Making Bird's Nest Helpers With Kids These colorful bird's nest helpers are a fun nature activity for kids, a helpful handmade backyard addition for birds, and only require minimal supplies (with zero prep!).

Did you know you can leave out wool or nature scraps in spring and local birds will weave them into nests? This project is equal parts craft and wildlife habitat help. 🐦🪢 #NatureKids #SpringActivities #BirdsNest

Taking Preschool Students Outside to Support Executive Function Getting outside regularly helps young children learn how to problem-solve and develop other important skills that support their success in school.

If you want your preschool students to:

😌 Build self-regulation and executive function skills
🧠 See gains in memory and cognition
🏆 Improve academic performance

Then here’s a simple strategy: head outside!

#PreK #preschool #EarlyChildhoodEducation

Make a DIY birdhouse craft from a recycled juice carton Turn a juice carton into an adorable slide-open DIY birdhouse hiding a little nest and baby birds inside! A cute spring or summer recycled craft for kids.

Not going to spoil what the "surprise" is in this DIY juice carton birdhouse project. But I will say: kids react to it with exactly the energy you want from a craft activity. Full tutorial on the blog! 🐦📦 #UpcycledCrafts #BirdhouseDIY #NatureKids

Make a DIY Nature Explorer Kit (from a Shoebox!) This upcycled DIY shoebox trunk for kids hides a whole kids' nature explorer kit! Make your own with recycled supplies.

The outdoor adventures that might start with a shoebox… #NaturePlay #DIYkids

Make A Peter Rabbit Playdough Garden (with a Free Printable) Download our free printable paper Peter Rabbit garden for adorable small world play and the cutest spring sensory bin!

A miniature Peter Rabbit garden for small world play is an extremely good use of a Sunday afternoon and some potting soil. Beatrix Potter would definitely approve. 🌿🐰 #PeterRabbit #SmallWorldPlay #KidsCraft

DIY Scrap Fabric Adventure Maps Invite your kids to make their own reusable DIY treasure maps from scrap fabric. A fun art and dramatic play project.

Scrap fabric, a little paint and glue + imagination = instant pirate vibes. ⚓️💰 #ImaginativePlay #MapMaking

16 Adorable Kids Bunny Crafts and Activities for Spring This hoppy collection of adorable bunny crafts and activities will have your kiddos excited to create this spring!

16 bunny crafts that are actually interesting and go a little further than your standard cotton ball ears and googly eyes pasted on paper. Visit the roundup on the blog! 🐰✂️ #BunnyCrafts #SpringActivities #EasterCrafts

Calder-Inspired Cardboard Spring Sculptures for Kids These whimsical Alexander Calder-inspired cardboard spring sculptures encourage kids to play with form, and are a great STEAM activity!

Cardboard + paint + a little Calder energy = sculptures kids are genuinely proud of. The balance and movement concepts he explored translate shockingly well to a classroom table. 🎨📦 #AlexanderCalder #ArtForKids #SculptureKids

Make deconstructed rainbow collages! This bold and engaging modern art project encourages kids to deconstruct rainbows and explore color and composition to create colorful rainbow collages inspired by artist Frank Stela.

Learn from the masters while experimenting with colorful arcs and the art of deconstruction + reconstruction with our rainbow collage activity. Optional printables available! #ArtHistory #Collage

Observing Arab American and Middle Eastern North African Heritage Month With Kids - barley & birch Helpful online resources for observing Arab American and Middle Eastern North African Heritage Month with kids

April is Arab American & MENA Heritage Month. Cooking projects, art activities, read-alouds — this hub has resources from Arab creators worth bookmarking before the month begins. 🌙

#ArabAmericanHeritageMonth #KidsActivities #InclusiveKids #KidLit #Edusky #Teachers

An illustration of different weather effects

Easy spring kids activit: Set up a 'weather station' with a paper map, a clipboard, and a window view and invite kids to give a daily spring weather report: temperature estimate, cloud types, and any signs of spring. Record the observations.

#kidsactivities #naturesky #forestschool #outdoorlearning

Cooking with Kids: 7 Easy Recipes for Spring Break March Break is the perfect time to break out of the routine… and why not cook with the kids? Cooking as a family is a great activity that helps create memories, learn while having fun, and most importantly share real time together. The secret to making it work? Choose an easy recipe that meets a few basic criteria: Few

Puff pastry squares with strawberries and maple syrup that kids cut, fill, fold, and brush...? Sounds delish!

Visit this list of kid-friendly recipes compiled specifically for spring - the right amount of impressive for the effort, and ages six and up can do most of it themselves.

Make Spring Landscape Art With Kids Create gorgeous spring landscapes full of opportunities for mark-making exploration with this Celestino Piatti-inspired art project for kids.

Celestino Piatti's bold shapes, colors, and interesting marks are genuinely one of the best art history entry points for kids. These spring landscape collages are stunning. 🎨🌸 #ArtEducation #ProcessArt #KidsArt

Art Outside: The Park | Tate Kids Art Outside: The Park Join Mita and her friends as they go on a sensory walk through a leafy park! 30 minutes Let's go for a walk! Come with us on a walk through a sunny park. There are so many things to take in! We can use our senses to help us explore different places. Maybe you can watch the vide...

