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Discover a treasure trove of exciting nature-based building, engineering, and artistic ideas for children in Sticks and Stones. This comprehensive guide features tools, toys, and games kids can create right outside their door.

Kids will love building cabins, bridges, dams rock gardens, and more. They’ll discover that creating art is more fun outdoors as they learn to make making stone pendants, ochre paint, and weaving. A variety of large and small-scale activities boost engineering, creative, and problem-solving skills, all while promoting fun. With simple tools and materials a branch becomes a fishing pole, and logs turn into a simple seesaw.

Opportunities and materials for productive play exist everywhere in nature. Author Melissa Lennig (of the blog Fireflies and Mud Pies) introduces today’s screen-overloaded kids to a world of exploring and adventure. Whether camping in the woods or hanging out in the back yard, children will marvel at the wonderful, useful tools and playthings they can create with natural objects. They’ll also learn about STEAM principles, campfire chemistry, why building with blocks is so powerful, and how mindfulness techniques can reduce stress.

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Ideas for taking activities further, with fun variations and ideas
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Sticks and Stones was named to the longlist for the 2020 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books in the Hands-On Science Book category. The prize honors outstanding science writing and illustration for children and young adults. This book is an essential resource for every junior outdoor adventurer.

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outdoor science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM) projects sticks stones

How to Use This Book

Research shows that a daily dose of unstructured, outdoor play is essential for the physical and social-emotional health of kids. But the keyword there is unstructured. So let this book inspire play, not dictate it.

This book will introduce your family to thirty outdoor science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM) projects that center around the use of sticks and stones.

Each activity includes a description, design challenge, list of materials, and an easy-to-understand explanation of the process. Many of the projects include enrichment activities designed to pique curiosity and inspire kids to develop more creative ideas of their own.

An essential resource for every junior outdoor adventurer:


Section 1: Create and Build with Logs From remarkable play forts to luxurious bug hotels, there is so much you can create and build with logs! In this section, you’ll engineer a log survival shelter (page 15), play with friends on a log seesaw while learning about simple machines (page 49), and invite birds to a backyard feast by building a rustic log bird feeder (page 36). Get outside, be inspired, and enjoy creating and building with logs.	Section 2: Sticks: The Original Wooden Toy From helpful tools to fun toys, there is so much to make and do with sticks. In this section, you’ll learn how to make a functional stick fishing pole (page 71), engineer a rustic stick catapult (page 93), and amaze your friends with DIY stick bubble wands and our top-secret monster bubble formula (page 63). So get outdoors and start collecting sticks from your yard, the park, and your neighborhood. Sure, you may look weird hauling bundles of sticks around town, but like Thatcher, you know where the real fun is!	Section 3: Easy Rock Projects Rocks are all around us, and have been for billions of years! Rocks give geologists (scientists who study the Earth) clues as to what our planet was like in the past. In this section, you’ll engineer a stone bridge (page 139), practice mindfulness while creating land art (page 131), and crush sedimentary rocks to make an ancient earth paint called ochre (page 134). So pull on your creeking shoes, grab a bucket, and then get outside to collect, create, and learn about rocks.

Project 22: Your Design Challenge: Build a dam outside in a creek or shallow stream to stop or change the flow of water


Team up with friends and family to haul large rocks to your desired location, and then line them up straight across the creek.	Fill in the large gaps of the dam foundation with medium-size rocks.	After the large gaps are filled with medium-size rocks, scoop up small pebbles and gravel from the creek bed to fill in smaller gaps.	Building dams in creeks is a classic activity that is loved by kids of all ages.

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About the Author

Melissa Lennig is an accomplished family lifestyle blogger and photographer. She holds degrees in Elementary Education, English, and Counselor Education, and shares her passions for crafts, nature, family, and food on her blog Fireflies and Mud Pies. Her work has been featured in magazines and on hundreds of websites, including Humpty Dumpty, Jack and Jill, Better Homes and Gardens, Country Living, Today, and Newsday.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Quarry Books; Illustrated edition (May 7, 2019)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Flexibound ‏ : ‎ 144 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0760362564
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0760362563
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 3 - 9 years, from customers
Grade level ‏ : ‎ 3 - 8
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.1 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.75 x 0.65 x 8.75 inches

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Originally from upstate New York, Melissa Lennig used to sneak out of her bed at night to sleep under the stars.

After working as an Outdoor Educator and Elementary School Counselor for nearly 10 years, she left her job to follow her love of writing, photography, and creating. Eager to share her passions for outdoor play, crafting, and social-emotional learning with others, she founded the popular blog Fireflies and Mud Pies.

Melissa loves creeking, science museums, photographing insects, gardening, and creating fun projects for her boys. She currently lives in Columbus, Ohio with her family and two yellow labs.

She graduated from St. John Fisher College where she studied Elementary Education and English. Melissa received her master’s degree in Counselor Education from Marywood University.

