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TPL Summer Library Program Kick-Off! Friday, June 6th from 6-8pm

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TPL Summer Library Program Kick-Off! Friday, June 6th from 6-8pm

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Location
The Storybook Trail is located in Raintree Park at 3775 John R. Rd, Troy, MI 48083

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. The Trail begins on the path near the playground and ends just before the restrooms.

Length
The Trail follows the entire Raintree Park walking path and is just short of a mile. The trail is fully paved and convenient for strollers.

Books On Display

May | Eggasaurus by Jennifer Wagh and Hallie Bateman

Jun | The City Tree by Shira Boss & Illu. by Lorena Alvarez

Jul | The Tale of the Whale by Karen Swann & Illu. by Padmacandra

Aug | A Forest Song by Kirsten Hall & Evan Turk

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Read a book together with your child while exploring one of Troy’s beautiful outdoor spaces! Walk along Raintree Park’s paved trail path and read a book one page at a time. Each page includes suggested activities to keep children engaged between pages. Visit the trail regularly to enjoy a new story!

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Storyline online - Books read by actors 

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The SAG-AFTRA Foundation's Daytime Emmy-nominated, Storyline Online, features celebrated actors reading children's books to inspire a love of reading in millions of children worldwide.

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Interesting in learning more about Little Free Libraries? Check out this site! Also, check the link to see a map of local free libraries!

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Sponsorship Opportunities - Little Free Library

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About Little Free Library Little Free Library is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in St. Paul, Minnesota. Our mission is to be a catalyst for building community, inspiring readers, and… Continue reading Sponsorship Opportunities

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Captain Buckleboots and the Naughty Step Read Aloud

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Captain Buckleboots and the Naughty Step Read Aloud

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Use cut up pool noodles, shaving cream, and brushes (Optional) for this FUN stem challenge. Make your prediction then try it!

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If you didn't get a chance to read these books, check them out!

2026 Battle of the Books Titles

Amari and the Night Brothers  by  B.B. Alston

The  Area 51 Files by Julie Buxbaum

Art Club by Rashad Doucet

Mystery of Black Hollow Lane by Julia Nobel

How to Win a Slime War by Mae Respicio

The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead & Wendy Mass

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Where the Wild Things Are - Read Aloud by Mrs. Zavich

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Where the Wild Things Are - Read Aloud by Mrs. Zavich

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How To Make Super Bubbles | Super Bubble Science Experiment

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Learn how to make super-strong soap bubbles in this fun science project! Science of surface tension with simple materials and bubble tricks.

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Monroe’s Media

3853 Bristol Dr, Troy, MI

julesm09@yahoo.com

Charter #104573

Adina Schneeweis #57760 Troy MI

3741 Jennings Dr., Troy, MI

Charter #57760

Anthology Of Troy

2115 Seven Pines Dr., St. Louis, MO 63146, USA, MO

Charter #150676

Scott Zumberg #90318 Troy MI

3980 Nash Dr, Troy, MI

szumberg@gmail.com

Charter #90318

Lake Library

3868 Gate Dr., Troy, MI

Charter #29349

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Little Free Library World Map - Little Free Library

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Find Little Free Libraries near you on the world map. Share your location to see little libraries in your area, or search by city, state/province, zip code, or country.

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General information on Stage Nature Center in Troy, Michigan

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Math at Home is a free website with fun math games and activities for kids and families. Students can practice math skills, solve puzzles, and try challenges that help them become better problem solvers. The activities are easy to do at home and make learning math fun.

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Multiplication.com is a fun website where kids can practice their math skills by playing games and solving challenges. The activities help students learn their math facts while having fun at the same time. It’s a great way for kids to build confidence with addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts and get faster at solving math problems.

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Master Multiplication Facts - Multiplication.com

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Multiplication.com is the leading resource for helping kids learn the times tables and multiplication facts. Play free multiplication games, take auto-scored quizzes, drill flashcards, and access worksheets.

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Keep a writing journal!  Here are some topics you can write all about. 

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Keep a writing journal!  Here are some topics you can write all about. 

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Visit the library with your parents and try to complete 5 in a row on this Library Bingo card!

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Go outside and try to find things that start with each letter of the alphabet. Write down the objects as you find them (or take a picture). Some letters are trickier than others to find - good luck!

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Live Like a Writer: Summer Generating Notebook

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Live Like a Writer: Summer Generating Notebook

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As you read fictional stories, stop and jot to keep track of what is happening!