Here are a few lovely ideas from Tate Kids to help your little ones create a bit of art while enjoying the spring weather.

#spring #kidsart #arted #naturesky #arteducation #waldorf #ECE #outdoorlearning

Tell your members of Congress to let advocates meet with immigrant kids in person, as they have for decades.

We have until March 23rd to protect life-saving support for these children. Visit treatkidslikekids.org for a call script.

#ScreensArentSupport #SayNototheRFP #ProtectImmigrantKids

Homepage - Mister Rogers' Neighborhood The official site of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood from the company that he founded. Watch video clips, read articles, and learn about the messages behind the program.

It's Fred Rogers's birthday! There is so much goodness to find over on the official Mister Rogers' Neighborhood website (I recommend the crayon factory video!)

#MisterRogers #KindnessMatters

A factory machine organizes rows of colorful crayons into vertical columns and funnels them through narrow metal tracks.

A classic TKSST post to celebrate the late Fred Roger's 98th birthday...

🖍️📦 The process of making crayons is surprisingly soothing to watch, especially when accompanied by jazzy sound effects and the gentle narration of #MrRogers. #science

👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/mr-rogers-ho...

Four colorful balls of homemade playdough rolled into herbs sitting next to plants and pinecones against a peach background

Make a batch of unscented playdough, then press in fresh rosemary, lavender, or any garden herbs available. The smell is extraordinary and kids can keep rolling and pressing to release it.

#sensoryplay #kidsactivities #kidscrafts #playdough #spring #ECE

Spring is officially here! Equal amounts of day and night, seeds beginning to wake up, and the whole outdoors is a craft supply. Plant something today. 🌱

#SpringEquinox #NatureCrafts #NatureSky

A Bunny & Chick Spring Tree Craft for Kids Enjoy an afternoon of fresh air, open-ended art, and bright colors with this fun kids spring bunny and chick twig tree DIY.

Free printable + a few twigs from outside + some spring whimsy = a chic bunny & chick twig tree. It costs basically nothing and looks genuinely lovely. 🐰🐥🌿

#FreePrintable #SpringDecor #KidMade

A child making a plasticine painting

A colorful plasticine painting sitting against a neutral background

Incredibly fun plasticine "painting" idea from A Faithful Attempt.

👉 afaithfulattempt.blogspot.com/2026/03/plasticine-mood-...

#arted #kidsart #arteducation

Make Cardboard Tube Assemblages The cardboard tube assemblages turn a simple household supply into a stunning work of art! A wonderful kids' art project that explores dimension, balance, rhythm, and composition.

"I've been saving cardboard tubes for this exact moment" — you, vindicated, watching your kid build abstract architecture

#UpcycledArt #ProcessArt

20 Ways To Celebrate the Spring Equinox with Kids Celebrate the arrive of the Spring Equinox with this lesson and list of over 20 different activities, experiments and projects to celebrate.

Celebrate the spring equinox with these fun ideas from @steampoweredfamily.bsky.social!

https://www.steampoweredfamily.com/spring-equinox/

#spring #firstdayofspring #naturesky #forestschool #outdoorlearning #ECE #kidsactivities

Hang on friends...spring is coming... 🌱💚

DIY Seed Art Bird Feeders This seed mosaic cardboard bird feeder is a fun, eco-friendly art project for kids that you can make and use in the garden for nature observation and learning through craft.

Art meets wildlife care with these decorative mosaic bird-safe birdfeeders. 🐦 #BirdFeeder #NatureEducation

DIY Folk Art Bunnies - A Fun Spring Art Process for Kids These spring process folk art bunnies for kids combine style with fun painting techniques for a bloomin' lovely spring art project!

Folk art bunnies with that beautiful imperfect, handmade quality — these are the spring crafts I keep coming back to year after year. Way more interesting than anything you'd find at a big box store. 🐰🎨

#FolkArt #SpringCrafts #KidsArt

Digital Tropical Landscapes: Following in Gauguin’s Footsteps In this workshop, we let ourselves be inspired by the rebellious and visionary figure of Paul Gauguin. We explored how the artist spent his life searching for an untainted purity in the South Seas,…

I adore this idea from Miriam at Arte a Scuola. If you have a tablet at home, this Gaugin-inspired project is a great way for kids to experiment with digital art creation. Just look at those final results! 😍

#arted #kidsart #arteducation #kidsactivities

Correction: It's come to our attention that it is, in fact, actually *Wednesday*. 😅

The good news is, the mood-boosting is just as effective today.

Pebby Bear dance party! YouTube video by Phoebe Sanders

A Tuesday instant mood-booster!

Safer Streaming for Kids: Easy Tools & Habits That Work! A QR code movie binder, YouTube Kids app settings, a watch jar, and more — easy and practical ideas for safer intentional screen time with kids.

Freshly published! I just added a new guide to safer video watching with kids — practical setups, low-tech rituals, and a few tools that are genuinely worth the tinkering. 🎬

Check it out 👉 barleyandbirch.com/curated-screen-time-kids...

#parenting