One positive of our long hours sheltering at home is plenty of time to do spring cleaning! Meanwhile, as we are freshening up our homes, the birds are lookin...

Paper egg cartons are a fun and useful supply for crafting. You can make all sorts of animals with just a few additional supplies, plus your creativity! Mate...

On a day when the weather makes you stay inside, you can make big, fluffy clouds just like the ones you see outside. All you need is Ivory soap and a microwa...

Launch animals in the air and watch them spiral and float to the ground. This activity takes advantage of items you already have around the house. It also op...

Making a wind chime or sun catcher is a fun way to reuse old CDs and DVDs! And it is a great project for the whole family to do together, because everyone ca...

Now is a great time of year to get outside and search for owls. Don’t forget to bring “owls” inside, too. Make your own owl ornament to decorate with this se...

No need to pay a store big bucks to have a charming little buck of your own. Get outside and collect sticks around the yard. With a little glue, those sticks...

Mushrooms sometimes appear overnight on misty fall nights. They don’t always stay for a long time, making it a treat to see one while exploring the outdoors....

Let your creativity flow with these fun toilet paper tube creatures! You can make any type of creature you imagine, even some traditional Halloween character...

Kindness rocks are a great way to brighten someone’s day and bring some creativity into your life! The idea behind kindness rocks is to paint stones with fun...

Summer is full of all sorts of bugs. Head outside with a container to catch bugs in your back yard to get ideas for your spoon bug. Try looking in the grass,...

Here's step-by-step directions for making a rainbow of your very own. Materials Rainbow-colored construction paper (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo ...

Early summer is the perfect time of year to enjoy bees buzzing and pollinating our gardens. Make your own version to carry with you as you check out the bees...

Butterflies are a perfect example of symmetry. Symmetry is something that is the same on both sides of a middle line. In the case of butterflies, both the le...

Now is the time to get outside and enjoy all the spring woodland wildflowers. Then you can head indoors and make your own colorful flower decorations. Materi...

Invite toads to your backyard by making them a “Toad Abode.” Toads can eat as many as 3,000 bugs in a month! That’s really great for gardeners that do not wa...

Celebrate March with this crafty, rainbow-of-colors experiment. All you need are a few things you probably already have in your kitchen. Supplies Plate with ...

The holidays may be over but it can still be fun to decorate your outdoor trees and shrubs with ice art! Materials: nature clippings from your yard (berries,...

These are fun to make and a great winter decoration. You can upcycle cereal boxes which will take a little more time for preparation, or you can buy craft st...

Mason bees are local bees that are metallic blue. They are pretty friendly bees. Males do not have a stinger and females only sting if squeezed. They do not w...