For a recent story hour, The Apple Pie Tree, we created this nature craft for kids, fizzy apples. It is a process craft that allows kids to experience the chemical reaction of a base and an acid. To create this craft you will need: Apple cardstock cut-outs Liquid watercolor in green…
For a recent story hour, A Daddy Longlegs Isn’t a Spider, we created this nature craft for kids, the mystery daddy longlegs painting. It is a process craft that allows kids to experience the first two stages of a daddy longlegs’ life in a fun and exciting way. To create…
This featured nature book for kids A Daddy Longlegs Isn’t a Spider is a picture book written by Melissa Stewart. This book shows a comparison of spiders to a commonly mis-identified critter, the daddy longlegs in a fun and interesting story line. My Experience with A Daddy Longlegs Isn’t a Spider I have…
For a recent story hour, Where Once There Was a Wood, we created this nature craft for kids, the negative forest painting. It is a process craft that allows children to investigate an underused art technique of negative printing. To create this craft you will need: Plastic animals that would live…
This nature craft for kids provides children with a product that has an experience with it. I developed this idea while planning for a story hour about insects and two of the reasons insects are often attracted to flowers is by the bright color and their smell. So, using Koolaid,…
