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How to Make Heart Shaped Wildflower Seed Bombs (+ Printable Tags)
Heart shaped seed bombs are a lovely Valentine’s Day gift to give to your friends, family and the planet. They’re 100% earth-friendly and very simple to make.
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How to Make a Nature Ice Wreath
Brrrrr.... it's cold outside! An arctic outflow has blanketed our town with chilly weather. It's been so cold outside that our time in nature has been limited, especially with the baby. Despite the deep freeze my children and I have been embracing this cold weather...
Magical Winter Picture Books for Children
In our home, winter mornings are slow. After filling our bellies with warm oatmeal we snuggle together on the couch and slowly wake up to stories share aloud. Even as my children get older we still hold onto our winter morning ritual. Below are some of our favourite...
A Delicious Traditional Winter Fruit Cake Recipe
For the longest time, I would do everything possible to avoid eating winter fruit cake. I found the cloyingly sweet cake with its fluorescent candied fruit strange and unpalatable. To be fair, I never had the opportunity to eat a traditional winter fruit cake until...
How to Decorate an Outdoor Tree with Treats for Wildlife
Decorating an outdoor tree with healthy treats for local wildlife is a wonderful winter tradition that gives back to nature. It's a tradition that my children look forward to every winter. We often decorate a tree close to the Winter Solstice or Christmas Day but...
How to Make Tree Ornament Seed Bombs (+ Free Printable)
When it comes to giving gifts during the holiday season, I'm all about hand-made earth friendly gifts. If I had the time to make all of my family and friends something handmade I would. However, it seems that time accelerates during the holiday season. Or maybe time...
7 Fun Ways to Celebrate Saint Nicholas Day with Kids
My children believe in Santa Claus. Not the fairy tale version of Santa Clause with his red suit, rotund belly, jolly laugh and flying reindeer but the man that inspired the legend: Saint Nicholas. Our family has been celebrating Saint Nicholas Day since my kids were...
A Nature Advent Calendar for Kids
This Nature Advent Calendar is all about simplicity and nature connection.
Beautiful Christ-Centered Christmas Picture Books for Children
This books list highlights our most favourite Christmas picture books that have a Christian theme.
Heartwarming Christmas Picture Books for Children
These heartwarming Christmas pictures books are bound to bring holiday magic and Christmas cheer into your home.
How To Make a Wet Felted Mason Jar Lantern
A few years ago I shared a tutorial on How to Make a Wet Felted Lantern For Winter Solstice. This project has always been a favourite in our home. This year we wanted to try the same technique on mason jars to create a lantern with sturdier sides. The result: A...
How to Make Birdseed Ornaments for Wild Birds
Every winter my kids and I make cookie cutter birdseed ornaments to hang on a special tree for our feathered friends. It's one of our favourite winter traditions. We also make extras to give as gifts to teachers, friends and family to celebrate the Winter Solstice and...
Printable Valentine Flower Seed Packets for Kids
I love Valentine's Day, but I don't love all the candy and plastic that goes along with it. Last year my kids and I made earth-friendly Easy Heart Shaped Seed Bombs for Valentine's day. This year we're continue the seed tradition with some cute printable flower seed...
5 Reasons Kids Should Play Outside in the Winter
Winter has arrived and transformed the outdoor world into a magical place of snow, ice and twinkling stars. As the world outside becomes covered in fluffy snow and frosty ice, a deep quiet descends, but that hush, it seems, is more than the calming silence of snow....
How-To Make Easy Heart Shaped Seed Bombs
Celebrate Valentine's Day by sharing these heart shaped seed bombs with your loved ones and with the planet. Seed bombs are the perfect eco-friendly Valentine gift for kids to make and share with their family and friends. For an updated version of this post visit: How...
7 Winter Carnival Activities for Kids
Winter Carnival traces its roots to Mardi Gras—a Christian feast day before the solemn season of Lent. Over time, that one day of celebration has blossomed into days, and in some places weeks, of winter revelry. In northern climates, Mardi Gras has evolved into Winter...