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As you read fictional stories, stop and jot to keep track of what is happening!

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Did something exciting happen so far this summer? Write a news article telling everyone all about your newsworthy event!

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Practice your reading by reading your favorite stories to your stuffed animals!

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Find some friends or family members who have the same book as you and invite them to participate in a book club. Decide how much you will read before each meeting and then meet to discuss your thoughts about the theme, characters, and what you think will happen next!

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Build numbers using popsicle sticks - for even more fun, decorate the popsicle sticks with markers, paint, or anything else you have around the house!

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On days when the weather is not so good, try building a reading fort with your family using blankets, pillows, and furniture. Cuddle up inside when it's finished and read your favorite books!

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Live Like a Writer: Summer Generating Notebook

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Live Like a Writer: Summer Generating Notebook

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Use sidewalk chalk to create a hopscotch game with numbers in each box - how high can you go?

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Use your iPad to go on a "Shape Hunt." Your goal is to take pictures of as many shapes as you can - can you find all the shapes on this list?

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Did your family go somewhere fun this summer?  Did you find the spot around Troy with the BEST ice cream?  What about that summer blockbuster movie you saw that you can't wait to tell your friends about?  Write a review of any summer activity you have enjoyed.  Be sure to tell all about what you experienced, why you enjoyed it, and give details so others could try it out too!

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Find friends from your neighborhood and decorate your bikes together. Then have your parents plan a time for everyone to show off their bikes in a bike parade!

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Create a journal and record what you observe whenever you see animals out and about this summer!

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Make a Nature Journal to Observe Animals | Crafts for Kids

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An animal observation journal is a great way to keep a record of the amazing animals you observe where you live and for sharing those observations with others.

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Make a homemade card for a friend or family member.  Write some kind words and draw pictures of things you know they like.  Be creative with different materials and colors!

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Featured Educational Games

Learning Games For Kids

Online Learning Games for kids are a great way to build the skills that kids need to succeed in school. These educational games for kids make learning fun with math facts, language arts, and more. Children enjoy learning with educational games. Kids can learn with math addition facts, multiplication flash cards, language puzzles, and more to make their learning experience rewarding and fun. Want educational games that make learning fun for preschoolers up to middle school kids? You've come to the right place!

We've got educational games for kids in the following categories: Math Facts, Math Games, Language Arts, Science Songs, Animal and Nature Games, Word Games, Art and Music Games, Logic Games, Memory Games, Hand-Eye Coordination Games, Preschool Games, Keyboarding Games and Geography Games. We'll be adding new educational games often so make sure to come back and check us out frequently.

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Featured Educational Games Online Learning Games for kids are a great way to build the skills that kids need to succeed in school. These educational games for kids make learning fun with math facts, language arts, and more. Children enjoy learning with educational games.

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Click this link for some fun games you can play on road trips to help with counting skills!

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Try this fun activity to experiment with chalk in a new way!

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Look out your window. Draw everything you see and label it. Add a character or two. Now write a fun story about your picture.

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Print this Family Kindness Bingo card and cross off activities you complete over the summer. Let's see how many our Wildcats can do!

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Watch this video to get some ideas on how you could create your own Rube Goldberg using simple machines and materials that you have around your house!

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Using a hula hoop and chalk, make a clock outside to help practice your time-telling skills!

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Download these free Bug Bingo cards and explore your yard or local park to see how many you can find!

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Want to learn about bugs in a fun way? Take this Bug Bingo on a scavenger hunt or use it to learn about different types of bugs!
RELATED: Bug Sensory Bin
Bug Bingo - Free Printable Cards

Looking for a fun way to learn about bugs? Try this Bug Bingo! Pair this activity with a simple to make Bug Sensory Bin too!

If you need more activity inspiration - see our list of summer crafts for kids. Or see our craft books for kids.

This free printable includes 10 Bingo Cards. And if you have more kids you can double up and play in teams.

The printable also comes with a full page of calling cards.

You can also bring this with you on a nature scavenger hunt and see how many bugs you can spot!

Supplies Needed to Play Bug Bingo

Bingo Markers - see marker options we suggest you use below

If you want to keep your bingo cards to reuse them every year, we recommend laminating them.

If you don't laminate the cards and print them in black and white, Do-A-Dot Markers are great for this activity.

