Starting a Garden with Kids

‘Tis the season!  Spring is “sprunging” (it changes its mind from time to time) and it’s time to start planning for our little backyard garden.  This will be our fourth year to garden!  So crazy to look back on the first year that we built the raised bed with our boys! I thought this might …

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Simple Outdoor Adventures for Boys {Day 21}: Build an Outdoor Fort

How To Build An Outdoor Fort…    Supplies: Logs/Branches Tarp/Old Sheet Rope/String Stakes Rubber Mallet As much as I like following step-by-step instructions {Lego Instruction Booklet OCD}, I love the freedom of creativity in the great outdoors.  And while indoor forts are life-savers for rainy days, they don’t hold a candle to building an outdoor …

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Simple Outdoor Adventures for Boys {Day 20}: Make a Homemade Fishing Pole

{Sorry for the delay in these posts.  Brad and I came down with strep throat this weekend and have been just plain miserable. The posts days will no longer coincide with the date, and this will run a tad into November, but I’m sure you will give me/us some grace!} How To Make a Homemade …

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Simple Outdoor Adventures for Boys {Day 19}: Search for Fossils

How to Search for Fossils…    Supplies: Paint Brush Small Shovel Butter Knife Magnifying Glass Billions of fossils have been found around the world, and each give us a clue about living things that lived long ago.  The word “fossil” comes from a Latin that means “to be dug up”, which is all the more …

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Simple Outdoor Adventures for Boys {Day 18}: Build a Sandcastle

How to Build a Sandcastle…    Supplies: Sand Sunscreen Buckets Shovels Water Sand Castle Forms I {almost} didn’t post this one for all of us Northern cooler climate folks.  It’s a rough time of year to be looking at beach pictures, as we start wearing our Snuggies 24/7 and stockpiling for winter.  I get that.  …

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Simple Outdoor Adventures for Boys {Day 17}: Camping in the Great Outdoors

Go Camping In the Great Outdoors…    Supplies: Sleeping Bags/Air Mattresses Food Tent (optional) Pillows Cooking Gear Lantern/Flashlights Bug Spray First Aid Kit Matches Firewood Old Clothes Old Shoes Extra Blankets Water Roasting Sticks Sweatshirts/Jackets S’more Materials (required) 😉 There is something so beautiful about spending a night or two under the stars camping.  Perhaps …

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Simple Outdoor Adventures for Boys {Day 14}: Make a Bow and Arrow

How to Make a Homemade Bow and Arrow…    Supplies:  Small Hand Saw Pruning Scissors  Live 1/2 Inch thick tree limb Strong, Thin String Electrical Tape  – 1/4 or 5/16 Dow Rod Feathers  X-Acto Knife  Super Glue This adventure is one that will make any boys heart excited! Grab a small hack saw or hand …

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Simple Outdoor Adventures for Boys {Day 9}: Cook Over An Open Fire

  How To Cook Over An Open Fire…    Supplies: Fire Pit or Campfire Food Roasting Sticks Wood and Kindling Cast Iron Skillet (optional) Food cooked outdoors over a fire is some of the finest dining that exists.  When you share it in the company of family and friends, it just enhances the experience! There …

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