMuffinTree says
Thanks so much for featuring our Nature Collages….you made my day!
Jodie Sadowsky says
I love your nature collages. We tend to make them during vacation (I never thought I’d start travelling with glue for a beach vacation)… using giant tropical leaves, coconuts or driftwood as canvases.