Make fun animals and objects from nature’s finest materials! Collect twigs, fir cones, feathers, leaves, shells, and pebbles from your yard, park, or vacation, and create animals and objects with them. Stunning projects included are a bird nest bowl made with feathers and leaves, a nut mask and feather mask, seed pod flowers, and fir cone owls, a feathery bird bookmark, fir cone fish mobile, painted snail shells, and a twinkling night light jar. Learn about the nature around you whilst being creative. Perfect activities for parents and children to do together. Over 40 crafty makes feature a well-balanced mix of techniques, materials and colors for a range of ages.
Step-by-step instructions for making craft projects inspired by nature, including a pressed wildflower suncatcher, dried fruit ornaments, and a bird feeder from a recycled container.
Perfect for your young explorers and your elementary artists. Make a craft inspired by nature--and learn something, too! What can you create with some backyard objects and tissue paper? Your very own flower crown! Use easy-to-follow directions to make fifteen crafts (and two recipes!) with each one focused on nature. Crafts include fun facts and additional resources, giving covert learning opportunities for your little explorer and reducing screentime.
Explore the natural world in a new and creative way. Crafters practice comprehension skills as they use text and diagrams to follow the steps for each project. Let young crafters take inspiration from their natural surroundings. With a little imagination, flowers, leaves, and twigs can be transformed into works of art.