Nature Bracelets
Collect objects from nature and arrange the items to create a personalized bracelet that showcases children’s discoveries and preferences.
- Audience
- Caregiver
- Subject
- Nature & Outdoor
- Age
- InfantKindergartenPre-KPreschoolToddler
- Languages
- Brazilian PortugueseEnglishHaitian CreoleSimplified ChineseSpanishVietnamese
- Materials
- Natural materials (leaves, seeds, flowers, small sticks, seed pods, etc.) , clear packaging tape , construction paper (optional)
Try making nature bracelets with your child!
Activity
- Cut a piece of packaging tape long enough to fit around your child’s wrist. Wrap it around their wrist with the sticky side facing out and press the ends together. Tell them the bracelet might need to be cut off later, but they can still save it after.
- Go on a nature walk! Ask your child to find small items like flowers, leaves, seeds, or bark. Stick them onto the bracelet. Only pick things on the ground, not things that are still growing.
- As they collect items, ask your child to use their senses. How does each object feel—rough or smooth? Does it have a smell? What colors and shapes do they see?
Try this with babies
- On your walk, point out sounds like birds and colorful objects like flowers. Let babies hold and feel safe items. Watch closely so they don’t put things in their mouth.
Want more challenge?
- Choose a theme for the bracelet! Add materials in rainbow colors. Try different textures like smooth, flaky or bumpy.
- Have them create two bracelets, then compare—how are they alike and different?
Ideas for different weather
- Keep a small collection of nature items to use indoors, like small rocks, sticks, or dried leaves for children to choose from.
Save your nature bracelet
- After cutting off the bracelet, cover it with clear packing tape so that all of the natural materials are inside the tape.
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You can incorporate nature-based education anywhere! You don’t need to live in a rural area, or have a forest in your neighborhood, or even have a yard at all. Nature can truly be discovered in unexpected places.