Great Summer Projects, Crafts, & Nature Activities for Kids…
With summer here, maybe you’re looking for something new to do. We’ve posted lots on fun kid activities, so I thought I’d round up a good bunch of stuff that you and more importantly, your kids, might enjoy. Don’t forget, if all else fails, there’s always a picnic at the park.
Nature based fun:
- Nature Experiment - Make Your Own Rain Bowl
- Journey North: One of the best earth-based youth activities available
- Make Your Own Solar Light!
- Ditch your watch and use the sun to tell time
Messy & colorful fun:
- Make Your Own Natural, Colorful Dyes
- Homemade Organic Paint Soap for Kids
- Fun Beach or Sandbox Craft
Plant based fun:
- Perfect Summer Recycled Dollhouse Project
- How to Make Paper
- Homemade Recycled Stickers
- Make Some Wind Clackers
- Egg Carton Buggy Mobile
- Indoors Recycled Tumbling Fun
- Creative Reuse Art Projects
Yummy fun:
- Candied Flowers
- Build A Solar Cooker
- 32 Unique Homemade Popsicle Recipes & Ideas
- Tofu Recipes for Kids
Now you can’t say the kids are bored - there are enough projects here to get you going on the path to summer fun.
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3 opinions for Great Summer Projects, Crafts, & Nature Activities for Kids…
robin
Jun 12, 2008 at 10:17 pm
These are great ideas. School ends next Tuesday. I’m looking forward to doing some interesting, educational things like this with my boys this summer.
Thank you.
katherine
Jun 13, 2008 at 11:00 pm
I’m no good at doing planned projects with my kids, but we do some kooky spontaneous stuff– like when we have something like an onion, radish, or garlic that we didn’t manage to eat before it got yucky, my two boys and I dig a hole and plant it to see what happens. Now that Joey is two, he keeps digging them up when we aren’t looking, so we haven’t had anything interesting pop up yet. Once we had a potato bush, but it died in a freeze before we got any potatoes. Another time we had stinky onion flowers right by our front step.
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