Bingo Marker Options

Marker Options: Buttons, beads, seeds, small stones, small pine cones, small wooden circles, small toy insects

Pencil or Markers: You can have kids cross out the spots with a marker or a dot marker. If you laminate the cards you can also use dry erase markers.

How to Set-Up a Bug Bingo Game

First print off the calling card and bingo cards (link to the free printable below).

1. Cut out the calling cards and place them in a bowl or jar for selecting.

2. Cut out the bingo cards. Each player gets a bingo card. If you have more than 10 players you can put kids into small groups to play together.

3. When the image is called out, the player puts a marker on that image.

4. When calling out the images - you can describe the image or show the picture.

5. You can play for a line (5 in a row) or a full card. The first person to get a line says "Bingo!". You can keep playing afterwards for more lines if you have more prizes to give out. There are 30 calling cards to choose from so a full card may result in having a few people winning at the same time depending on the number of players. We recommend playing mostly for lines because of this. Mix up the cards and start a new game after a few lines have been won.

How Can I Play With More People?

There are 10 unique cards included. If you have more than 10 players you can break them up into small groups and play in groups of 2-3 players. You can also hand out similar cards and have more than one winner at a time.

How to Print the Bingo Cards

Make sure you review the Print Preview before printing. Every printer is different so make sure you select "Print to Fit to Size" or look at the printer Scale Features (you can print at 90% scale) in your printer settings so that it does not print cut off if you are having issues.

Free Printable Bug Bingo Cards

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Bug Bingo (Free Printables) - The Best Ideas for Kids

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Want to learn about bugs in a fun way? Take this Bug Bingo on a scavenger hunt or use it to learn about different types of bugs! RELATED: Bug Sensory Bin Looking for a fun way to learn about bugs? Try this Bug Bingo! Pair this activity with a simple to make Bug Sensory Bin too!

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Use objects such as pool toys, jumpropes, and hula hoops to create your own backyard obstacle course. Take turns timing each family member to see who can complete it the fastest!

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Think about something you want to accomplish during the next school year. Maybe you want to learn more multiplication facts, explore new genres in reading, or add more details to your writing. Write down some goals and brainstorm ways you could work towards accomplishing them over the summer!

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Draw or print a map of Michigan. As you travel to different places this summer, mark them on the map. Keep the map and see how many places you can add to it in the future!

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Create your family's dream house while practicing area and perimeter skills!

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Using legos, make a maze for an object to travel through (a ball, a toy car, etc.) and challenge someone to see if they can beat your maze!

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Practice yoga with your family this summer!

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Invite your family members to bring their favorite books to a backyard picnic! Take turns reading to each other while enjoying a picnic meal.

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Look around your home and your neighborhood - take pictures of all the numbers you find.  Then sort those pictures into different categories of your choice!

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Make your own slime to celebrate the holiday!

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DIY Slime to Celebrate 4th of July | Crafts for Kids

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This sensory slime recipe is fun for all ages and easy to customize. Try different color and add-in combinations to make slime as unique as you are. This project is great for the 4th of July or any holiday celebration!

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Did your family go somewhere fun this summer?  Did you find the spot around Troy with the BEST ice cream?  What about that summer blockbuster movie you saw that you can't wait to tell your friends about?  Write a review of any summer activity you have enjoyed.  Be sure to tell all about what you experienced, why you enjoyed it, and give details so others could try it out too!

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Help your child learn more about relatives by making a simple family tree. You could draw pictures or use pictures you cut out.

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Download these free color-by-number pages to create beautiful summer scenes while practicing number sense.

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These free printable Summer Color By Number pages are a fun activity for kids to do during the summer season. These are perfect if you need a quick and easy activity while on a road trip or summer vacation! You can even bring these to the beach with you.

Free Printable Summer Color By Number

Looking for an easy summer activity? These color by number sheets are a fun summer activity with no prep involved!

Pack these with you on your next summer vacation! Kids can color in the car, at the beach or during some summer downtime.
Grab the free printable color by number pages at the bottom of the post.
If you want to make them waterproof: place the pages inside a laminating sheet or laminate them and then use washable paint to color. Then kids can repaint them over and over!

There are 6 designs in total. Here are a few of our favorite printable sheets from the set.

Grab all of your favorite coloring materials - like crayons, paint, markers or colored pencils!

Crayons are our favorite material to use for this activity:

Washable markers are another mess-free option for coloring.

