Leaf Hedgehogs

Hedgehog craft made with leaves

Design your own cute critter with oaur printable leaf hedgehog template. Gather colorful leaves that will serve as your hedgehog's quills and follow the instructions below!

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What Melts in the Sun?

Small melted objects in muffin tin

Discover what melts in the sun with this simple science experiment! Discuss your findings and relate it to how heat makes things melt and how different objects melt at different temperatures.

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Nature Challenge Cootie Catcher

Colorful folded paper

This Nature Challenge is filled with activities and questions that will stimulate your brain and encourage you to think about and appreciate nature in new ways. Print the template, color in the tiles, follow our folding instructions, and complete these nature challenges with your friends and family!

Folding instructions: Cut the outer edge of the square and lay it flat with colored side facing down. Fold all corners to the center. Flip the square over and repeat, folding all corners to the center again. Push up all corners to form a pyramid shape with icons facing out. Stick your fingers underneath the icons and pinch upward to form your cootie catcher.

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Nature Snapshots

Capture a memory of your nature walk or park visit by making a Nature Snapshot! Bring along your colored pencils or art tools, choose a view you love, and sketch what you see. This is a fun and artistic way to capture memories while practicing fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, and visual analysis!

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Tree Hunt: Bark and Leaf Rubbing

Colorful leaf rubbings

Go on a tree hunt to observe the different patterns in tree bark and leaves. All you need is our activity pack and a crayon to enjoy this fun activity on your next nature walk.

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Celebrate National Space Day with Solar Oven S'more's

pizza box solar oven

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Sink or Float (with Nature) Experiment

Sink or Float experiment set up

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Build-A-Bug

Classifying Nature

sorting objects found in nature

Sorting objects into categories is a fun hands-on way to teach your little ones about the different properties of items found in nature! You could classify by big or little, hard or soft, smooth or textured, rigid or flexible. See what materials you can find on your next nature walk and observe how they are similar and different.