Book

Lennig, Melissa, author.

Sticks and stones : a kid's guide to building and exploring in the great outdoors / Melissa Lennig.

Includes index.

Beverly, MA : Quarry, [2019]

141 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm

"Written by a top mom blogger, Sticks and Stones gives boys, girls, and their adults ideas for getting outside and creating safe, useful structures and objects using nature's building supplies"-- Provided by publisher.

Create and build with logs -- Build a survival shelter -- Make a log tripod -- Construct a handy travois -- A hotel for bugs -- Magical play fort -- DIY log bird feeders -- Log weaving loom fort -- Log walking blocks -- A simple seesaw -- Log easel for little artists -- Sticks : The original wooden toy -- Stick boat races -- Bubble wands -- Small world in a log cabin -- Classic stick fishing pole -- Simple stick fence -- Nature blocks -- Roasting stick for outdoor cooking -- DIY tic-tac-toe -- Stick catapult -- Garden markers -- Easy rock projects -- Build a campfire ring -- Construct a dam -- Leaf-stamped stones -- How to stack stone cairns -- The rock garden -- Make and use stone tools -- Crafty stone pendant -- Make land art -- Earthy ochre paint -- Build a simple stone bridge.

Ages 8-13.

Outdoor recreation for children.

Children and the environment.

9780760362563 (paperback)

0760362564 (paperback)