And here is a finished page with colored pencils:

How To Print The Summer Color By Number Pages

Make sure you review the Print Preview before printing. Every printer is different so make sure you select "Print to Fit to Size" or look at the printer Scale Features (you can print at 90% scale) in your printer settings so that it does not print cut off if you are having issues.

Choose between an ice cream, flip flops, a crab and more! Or print off all 6 and complete them all!
Grab the free printable coloring pages below! See more of our favorite color by number pages below!

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Summer Color By Number (Free Printables) - The Best Ideas for Kids

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Ask your parents if you can help them plan a summer trip!  As you plan, notice all the math that is involved - help them calculate the total prices for things like gas, food, hotels, and tickets.  Find out how far your family will be traveling and figure out how long it will take you to travel from place to place.  Help them look for the best deals - maybe you can even save enough money for some souvenirs!

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Follow these directions to make your own sundial so you can keep track of time in a fun way this summer!

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Click this link to find out how to build your very own fairy garden in your backyard!

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If you're looking for a fun addition to your outdoor space or a craft project for kids, creating a fairy garden fits the bill. These miniature gardens consist of small landscapes filled with small plants, and trinkets designed to "attract" fairies to your garden. It's simple to get started, and customizing the garden with special touches is where the magic lives. You don't even have to believe in fairies, but if you do, even better. Here's how to get started.

Fairy Garden Ingredients

Potting mix

A container with drainage holes

Plants, twigs, and/or flowers

Pea gravel, pebbles, glass marbles

Mini garden decorations such as a fairy house, mini table and chairs, and a fence

Getting Started
Theme -
Decide your theme first. Are you going with English cottage, a forest backdrop, or a tree house? Beach themes fit the Southern California landscape nicely, but the sky's the limit. Pick whatever theme matches your existing garden or your imagination. Whatever style you choose will help decide which accessories and plants to fill your garden with after it's created.

Some themes include:
Plan -
Once you decide your theme, choose a location to house your fairy garden. You may select an indoor or outdoor location, you just need to ensure your container will fit the space. Collect the materials you need to fit your theme. Craft stores, nurseries, and online comprise the best sources to shop for fairy garden materials. If you're going with the beach theme, get your shells and sand; for a forest backdrop, pick up peat moss and plenty of plants.
Select Your Container -
Choose almost any container for your project. Whatever you pick will need drainage holes because you'll be using live plants. Glass bowls, terrariums, and terra cotta pots all work well.

Other containers include:

Make sure your container measures at least six inches deep and approximately 14 inches across to accommodate enough features and plants to build a proper fairy garden.

Building Your Garden
Soil -
Choose composted soil full of organic matter and small bark pieces to lend the most "alive" look to your fairy garden. Ensure proper drainage by adding a layer of pea gravel to the bottom of your container. It's also a good idea to include a layer of charcoal to keep the garden fresh.

Fill the container with potting soil and add bark, pebbles, or moss on top to create paths for the fairies.
Plants -
Narrow your plant selection by considering where your fairy garden is located. If outdoors, will the garden be in full or partial sun? If indoors, pick your plants accordingly because some plants don't do well indoors. Choose miniature plants for your landscape and flowers for color and visual interest. Select options with interesting shapes and texture. Don't overcrowd the container because you'll be adding additional items and accessories to make your garden a fairy home. However, clumping plants together in some areas make for good fairy hiding places. Look for two-to-three-inch plant pots with low-growing and small-leaf plants that will be easy to grow and maintain. And as always, use your imagination. Some plants can be pruned to look like tiny trees. Rosemary is a fine example of this strategy.

Good plants for fairy gardens include:

Ferns

Baby tears (for ground cover)

Ornamental strawberry (another ground cover option)

Wooly thyme (more ground cover)

Miniature roses

Primroses

Calendula

Rosemary

Tiny violas

Succulents

Small bonsai trees

Ivy

Licorice plants

Accessories -
Here comes the fun part. Decorate your garden with small mushroom stools, little benches, a fairy house, fences (popsicle sticks can be repurposed nicely as fairy fences), and fairy lights. Make your own accents or buy online - there's plenty of sources, and a list follows below.

Some popular fairy garden decorations include miniature versions of:

For make your own elements, use sculpting clay to make mushrooms or a table, wire sticks together for a small fence, design a mini garden gazing ball with a marble hot glued to a small stick or golf tee. Customize a small birdhouse by gluing pebbles to the roof and moss to the siding. Make a birdbath and glue a small terra cotta pot to a saucer.

