Category Archives: Garden Crafts

Starting Nature Journals
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Starting Nature Journals

Do your children have a nature journal? Do you? I’ll admit that I’ve tried them. But first let me just tell you a little story…. So sit back……grab your coffee, and enjoy my failure for a moment. A few years ago when I first decided to homeschool, I was introduced to the idea of Nature Journals. There were so many …Read the Rest

Checking out the Garden
Garden Crafts

Checking out the Garden

Today we wandered around the backyard checking out our garden. We don’t have a whole lot of room for gardening, but we are blessed with three beautifully old peach crates that make perfect “square foot” gardens. Here, take a look: Box #1 Contains: Grapes (in 2nd year…will we get fruit?) Strawberries (Wowza, doing good!) Blueberries (new this year, but some …Read the Rest

Gardening T-Shirt
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Gardening T-Shirt

It was totally worth the mess I especially loved the little sun that she drew in the corner: And the way she spread out the green to make the grass. What Fun! Puff Paint is a must have for any Crafty Classroom!

Garden Crafts: Plant Markers
Garden Crafts

Garden Crafts: Plant Markers

It’s here! It’s Here! Well, at least it WAS. I guess I missed the postman, because my Amazon order of The Christian Kids Gardening Guide had arrived, but apparently I was to busy taking my 3 year old to the Doctor to pick up the package. So it’s here…..at the post office I assume….. waiting for me to come get …Read the Rest

Button Flowers for Mom
Garden Crafts

Button Flowers for Mom

Just a quick little tutorial on how to make these cute little button flowers. Kids can make these themselves and give to Mom for mother’s day! And don’t feel sheepish showing your children how to make them, believe me, they are more then proud to hand a bouquet of these handcrafted beauties right back to you. Just show them how, …Read the Rest

Flower Pot Mosiac
Earth Day Crafts

Flower Pot Mosiac

Since we’ve been busy in the garden, planting all of our seeds, and working on our Gardening Lapbook, I realized that we better throw in a little bit of Garden Crafting too! I found this amazing book called “The Christian Kids Gardening Guide” and I just had to order a copy for our homeschool classroom, what better way to start …Read the Rest