The Artful Year: Celebrating the Seasons and Holidays with Crafts and Recipes--Over 175 Family- Friendly Activities (Paperback)

A YEAR OF INSPIRATION: Playdough / Nature Observation and Collection Walks / Nature Tables / Scavenger Hunts / Suncatchers / Stained Glass Windows / Drawing Games / Salty Watercolors / Melted Crayon Suncatchers

SPRING: Easter Egg Suncatchers / Artful Bunny Ears / Easter Eggs 10 Ways / DIY Papier-Mâché Easter Baskets / Tissue Paper Nests / Easter Egg Tree / Bird's Nest Cookies / Strawberry Shortcake Muffins / Fruity Spring Pancakes / Crock-Pot Millet Porridge / Raspberry Lemon Cream Cheese Coffee Cake / Bird's Nest Snack / Crepes Two Ways / Spring Greens Salad / Herbal Vinegar / Bluebird Paper Chain / Leafy Masterpiece / Leaf Stickers / Botanical Stationery / Print Your Own Spring Fabric / Leaf Rubbing Stained Glass / Forest Diorama / Garden Wish Flags / Garden Ornaments / Painted Birdhouses / Garden Loom / Weave a Beanpole Teepee / Concrete Stepping Stones

SUMMER: Artful Pinwheels / Picnic Napkins / Flower Crowns / Flower Stained Glass Necklaces / Stained Glass Bunting / Melted Bead Suncatchers / Melted Crayon Rocks / Indoor Hopscotch / Glue Batik Flags / Fruit Gelatin Mold / Blueberry Hand Pies / Fruit Sparklers / Homemade Granola / Fresh-Squeezed Lemonade / Fruit Necklaces / Fruit Popsicles / Mixed Berry Scones with Lemon Icing / Grape Sculptures / Cranberry Granola Bars / Flower Necklaces / Chalk Rocks / Sandbox Cakes / Sand Art / Chalk Paint / Sandcasting / Sand Tattoos / Beaded Bubble Wands / Quick Backyard Teepee / Clothespin Activity / Build a Campfire! / Backward Water Play / Explore a Stream

AUTUMN: Leaf Doodles / Fall Leaf Mandala / Painted Paper Leaves / A Brown Paper Tree / Fall Nature Suncatchers / Leaf Rubbings Stained Glass / Plaster Leaf Casts / Autumn Leaves Stained Glass / Autumn Leaf Rocks / Mixed Media Autumn Trees
/ Melted Crayon Leaves / Painting Pumpkins / Yarn Spiderwebs / Pipe Cleaner Spiders / Jack-O'-Lantern Playdough / Coffee Filter Spiderwebs / Fill in the Jack-O'-Lantern Faces / Jack-O'-Lantern Carving / Felt Bat Garland / Cardboard Haunted House / Jack-O'-Lantern Pointillism / Marble Rolling Spiderwebs / Felt Jack-O'-Lantern Garland / Jack-O'-Lantern Blotto Faces / Apple-Cheddar Hand Pies / Pumpkin Waffles / Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins / Pumpkin Jack-O'-Lantern Pancakes / Pumpkin Rolls / Pumpkin-Pecan Scones / Pumpkin Bars with Gingersnap Crust / Apple Bundt Cake / Thankful Stones / Thanksgiving Leaf Banner / Not-a-Hand Turkey / Leaf Print Napkins

WINTER: Potato Printing / An Advent Calendar Chain / Shrinky Dink Ornaments / Christmas Tree for the Dolls / Salt Dough Ornaments 6 Ways / Tissue Paper Stained Glass Bunting / Stained Glass Paper Chain / Colored Film Paper Chain / Candy Cane Playdough Gifts / Coffee Filter Christmas Bunting / Styrofoam Printed Holiday Cards / 3-D Stained Glass Wreath / Cranberry-Orange Cakes / Cherry-Almond Scones / Grandma's Candy Cane Cookies / Chocolate-Dipped Pretzels / Tropical Crock-Pot Oatmeal / Tiny Gingerbread Houses / Healing Crock-Pot Chicken Soup / Grandma's Honey-Wheat Bread / Crushed Candy Cane Topping / Peppermint Hot Cocoa / Candy Cane Lollipops / Chocolate-Covered Peanut Butter Balls / Cherry Hand Pie Hearts / Oatmeal Cranberry Jumbos / Sponge-Printed Perpetual Calendar / Words & Wishes for the New Year / Happy New Year Bunting / Foil Snowflakes / Coffee Filter Snowflakes / Colored-Ice Snowman Decorations / Snowman Snow Globe Gifts / Stained Glass Ice Wreath / Pinecone Bird Treats / Doily Stained Glass Window / Tissue Paper Candle Holders / Lighted Cardboard Dollhouse / Foil Heart Valentine Cards / Heart Doily Printed T-Shirt / Heart-Printed Gift Bags / BooBoo Hearts / Melted Crayon Heartstrings / Interactive Heart Mandalas / Valentine Lacing Activity and Cards / Heart Rocks / Glitter Rock Valentines / Coffee Filter Heart Doilies / Tissue Paper Heart Doily Suncatchers