One cute do-it-yourself container idea is to take a large broken terra cotta flower pot, and insert the broken pieces into the soil as steps leading to the top of the fairy kingdom.

Example of a Theme: Beach Scene

If you decide on a beach theme for your fairy garden, try using a seashell planter (make sure it can drain properly) and plant some eye-catching elements to include beach chairs fashioned from popsicle sticks, shells, tiny pieces of driftwood, flat, shiny glass stones used to make "water", tiny sago palms, and mini mounds of sand. For a cute accent, take two sturdy sticks, hot glue a piece of wire or twine between them, and affix tiny shells to the wire or twine to make a beach light stand. Add mini tiki huts using raffia for the roof.

Sources for Fairy Accents

There's no shortage of places to find fairy furniture and garden accents. Try Ebay, Amazon, Etsy, craft stores, flea markets, thrift stores, gardening supply shops, nurseries and garage sales. Keep an eye out for Christmas miniatures - the houses and furniture make great fairy garden additions, craft items such as twine, wire, and sticks for do-it-yourself projects, and garden elements such as river rock, glass marbles, and mini wind chimes.

For online specialty shopping, browse some of these sources:

Final Thoughts

Designing a fairy garden can be addictive. There are so many different themes and accessories that you'll probably never run out of design ideas. Add the fact that fairy gardens are fairly easy to build and you may never stop adding these magical wonders to your garden.

Have you created a fairy garden? Share your photos on our Facebook page!

Photos: Flickr/Creative Commons, https://www.facebook.com/fairygardenstore

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How to Create a Fairy Garden: Your Step-by-Step Guide

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Create Matching "Thinking of You" Bracelets

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Create Matching "Thinking of You" Bracelets

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This craft is a great way to stay connected even if your child is apart from you for a summer camp or trip!

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Make Matching "Thinking of You" Bracelets | Crafts for Kids

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New experiences, like being dropped off at school, can be difficult for children - and parents! Make matching "thinking of you" bracelets with your child and wear them when you're apart. Whenever you look at the bracelets, you will be reminded of each other and they can help your child be brave...

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Did you know that practicing gratitude can lead to better physical and mental health?  Creating this gratitude jar is a great way to help everyone in your family pursue excellence and be the best version of themselves!

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Give Thanks With a Gratitude Jar | Crafts for Kids

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A gratitude jar is the perfect project to help your child express thankfulness! As they draw the things for which they are thankful, add the drawings to the jar and watch the collection grow.

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Plan out your characters, your storyline, and start drawing! Check out this video to see how to draw characters out of simple shapes.

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Kids Make Comics#1: Simple Shapes make Super Characters!

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Think of a family member or friend who you haven't seen in awhile. Write them a friendly letter telling them all about what you have been up to this summer, and ask them some questions about what they have been doing. Send the letter in the mail and wait for a response!

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This at-home activity helps students understand why melting glaciers result in rising sea levels.

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What Makes the Sea Rise? | Crafts for Kids

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Try this experiment with your child to investigate how melting glaciers can cause the sea level to rise and change the Earth's landscape.

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Find creative ways to measure objects around your house and compare different measurements.

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Measure Things Without a Ruler | Crafts for Kids

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Get creative with your child! Use unusual objects for measuring and discover ways to compare length.

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Multiplication & Graphing Mystery Pictures

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Multiplication & Graphing Mystery Pictures

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Plan a family trip to your local park, street, or even your own backyard to pick up any trash that you see. Help your environment even more by recruiting friends and neighbors to help!

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This fun experiment helps kids explore the ideas of solids dissolving into liquids.

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Create a colorful rainbow pattern or make a flower in this easy to do skittles experiment! Kids will love seeing the dye from the skittles move when you add water.

RELATED: Grow a Rainbow Experiment

In this experiment, you can observe candy dyes dissolving but also that the dyes won't initially mix with each other as they dissolve.

Kids will love helping to line up the skittles, add the water and then watch the magic!

You can also make different patterns or shapes. We made a flower shape too!

Here's what you'll observe: the food dye from the skittles doesn't initially mix with the water.

The skittles dissolve, but the colors do not initially mix with each other. The reason the food colors meet in the middle of the plate and do not initially mix is because each skittle has the same amount of sugar dissolving.

