Showing posts with label nature crafts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nature crafts. Show all posts
Monday, November 18, 2024

How to Make Dried Citrus Slices for Ornaments and Garlands

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  I first posted this tutorial on Crafting a Green World. This winter, let just a little more sunshine into your home with dried citrus slic...
Monday, September 9, 2024

How to Dye Pasta to Make Sensory Materials

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Pretty much the last family activity that we did before taking the kids to college was an evening of making sensory materials together. You ...
Saturday, June 29, 2024

Beach Craft: Make a Sandy Handprint Keepsake

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I originally posted this tutorial on Crafting a Green World way back in 2019, but we first did this craft in 2012 during a vacation to Cape...
Sunday, September 17, 2023

You Should Take Pumpkinhead Photos

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This tutorial was originally published on Crafting a Green World in 2022! It's unwieldy, unbalanced, and will definitely put a crick in...
Sunday, September 10, 2023

Pumpkin Pounding: A Halloween Project for Small Children

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  This tutorial was originally posted on Crafting a Green World way back in 2009!   Encouraging my children's independence is VERY impo...
Saturday, September 2, 2023

Homeschool Science: How to Grow a Pumpkin out of Another Pumpkin

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  This tutorial was originally posted on Crafting a Green World  way back in 2015! My kids just harvested the pumpkin plants that they'v...
Tuesday, November 15, 2022

The New and Improved Way to Press Flowers in the Microwave

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I spent years pressing flowers in the microwave using the supplies that I had on hand--a terra cotta plant dish, a Pyrex bowl, and paper to...
Sunday, November 13, 2022

Holiday Crafts: Leaf-Carved Pumpkin

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This tutorial was originally published on Crafting a Green World way back in 2013! Yes, we DID finally carve our pumpkins!  To be honest, I...
Saturday, October 29, 2022

Pumpkinheads, or, Put on a Jack-o-Lantern and Take One Thousand Photos

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  So, this is probably my favorite Halloween activity ever. Thank you, TikTok! I've been wanting to do this pumpkinhead photo shoot sinc...