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Take Your Camera for a Walk
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Take Your Camera for a Walk
This outdoor activity turns the things your child sees every day into a creative photo tour.
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Natural Art!
Go for a walk with your kids and gather up some leaves. Then follow these directions and make a masterpiece!
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Terrific Twig Vase
Collect some twigs for this activity, and your kids can turn an empty jar into a beautiful twig vase!
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Flower-Petal Stained Glass
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Flower-Petal Stained Glass
Go for a walk with your child and collect flower petals for this arts and crafts activity.
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Hawaiian Luau
Get ready to experience your own tropical paradise! To start this party game, begin by making leis for your very own Hawaiian luau.
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Painted Nature Pictures
In this fun activity, your child creates nature pictures that will make great refrigerator art.
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Drawing and Painting
Sidewalk Drawing
No one's childhood is complete without drawing on the sidewalk! Gather up the supplies.
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Sandpaper Play
Teach your child about sculpture by letting him create art out of wood scraps.
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Nature Colors
This combination art and nature activity calls for gathering natural objects from the great outdoors.
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Bird Feeder
This easy-to-make bird feeder requires only peanut butter, a pinecone, and some bird seed.
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Painted Rocks
For a fun and inexpensive way to create art, try this fun activity -- painting rocks with your child!
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Things I Love
This activity will give your child opportunities to talk about what he likes.
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Make a Time Capsule
In this family activity, current information is gathered about your family and the world, put into a capsule, and buried -- to be dug up sometime in the future.
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Make a Hanging Basket
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Make a Hanging Basket
This activity teaches children how to make wonderful hanging flower baskets.
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River Rafting
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River Rafting
This is a great party activity. Children will construct a raft out of plastic bottles.
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Wind Sock
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Wind Sock
Making windy days fun is a "breeze" when you create a homemade wind sock.
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Pavement Painting
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Pavement Painting
Foster your child's creativity with an arts & crafts activity that will take her outdoors.
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Snow Paintings
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Snow Paintings
Keep your child entertained and foster his creativity with this outdoor art activity for winter.
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Make a Sundial
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Make a Sundial
Sundials are useful, decorative, and educational. Follow these instructions to make one of your own.
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Colored Crayon Balls
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Colored Crayon Balls
Don't throw away old stumpy crayons. It's a whole new way to color when you recycle them!
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Beach Towels
Design and paint your own beach towels with your child -- use beach item shapes, or create your own theme.
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Sandy Roadway
Give your child the tools to build her own sandy roadway, complete with street signs and cars.
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Bird's Nest
When this nest is complete, your child might want to put a toy bird or eggs in it.
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