You love collecting beautiful outdoor treasures such as pinecones, seashells and flowers. Now you can transform them into wild pieces of art!

Nature Crafts shows you how to make all sorts of cool creations with leaves, seeds, nuts, pebbles, sticks and more--even rocks!

Easy-to-follow instructions, helpful hints and guidelines for getting started let you express yourself and create incredible works of art.

The most fun you can have indoors & out!

You'll learn how to: Make beautiful bookmaks with pressed leaves and flowers.Transform a seashell into a miniature garden.Create clay beads for necklaces, keychains and bracelets.Decorate clay tiles with leaves, shells or pebbles.Personalize your t-shirts with ferns that you pound with a hammer.

before you begin

 A Note to Grown-Ups

 Be a Good Artist

 Natural Materials

 Other Supplies

projects

one

Leaving Your Mark

two

Seashell Garden

three

Leaf Paintings

four

Just Picture It!

five

Nature Tiles

six

Twiggy Creations

seven

Blooming Cornhusks

eight

Wild Impressions

nine

Nature Bangles

ten

Keepsake Pillow

eleven

Shells You Wear

twelve

Plant Pounding

thirteen

Balancing Act

fourteen

Pebble Mosaics

fifteen

Glowing Flowers

sixteen

Treasure Dish