Follow-up Experiments: Ask kids what they think will happen and what their predictions are when you change the experiment. Try changing variables like adding cold water, different candy or adding in sugar cube obstacles to see what happens.

You can also try different shapes, like making a flower.

Supplies for a Skittles Experiment

Package of skittles
We used both the regular skittles and the tropical packs to get red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple to make our rainbow pattern.

Warm water

A plate that is slightly curved in (this helps to direct the water into the center when the candy dye dissolves)

A dropper or pipette (for the flower version)

Watch the Video Tutorial Here

Steps for a Skittles Experiment

1. Line up your skittles into the shape of a circle on a dish that is slightly curved in. It needs to be slightly curved so that the candy dye will run into the center.

Continue until you have a full circle.

We did a rainbow order but you can use any pattern of colors!

2. Slowly add in warm water into the center of your circle. You do not want the water to go too far beyond the circle of skittles. But you do need the water to touch each skittle so that it can dissolve the dye.

3. Now watch the magic!

The dye from the skittles will slowly start to move into the center.

The candy dye will slowly dissolve and the dye color will move from the candy to the center of the dish.

1. Create the flower center using the color of your choice. We did yellow.

2. Create the petals with skittles in a different color.
To Make the Flower Version:
3. Add warm water into each petal and the center of the flower using a dropper or pipette.

The candy dye will slowly dissolve and the dye color will fill the petals of the flower.

The best part about this experiment is kids can enjoy the skittles when they are done!

More Science Experiments

Try this fun and easy Grow a Rainbow Experiment. You only need washable markers and paper towel!

For another fun experiment, make some oobleck!

Try a rainbow rain cloud in the jar experiment!

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Go for a family nature walk and create a beautiful suncatcher!

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Elinor and her friends love to get outside and explore nature. Your little ones can too and they'll have fun creating these DIY suncatchers with flowers and leaves they find on their outdoor adventures!

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Head to the backyard at night with your family and look up at the sky. See how many constellations you can find - you can use the "Night Sky" app to discover different constellations!

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NIGHT SKY 7
Designed for iOS/iPadOS 13 and watchOS 6

Night Sky is a powerful AR personal planetarium.

Quickly identify stars, planets, constellations and satellites above by simply holding your iPhone, iPad or Apple Watch to the Night Sky! This is all done magically. Whether you're looking for a constellation or the International Space Station, let Night Sky direct you to it, then explore the object in AR!

FEATURE SET:

+ NEW - SUPER POWERFUL SKY VIEW - Sky View has been massively upgraded for Night Sky 7! With over 60 million more stars, 8X higher resolution for light spectrum textures, sunrise/sunset effects and new daylight mode!

+ NEW - MAPS UI - A brand new clean and familiar interface for Night Sky 7, with new Search features with Quick Find, intelligent Night Red Mode, Light Pollution indicator and beautiful feature tiles prepare to navigate Night Sky quicker than ever before!

+ NIGHT SKY WATCH AR - An all new Apple Watch app. Sky View has been completely revamped, with Glass Constellations, New Red Vision, sunrise/sunset effects and Night Sky Live Tours from your wrist!

+ NEW - AURORA MAPPING (Premium Feature) - See where the Aurora is most visible with the nearest Aurora viewing locations to you highlighted. Complete with Aurora alerts!

+ NEW - NIGHT SKY MINDFULNESS (Premium Feature) - Stargazing is one of the most relaxing and calming natural connections you can make. Make that time count by adding Mindfulness Minutes to Apple Health.

+ NEW - ADLER PLANETARIUM AR EXPERIENCE - We've worked in collaboration with the Adler Planetarium in Chicago to bring a new AR experience. Simply raise Night Sky to labelled objects to view immersive content, and interact with 3D models of some of the objects on display. Check out the new Spacesuit Experience using People Tracking with iOS 13!

+ NEW - PLANET INTERNAL STRUCTURES - With the tap of a button reveal the internal structures of the planets of the Solar System.

+ NEW - NIGHT SKY QUIZ - Test your knowledge of Night Sky with a new inbuilt quiz that supports ClassKit. Keep track of your students scores on various topics from Space History, Satellites, Stars and Living in Space!

+ AR OBJECT EXPLORATION - Pull Planets, Stars and Constellations out of the sky and look at them in AR and even share the object via iMessage with USDZ!

