10Jul 2024 by catbird 1 Comment
Fun Summer Solstice Craft Ideas For Kids

Fun Summer Solstice Craft Ideas For Kids

Craft Project, Nature Art, Nature Collection, Nature Journaling, Nature Table, Play, Summer, Summer Solstice
Looking for fun crafts to do with (or without…) kids for the Summer Solstice? Click the text next to the images for the tutorials. Save for later! Sun Catchers: Plarn Sun Catcher Bioplastic Sun Catcher Blooming Fern Sun Catcher Tidepool Sun Catcher Sun Powered Crafts: Solar Oven Crayons Solar Oven Shrinky Dinks Shadow Drawings Solar Lanterns Solar Circuits Solar Balloons Decorations: Sun Prints & Anthotypes Turmeric Shibori Bunting Shell Candles Sea Glass Mobiles Shell Fragment Wreaths Flower Crowns Summer Nature Activities: Summer Nature Journal Summer Nature Table k
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10Jul 2024 by catbird 1 Comment
Flowering Fern Sun Catchers

Flowering Fern Sun Catchers

Craft Project, Folklore, Play, Summer, Summer Solstice
I am always trying to think of new ways to make sun catchers this time of year- it’s the perfect easy craft to celebrate the Summer Solstice. This year I was struck by a Slavic/Lithuanian myth that ferns develop a magical flower on the eve of the Summer Solstice. Of course my science nerds know that ferns don’t flower at all, they produce spores and fertile fronds, but another plant that grows right next to the ferns in my garden (and often in nature as well) is St. John’s wort. (St John’s Day is also what some call the Summer Solstice, interestingly) the magical fern flower is reputed to be yellow, but it may turn red on this special night. St. John’s wort is of course yellow and turns red…
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