Dried flowers and herbs are so useful! You can make them into tinctures, designs, paints, dyes, spices, bath salts, and more!

Here are brief instructions on three methods: pressing, hanging, and microwaving.

Plus, how to make tinctures!

Use flower petals rubbed against paper for an easy outdoor creative experiment.

Fairy houses are fun for all ages!

Making beautiful silhouette images without photo chemicals, anthrotypes are a fun experiment!

A fun, simple way to start a nature journal.

Create simple books with no sewing or glueing!

Make Oak Gall ink with this ancient, fun recipe.

Grow mushrooms in old books!

Making colors from natural materials is a calming and exciting Natural Arts project.

Exploring the poetry of scale with painting and reading the beautiful book by Carter Higgins and illustrated by Daniel Miyares

Create beautiful eggs with natural plant dyes.

Planting sprouted seeds and sketching in the garden or schoolyard.

Sculpting with aluminum foil is easy and a class favorite.

A magical bird needs a nest! A fun way to engage NGSS-DCI or VAPS outcomes.

What story should I tell? 20 prompts to help students tell their stories.

An exciting citizen science project where students can engage data from the Juno mission to Jupiter.

Please, no more plastic bottle sculptures. Here’s why:

Learning about mushrooms, mycelia and spore prints.