+ NIGHT SKY SIRI SHORTCUTS - "Hey Siri, show me where the International Space Station is!"... create a Siri Shortcuts, then just ask Siri where any planet or even the ISS is, and Night Sky will direct you to it!

+ AR PLANETARY PORTALS & AR GRAND ORRERY (Premium Features) - Step onto the surface of other planets by placing AR portals around your room! AR Portals now also support People Occlusion with ARKit 3 and iOS 13! Or walk around the entire Solar System using the interactive Grand Orrery!

+ NIGHT SKY TOURS (Premium Feature): Get a live tour or create your own tours for any location and time in the world!

+ MY SKY NOTIFICATIONS - Completely customize your notifications in Night Sky. Favorite any object and be informed when that object is rising for your current location.

+ MANY MORE FEATURES

Night Sky 7 is dedicated to the memory of Sebastian John Hill. Born into the stars.

Optional Night Sky Premium is available for $3.99/month or $19.99/year (or equivalent currency). You can subscribe and pay through your iTunes account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage your subscriptions by entering the user settings in iTunes after the purchase. Auto-renew may also be turned off from here.
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Version 7.5.1

Thank you for using Night Sky! Version 7.5.1 contains the following enhancements:

+ Fixed an issue with shared experiences on Planetary Portals.
+ Additional Polish localization enhancements.
+ Additional bug fixes and minor enhancements.

If you enjoy using Night Sky a great review on the App Store is always appreciated! If we can be of any further support, please reach out to the team at Support@NightSky.com who will be happy to help.

Happy stargazing!

Editors' Choice

This planetarium in your pocket makes it easy to discover the wonders of space wherever you go. Day or night, just aim your device skyward to see a live 3D map of the heavens, complete with beautifully illustrated constellations, stars, planets, and satellites. A special night mode helps you read the map in the dark, while integrated weather reports show the best times for stargazing. You can even have notifications alert you to future astronomical events.

Pure Universal Magic

I love this app especially the X-ray and other Light options, for just because our optical human eyes see things a certain way doesn't make that all there is. Even other animals from our very same Mother Earth see Ultraviolet light and other aspects of the light spectrum. To paraphrase Nikola Tesla(and other great genius cosmonauts): The Universe is not dark empty space but rather Energy and Light as the Aether is everywhere. Just because we can't see these aspects of the spectrum through your average telescope doesn't make them unreal. So Thank You especially for putting the X-ray and other light options in your app, it's very Awesome to be able to see these things with the physical eyes as well. Some of us are still only using our two outer eyes and forget to use all three. As the Mind's Eye, the Third Eye- the pineal gland, is very real; fully functional in those who seek it, and can help us to experience the true nature of the Universes inside and outside. Especially when we keep the protection of the Universal Creator in our minds and hearts before traveling. Universal Love to Everything and Everyone- as from my(and many others) perspectives We Are All One. For the Entire Universe(in and outside) is always here with All of Us.

Thank you for your review! Happy stargazing!

Put the universe in your pocket!

The NightSky app is astronomy at your finger tips on your tablet or phone. It gives easy access to view the planets and a multitude of other objects in our night sky and their orbits. Just match up objects on the app with the actual object in the night sky and the night sky becomes perfectly clear to pinpoint other objects of interest. It's like a road map! I found, starting with Jupiter, I can find other stars an objects much easier.
The "Glass constellations" feature, gives perspective to the stars positions and their relationships to each constellation...amazing! The effects you have at your fingertips to view deep space, the sky view in dark rural places as opposed to suburban viewing with ambient light pollution, helps a beginner to easily identify objects. I was enthralled to see the orbits of satellites, like the International Space Station and other monitoring devices and space stations orbit earth in real time! The information about stars along with being able to pull objects right out of the sky, turn those objects on their axis and read information about them, is absolutely impressive. A must for classroom teachers and a joy for amateur astronomers! NightSky app measures up to, and exceeds my every expectation!

Thank you for your review! Happy stargazing!

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Information

Compatibility

Requires iOS 11.0 and watchOS 4.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Apple TV.

Languages

English, Arabic, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese

Copyright

© iCandi Apps Ltd.

In-App Purchases

1. Night Sky Premium Monthly $3.99

2. Night Sky Premium Annual $19.99

3. Premium Monthly $3.99
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Family Sharing

With Family Sharing set up, up to six family members can use this app.

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