A selection of free printables, our gift to you!
- “Chomp! The Truth About Sharks”
Picture Book Buds are a fun and easy way to incorporate literacy into nature study. Read a book (you can even read it outside!) and then enjoy the related activity and snack suggestions! Chomp! The Truth About Sharks Written by: Annette Whipple Chomp!… Read more: “Chomp! The Truth About Sharks” - “The Accidental Apprentice”
I began Picture Book Buds with the intention of exclusively featuring picture books. But then I read The Accidental Apprentice (Wilderlore Series). I was so inspired that I knew I needed to start doing middle grade book buds! I have been reading a ton… Read more: “The Accidental Apprentice” - “When the World is Dreaming”
I love picture books. Like crazy, unofficial librarian in my own mind, love picture books. You may have noticed I often recommend books to go with various projects and recipes, I have a whole section devoted to books I love by topic, and… Read more: “When the World is Dreaming” - New Year Family Bucket List Countdown Printable
Every year we fill out a bucket list as a family so this year I decided to make one of my own! I made it black and white so it’s easier to print out. You can color it if you’d like or leave… Read more: New Year Family Bucket List Countdown Printable - 2023 Winter Solstice Countdown Calendar
Countdown to the Winter Solstice with activities, recipes and crafts. Come back each day for a new surprise! The doors won’t open until the correct day (So 1 opens on December 1st, on December 5th you’ll be able to open 1-5, etc.) The… Read more: 2023 Winter Solstice Countdown Calendar - Harvest Moon Lanterns
The Harvest Moon might just be my favorite full moon celebration, and its definetly the one we have been celebrating the longest. Its also an important celebration in many different cultures which is always something of interest to me. In Western Europe it… Read more: Harvest Moon Lanterns - Thunder Cake
We love the book Thunder Cake by Patricia Polacco, especially during a good summer thunder storm. There is a cake recipe in that book of course, but being a celiac it wasn’t very useful to me. Besides I was intrigued with the idea of… Read more: Thunder Cake - Brew Some Summer Sun Tea
This is an excerpt from my new book: Summer Solstice: Celebrating the Brightest Day. The full chapter includes information about summer flowers, how light impacts the way we and different pollinators see flowers, creating an herbarium and a floral luncheon made with edible… Read more: Brew Some Summer Sun Tea - Printable Floriography Valentines
Floriography is the art of communicating with flowers, with different types of flowers having particular symbolic meanings. Some form of floriography has been practiced for thousands of years across Europe, Asia and Africa, but the best known floral code today is the Victorian… Read more: Printable Floriography Valentines - New Year Nature Crowns!!
One of the activities that we do every New Year’s Eve is to make some sort of crown or party hat. In teh past we have mostly just colored in something free and printable and not gotten particularly fancy with it, but this… Read more: New Year Nature Crowns!! - Dried Orange Garlands
Dried citrus garlands are easy to make, look and smell beautiful and are a great project for kids to help with. Click the image below to download and print! - Mushroom Foraging Badges!
I have been promising my kids that I would make them “badges” for each new mushroom they find while out hiking, this is not all of them, but it’s a start! Print them on cardstock and cut them out, or if you are… Read more: Mushroom Foraging Badges! - Winter Solstice Wishes
This is a fun way to release wished into the world using science! When you drop these folded pieces of paper into water, the liquid slowly wicks up the paper through a process called capillary action. “Capillary action is the process of a… Read more: Winter Solstice Wishes - A Printable Winter Special Spot Journal
Winter is a quiet time in nature, but there is still lots to do and see! Below is a printable journal to get you started, but it just scratches the surface of winter prompts. Use the blank pages to add your own! For… Read more: A Printable Winter Special Spot Journal - How are you Feeling? How is the Weather?
This is a simple, but interesting data visualization. You can click on the image below to print out a pdf and record your observations all on one sheet, or you can try trying a triangle in the corner of your regular nature journal… Read more: How are you Feeling? How is the Weather?
[…] might know that every year I make a Winter Solstice Countdown calendar full of crafts, activities, and recipes. This…
Yes sorry I should have put a note that the materials list wasn’t quite ready yet- it should be up…
I hope to get it finished in the next week or so- still trying to work out the bugs in…
I really enjoyed your 2023 countdown calendar and am looking forward to this one! I appreciate your focus on crafts…
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