Garden Party Ideas

Painted Rocks

You will need:

• a variety of stones
• acrylic paints
• brushes
• water
• clear varnish spray (optional)

Clean the stones and paint. If desired, spray with varnish when the paint is dry. Use as paperweights, doorstops, stepping-stones, or garden art.

Decorate Birdhouses

You will need:

• birdhouses (from a craft shop)
• acrylic paints
• brushes
• water
• buttons, beads, ribbon (optional)
• white glue (optional)
• wire

Spread newspaper on the work surface. Paint the house. When the paint is dry, glue on accessories, if desired. Attach a wire and hang from a tree or post.

Make Bird Feed Wreaths

You will need:

• grapevine wreaths
• florist’s wire
• dried whole small sunflowers, other dried flowers and grasses, small pinecones, popcorn cobs
• ribbon

Using florist’s wire, attach the bird food items to the wreath (largest items first). Add ribbon as decoration. Attach a wire loop to the back of the wreath and hang from a tree or post.

Become a Bug

(Make a hat or headdress inspired by a real or imaginary insect)

You will need:

• visors
• pipe cleaners
• pompom balls
• construction paper
• fabric scraps
• feathers
• beads
• ribbon
• scissors
• markers
• white glue
• stapler

Using the items (and anything else you can think of), create wacky headgear. Make up a name for your species. Vote on the Most Scary, Most Creative, and Closest to Nature.