Nature Crafts

This craft series for 6-8-year-olds focuses on seasonal ideas and related crafts.
Fee: $8/participant/program

Preregistration is required. To check for space availability, you may call the Blue Jay Center for Environmental Education at 919-870-4330. To register, you will need to submit a completed registration form and payment by mail or in person.

Register now for:

Calling All Crows!
Saturday, September 26, 1-3 p.m. (Guess What?!  Saturday’s Nature Crafts program is FREE in honor of Take a Child Outside Week, but you must preregister.)
Blue jays, crows, ravens, magpies and more are all part of a family of extra smart birds called “corvids.” Come find out through hikes and activities how these birds cleverly use their big brains to do all kinds of amazing and unusual things. Make a special craft project that reflects the importance of corvids in culture.

Howl-o-ween
Saturday, October 17, 1-3 p.m.
Learn all about the reintroduction of Red Wolves into the NC wilds and about the expansion of coyotes into NC territory. Print paw prints on a reusable treat bag to take home.

Getting Treed
Saturday, November 14, 1-3 p.m.
Practice your tree ID on a wander through the gorgeous fall woods, and then design a “leaf critter” out of pressed leaves to take home.

Holiday Habitat Helpers
Saturday, December 12, 1-3 p.m.
Attract winter wildlife to your backyard by providing or improving their habitat. Create outdoor decorations and crafts that are beneficial to wildlife.