Backyard Activities

Stake out your territory with this spiffy copper-foil garden sign

Decorate a snow angel with a mosaic of birdseed to delight your feathered friends.

Deliver a special messenger with this critter reminder holder.

Fashion a filbert family out of nuts and twigs.

Give Dad a rack that keeps track of car and house keys

Decorate a wooden chest to fill with tiny treasures

Take the family rock hunting for heart-shaped stones

Turn small stones into ornamental artworks to spruce up a garden

Preserve the colors of autumn to brighten your home all winter long.

Bring nature indoors and create your own tiny, tropical ecosystem.

Multicolored leaf crayons make charming gifts when attached to homemade cards with glue dots. The crayons also look inviting sitting in a bowl, waiting to color an autumnal scene.

Coax the kids outside for a wintry nature walk to collect the materials for this gingerbreadlike birdhouse.