Memorial Day was the unofficial start of summer, and rather than resign kids to the “summer slowdown” why not engage them in fun and educational activities that get them outdoors!
There’s no better time of the year to get children out of the house and exploring nature. Whether you’re a parent, teacher, scout leader, or summer camp counselor, this is your best opportunity to teach kids that there’s more to life than electronic gizmos.
Nature Watch is all about finding ways to encourage children to appreciate the natural world around them. Our summer craft kits and activities are designed with experiential learning in mind. A few of our popular and favorite kits for this time of year include activities that help kids.
Top Summer Craft Kits & Activities for Kids:
Start an Herb Garden
Too few kids today get to experience the joy of gardening. Our Herb Garden Greenhouse Activity Kit lets them discover how fun and easy (and tasty!) growing your own food can be. Start now and you never know, they might be part of the next generation of urban rooftop micro-gardeners, but one thing is for certain, the lessons they learn about sustainability will stay with them through adulthood.
Attract Beautiful Backyard Visitors
Our Butterfly Feeder and Hummingbird Feeder activity kits can be a great addition to a yard or windowsill. These kits create faux flowers, filled with liquid food for flying friends, and can allow children to get up close and personal with these lovely creatures that are often only viewed from afar.
Polish Their Own Amber
A lot of kids have seen or heard of Jurassic Park and have been introduced to the importance of ancient amber. Now, they can have their own! Our Amber Activity Kit contains real ancient amber (or copal) which is genuinely millions of years old. They can polish it up to a beautiful shine, then turn it into jewelry, or a nice keepsake. It’s not often kids get to play with something which is older than humanity itself, and one that teaches them about the eras that preceded mankind.
To keep the Jurassic fun going, children also love our Archaeology Adventure kit, which recreates the excitement of uncovering fossils. Learning about creatures and how they left their mark will leave a lasting impression on young minds.
Go Panning for (fools) Gold
This is a two-in-one nature lesson and history lesson! Kids throughout America are typically taught about the gold rushes in history. With our Gold Rush Activity Kit – one of our bestsellers – they can experience the “rush” of panning for gold for themselves. The kit might not have real gold, but it does have beautiful high-quality iron pyrite chunks that are vibrant in color and exciting to unearth.
Nature watch summer craft kits and activities include everything you need for hours of learning and fun. A typical kit has material for making anywhere between 25 to 100 projects and are aligned with Next Generation Science Standards for engaging STEM learning. Every activity includes a step-by-step Instructors Manual so you don’t need to be a science educator or environmentalist – all you need is the interest!
Nature Watch’s Outdoor Kits & Activities for Summertime Learning
Nature Watch encourages children of all ages to get in touch with their natural surroundings. With activities that foster a love of the outdoors and environmental sciences, educators trust Nature Watch to provide the most engaging crafts and accessories to make learning fun. Our summer craft kits come with everything you need including activities for several children, instruction manual, and helpful illustrations. Click here to see our full range of nature education materials, books, and other teaching tools.
