Summer Nature Crafts Round-Up

Paint pour found rocks in rainbow colors with the kids this summer.

This is a project that the whole family can get involved in! Look no further than making a toilet paper roll bird feeder!

Since today’s craft used sticks the kids and I went on a stick and dragonfly hunt but sadly we didn’t find any dragonflies so we googled them before we started crafting to check out their features and colors.

Time for some Fairy Activities. Hello and welcome back to Kids Get Crafty! Having made our Nature Bag last week, we have been collecting even more “nature things” to craft with on our visits to the park and playground.

Enjoy spending time outside with the kids, and then bring all their nature treasures inside to make a beautiful mandala nature craft. As kids craft, they can explore nature, count, and decorate symmetrical circles using a paper plate and our free symmetrical circles template from our Symmetry Circles Math Activity.

We’re diving into the magical world of DIY gardening hacks that will have you upcycling, painting, and planting in no time. We’ll transform humble toilet paper rolls into nifty seedling pots and turn ordinary stones into whimsical, hand-painted garden markers.

Musical Instruments made from beach or drift wood and broken shells is just the perfect craft to actually do AT THE BEACH too.

Making sun prints is a perfect outdoor art activity for summer. My kids found the process fascinating and there’s lots to learn while experimenting, about how photography works and how we can replicate this with sun light.

Your kids will love making melted crayon rocks! It’s so much fun to watch the crayons melt and magically turn into paint on the hot rocks as they draw.

Decorating a walking stick with yarn/and cloth is a fun craft that can be simplified for a young child, yet is still an enjoyable project for a teen or adult to do!  Learn how to make your own below!

Learn how to make your own DIY Bird Feeder at home. It’s the perfect easy craft to do with your kids.

Let the kiddos show their creative side with a Free Printable seashell coloring page.

These colorful flower and insect puppets are easy to make with the templates below, and your kids will love creating their own stories starring their cute little friends.

DIY gourd birdhouses are a fun craft for the entire family! Turn last fall’s garden leftovers into springtime’s bright and cheery yard decor! 

So this isn’t exactly a craft, per se, but we’ve been having fun experimenting and playing around with making our own paintbrushes.

One of the easiest cards to make is one with pressed flowers.

Get a head start on your garden by making a plastic bottle greenhouse to start seeds. Here is how to make one!

I love that reproducing nature’s details is not left to technical drawing skill.  Nature already did the hard work for you.  This leaf printing process can just as easily be enjoyed by a preschooler as an accomplished adult artist.

Let's welcome spring with this adorable DIY Cork Bee Craft! This recyclable craft is so simple and is a great way to repurpose those wine corks! You can even turn these cork bees into an adorable mobile!