Entertainment and Activities

This nature activity teaches children how to build, position, and read a sundial.

In this nature activity, children learn what objects they can put in a tree to attract feeding birds.

This nature activity teaches children how to build a birdbath in a window box.

You and your child will have fun constructing your very own wind chime.

Follow these simple instructions to show your child how to construct a rain maker.

In this activity, children tape-record different sounds and then see if friends and family can guess what they are.

This activity teaches children how to make wonderful hanging flower baskets.

This activity teaches children how to press and dry flowers, which can then be used in arts & crafts.

Follow the instructions in this game to challenge children's visual memory skills.

This is a variation on the game of solitaire -- it takes the form of a clock.

In this two-player game, each player throws and catches a ball according to a sequence of tasks.

In this fun rainy day activity, children build a house out of a deck of cards.

This is a variation on the game of hide-and-seek. The person who's 'it' hides. As players find the 'it' person, they join him in hiding.

In this activity, children construct their own pick-up sticks and then have fun playing the game.

In this craft activity, children create a special star to make someone feel good.

In this craft activity, children create personal fortunes to put into homemade fortune cookies.

In this craft activity, your child presses flowers and then uses them to make cards for someone special.

In this family activity, current information is gathered about your family and the world, put into a capsule, and buried -- to be dug up sometime in the future.