This blog post is the beginning of a catalog of backyard butterflies, to help you ID your fluttering friend. We will add to this all...

Over the next two months, we will be posting one nature or art-inspired boat each week - that we float in puddles, ponds and streams...

These nature- inspired 3D hearts are ornaments to hang near a window, allowing light to enter the peekaboo areas of the hearts. They are...

These adorable miniature 3D swans that we designed captures the beauty of real swans by using folded tissue paper as it’s body. The...

This 5 pointed fox star window transparency is a fun way to brighten up your window and add some nature-inspired art to it.

These donuts put the fun in fungi! They aren’t made from real mushrooms but are a perfect dessert for all mushroom lovers to enjoy. You...

Going on forest walks and collecting naturally fallen resources found on the forest floor is a great activity to do with children....

We’ve been having fun creating homemade star wreaths and we wanted to share some neat ways to make stars to put on any handmade wreath or...

These fun nature-inspired holiday cards require only a few materials. All of the materials are readily available and easy to gather. No...

Lichen is one of those things that often goes unnoticed and ignored, but when we slow down and look closely it reveals beauty, strength...

Let's go on a nature walk and find an Artist's Conk! An Artist’s Conk is a fungi that can be used as a medium for artists....

Embracing the treasures of nature to craft beautiful creations is not only a delightful endeavor but also an environmentally conscious...

Fall is here and we have been collecting the fallen leaves from Oak trees, and basically every tree! Collecting leaves is a great outdoor...

Creating spore prints is a fun way to observe spores, they are microscopic and otherwise hard to notice. This is a fun STEM activity for...

If you haven’t tried this activity yet with your children, you are in for a treat! Flower pounding has been a summertime crafting...

What a fun, educational and creative week of #7daysofmushrooms! To kick off the summer on July 1-7, 2021 a group of parent crafters...

Learn how to create these toadstool mushroom hats from recycled cardboard, we used a large cereal box. Using easily accessible materials...

Have fun outside foraging for mushrooms and having a pretend picnic! Use these in pretend play, as decoration, as math counting tools,...

Knowing the edible mushrooms from poisonous ones are obviously important while foraging. To help beginners distinguish between a tasty...

Father’s Day is around the corner and we thought that a nice gift would be mushrooms! Mostly because we love mushrooms! This can be a...

We found a lonely Morel in the forest on a nature walk and decided to use it as a reference in a painting. Before the girls were born I...

“The very hungry caterpillar“ BUTTERFLY Craft; A Collage Homage to Eric Carle 1929-2021 🐛 Eric Carle, the beloved children’s author and...