| Snowgusta Mini Golf |
 Set up a course where players putt across a frosty green. |
| Rapid Snow Slide |
 Create a downhill run for a snow tube thrill ride, where with each curve, the tube twists. |
| Gourd Bird House |
 A vine-ripened bird house idea. |
| Cook up some Musical Sounds |
 This wind chime is a breeze to make! |
| Leaf-printed place mats |
 Bring Autumn's beauty indoors with leaf-printed place mats. |
| Decorate with Strands of Light |
 It's easy to create a little ambience for an outdoor supper party or an evening storytelling hour. |
| Perfect Treehouse |
 Poke this in the water and through for a clear view of life beneath the surface |
| Stick Art |
 Make a winsome window decoration, take up a collection of natural beauties. |
| Friendship Bracelets |
 In the summer, kids are best friends. This will help prove their bond. |
| Water Play: Underwater Scope |
 Poke this in the water and through for a clear view of life beneath the surface |
| Sticker Star Twirler |
 Windup toy that's guaranteed to amuse young holiday guests on the Fourth of July. |
| Splatter Shirts |
 With a little inspiration, kids can splatter paint all over their T-shirts. |
| Stargazing |
 Heavenly lights have guided voyagers, inspired philosophers. |
| Lighthouse in a Bottle |
 Turn a plastic water bottle into a decorative lighthouse - just the thing to brighten up a rainy summer day. |
| Pack for a Picnic |
 It's almost noon on a gorgeous blue-sky day. "Let's have a picnic," you say to your children. |
| Whack a Whiffle Ball |
 As few as two kids can play just fine in a small backyard. |
| Thumbprint Garden T-Shirt |
 These personalized T-shirts -- the girls can put their own signature flower on one another's tees -- will be the hit of any party. |
| Hang a Hideout |
 Call it what you want – a tent, a hideout, a fort! Lots of fun! |
| Homemade Lanterns |
 Luminarias, or candle lanterns, can lend an extra glow to a stargazing party. |
| Backyard Mural |
 Take artistic ventures outdoors and transform an old white sheet into a monumental canvas. |
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Your child can create a whimsical paper pet Dr. Seuss would be proud of.
This crystal lantern may be as cold as ice, but it's guaranteed to cast a warm, welcoming light on a winter night.
It doesn't take a single flake to build this frosty character
Create a snowy self-portrait that doubles as a tasty treat for animals.
Your child will lead the pack in true Rudolph style.
The hardest part of this craft is deciding which critters to create.
Turn your favorite shade tree into an eye-catching conversation piece by giving it a Friendly Forest Face.
The moon takes center stage appearing larger than it does the rest of the year.
My family's foray into backyard birding began innocently enough.
These pouches are inspired by those used by Native Americans to carry good-luck trinkets. 
Talk about wash and wear.
Kids get a kick out of these hot headbands.
Here's a fun and quick project that will have your kids stepping out in summer's latest foot fashions.
Made from two bandannas, the sit-upon fits into a kid's pocket, ready to fill with grasses and leaves.
Here's a fashionable project that suits summer to a tee.
Nothing sets the mood at summer camp like a totem pole, especially one flickering in the light of a bonfire. 
Turn a pile of stones into ornamental artworks that will spruce up a garden bed, a potted plant or a windowsill.
You and your family will have lots of fun designing this outdoor picnic table together.
The groovy macramé is back in force
One of life's great thrills is a stage curtain lifting-even if the curtain is a bedspread and the stage a garage floor.
Here's a chance to support your local artists: hold an art fair that showcases their creativity. In a backyard or at a local park, set up tables covered with newspaper or plastic tablecloths.
Kids learn a little bit of sewing when they make this game and bag to store it in. It also makes a great gift for any checkers fanatic.
In the old days, writing students had to learn a lot more than penmanship, grammar and spelling--they also perfected the art of cutting their own quill pens.
