Want to create a nature journal with your child? Grab some paper and a pencil, step out the front door and use this prompt.

Join us on our Facebook page Mondays through Fridays at 10 a.m. for a live video with Great Parks staff! Today, Nature Interpreter Stephanie and her team show how to make flower presses from flowers you can find right at home.

Join us on our Facebook page Mondays through Fridays at 10 a.m. for a live video with Great Parks staff! Nature Interpreter Sarah shows how to make art with leaves and crayons, and we’ll also learn a little about how to identify trees in today’s video.

Try making your own water filter at home! In this video, Nature Interpreter Will shows how you can make your own wetland water filter.

Join us on our Facebook page Mondays through Fridays at 10 a.m. for a live video with Great Parks staff! In this video, nature interpreter Sarah shows how to make butterflies out of coffee filters.

Join us on our Facebook page Mondays through Fridays at 10 a.m. for a live video with Great Parks staff! Director of education and events, Amy, teaches you how you can make this craft with items you can find in your own backyard.

Become an active participant in nature and even an amateur scientist by conducting your very own in-house experiments with the rain.