With the switching of the seasons, now is a wonderful time to clean out your crafting drawers and dig into a kitchen sink craft! Today Gardener Kelsey is showing us how to make DIY Decorative Birdhouses using leftover materials from many of our previous crafts we have featured on our #PullYourWeeds® Blog. From bead to felt, clay to paint, grab whatever materials you have lying around gardeners and let's grow! This activity is fun for gardeners of all ages. Making birdhouse crafts with kids is not just a fun activity, but it also has several social and emotional benefits that can help in their overall development.
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Kitchen Sink Craft: DIY Decorative Birdhouses Has Gardener Roots In:
**Boost creativity:** Birdhouse crafts allow gardeners to express their creativity by designing and decorating the birdhouse as they choose. This helps in boosting their imagination and creativity, which can be beneficial in other areas of their life as well.
**Develops patience and focus:** Decorating birdhouses requires patience and focus. Kids need to concentrate on the task at hand and follow instructions carefully. This helps in developing their patience and focus, which can be useful in their academic and personal lives.
**Promotes teamwork:** Making birdhouse crafts can be a great group activity, where kids can work together and learn to cooperate with each other. This promotes teamwork and helps in building social skills. This is a fun project to do at home or in school.
**Provides a sense of accomplishment:** Completing a birdhouse craft project provides kids with a sense of accomplishment and can boost their self-esteem. This can help motivate them to take on more challenging tasks and projects in the future.
**Reduces stress and anxiety:** Crafting has been found to have therapeutic benefits, and can help reduce stress and anxiety. Decorating birdhouses with kids can be a relaxing and fun activity that helps take their minds off their 'weeds' and redirects their thoughts to the present moment.
Our Kitchen Sink Craft: DIY Decorative Birdhouses is a great way to spend quality time with kids while also promoting creativity, teamwork, and self-esteem. Did you decorate a birdhouse? We would love to see your photos! Scroll down to collect your Gardening Tool Badge!
Hey gardeners, did you do explore our DIY Decorative Birdhouses Craft? If so, congratulations, you just earned yourself the 'Decorative Birdhouses' Gardening Tool Badge'!
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