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This mini clay star garland is so easy to make with homemade clay made using ingredients that you already have in your pantry. This is a standard and common recipe that uses a 2:1 ratio of baking soda to cornstarch. It can be easily adjusted as needed. We made around 140 mini stars using the

Have you made a weaving board before? Nature weaving is of the easiest crafts because you can use any cardboard that you already have along with flowers from your garden. We are currently raising Monarchs this season from egg to butterfly to study their life cycle, so naturally we had to add in a few

How to make a handmade wood flower press for preserving spring and summer flowers and foliage. Pressed flowers can be used for many crafts.

Happy Earth Week! What better way to celebrate than by making wildflower seed bombs which will provide habitat and food for our essential pollinators?! Seed bombs are so easy to make and the process to make them is simple— soil and seeds are encased in clay, which then dries and hardens. The clay layer on

Excited to share a tutorial today by our friend Sarah showing you how to make this beautiful mushroom mason jar lantern! It can be made using materials that you already have on hand or can obtain easily— a recycled jar, kite or tissue paper and mod podge. Sarah is the co-founder of Chasing Windmills, a

Here's a fun heart-shaped candle that you can make for Valentine’s Day using beeswax sheets and any heart-shaped cookie cutter that you already have. I use a 2" cookie cutter for the larger candles and a this cookie cutter for the mini candles. We make a batch of these each year to gift to friends.

Floating walnut shell candles are so easy to make and are a wonderful project to do over the holidays. These are made using only natural materials- leftover walnut shells, cotton wick and pure beeswax. Walnut shell candles are based off of a traditional Czech holiday tradition and I was introduced to them through the Waldorf

Nature-inspired seasonal projects for Spring.

Bean and seed mosaics are still a favorite craft in our household, and it’s always one that I recommend when someone is looking for something easy to do with their children. We made our annual leaf ghosts last week, so naturally we needed to make some ghost seed mosaics to go with them! This is

We make an advent spiral out of salt dough every year, and it is a tradition that has led to some of my very favorite memories. I remember making our very first advent spiral one a few years ago when Elliot had barely begun to walk, and this year I was able to watch as