To see more of Melissa’s outdoor play ideas and easy craft projects, visit FirefliesandMudPies.com.

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Harder “Crafts” for Urban Dwellings

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 3, 2022

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The majority of these crafts require thicker beaches or logs to complete. If you are in an urban or, in some cases, a suburban area, you might struggle to find materials to complete the crafts with your kids.

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Easy outdoor fun! Great idea for a Mother’s or Father’s Day gift!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 9, 2019

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Melissa provides not only fun ways to enjoy the outdoors, but the science and engineering behind the play to take advantage of teachable moments while children explore the natural world. The ideas are simple and require use of items that are either free or that many families will already have. Her descriptions are clear and easy to follow, enhanced by beautiful photographs that make it easy to understand the suggested projects. Even better, she provides suggestions for how to take each idea a little further, which will be appreciated by parents whose children are especially enjoying any of the outdoor adventures described in this book. With the summer coming fast, this would be a welcome source of ideas for parents who want ideas to entice their kids outside and away from their televisions, cell phones or computer screens! I am getting this as a gift for a friend who has an adventurous toddler. This is a source of great ideas for this summer and is full of suggestions that her child will continue to enjoy for years to come!

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Ready to REALLY get your kids back to nature? Check this out!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 9, 2019

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Okay, I am just in awe of this book. This is the real deal when it comes to using the outdoors to its fullest potential! So many ways to inspire the kids to get creative, play, build with natural materials. I will definitely be using this with my kids (especially this summer). What I really love is I can tell my children (ages 7 and 11) will both not only love the activities, but I can see them using these ideas as a springboard for even more creativity and building on their own. I also love that so many of these ideas are toys or structures that a parent or teacher might think "how fun to build this for my kiddos to play with all year long"- like the magical play fort or the log weaving loom fort, but with this book you are actually encouraging the KIDS to see the building and creating as part of the fun. High quality book, superb ideas, a keeper for sure. (I'll be snagging a few for gifts too!)

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Lilly

Very adult-involved projects

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 24, 2021

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Wish there was an age-suggestion. I've used a couple of these projects for school so far but they're all very parent involved. There's many projects that involve the use of tools like hammer and nails, drills, pliers...etc. (They DO say in the instructions to get a parent for those parts). But there's a LOT of guidance required and many projects have steps that don't keep the kids busy, but have them standing around staring at me while I do the parent portions which can be lengthly sometimes. I do like reading the information because it has some useful tips about how to talk to your kids about tool safety and nature safety...how to respect nature when working. But overall, besides maybe 3 projects, the rest are for kids that are in their teens that are old enough to participate in a lot of it, and you can actually take opportunity to teach them HOW to use tools and such. The projects ARE very creative.

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CynKay Graves

Not for small children

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 6, 2021

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this is a nice book, but more toward pre teen ages, as that my 9 year old granchild said it was too much for her to do as well as not suited for the 5 year old, but a great book and plenty to do from it's contents.

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Sheryl

Easy to follow fantastic illustrations

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 3, 2021

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Well I’m one so I could give them as a gift great to give ideas for babysitting jobs

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RWN.

The boys were excited

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 15, 2021

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I don't think the boys have built anything yet, but they seemed excited about getting this book for Christmas. They both looked at it for a long time. They are ages 9 and 11. They have a woodsy area behind their house, and I'm optimistic that they and their friends will use the book for some projects.

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Alexandra Fix

Stay-At-Home Outdoor Fun!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 5, 2020

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I bought this book for my 8 year old grandchildren and there are so many great outdoor projects in this book! A lean-to, a teepee, a bridge...so great for the imagination and fun of exploring outdoors. All they need are lots of backyard sticks and twine and time. Probably all pretty abundant right now as parents are looking for activities for their kids. I highly recommend this book.

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Some nice ideas

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 15, 2020

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This is another good little reference book although it would benefit from more concise instructions. For example, one of the knot tying pages could have been broken down in to step by step instructions with step by step pictures for people who are less confident with knots.

It is one of those books which has lovely inspiring photos and not so much in the way of clear or step by step instructions hence it makes for a good reference book. Some of the ideas you might want to look up on the internet to clarify how to do them if you struggle with the limited instructions and can't tell from the pictures, how to do them.

susan king

Not bad

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on April 7, 2022

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I have bought better books if your a outdoor educator dont bother as of your like me you already know most of it

Miss SW

Lovely and inspiring book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on September 12, 2019

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The projects in the book are very doable and usually don't require much other than the sticks and stones themselves. The pictures really sparked my son's interest, and we've had some great times making things from the book. Really useful source of ideas for outdoor play, creativity and mindfulness.

Amazon Customer

Great!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on October 11, 2019

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Great book for outdoor activities to do with children of all (primary) ages

mary jane kane

Great ideas for families to learn and have fun in nature

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on June 20, 2019

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The cover, the size of the book make it so easy to carry on nature trails and parks. Creative ideas that bring joy to everyone.

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An essential resource for every junior outdoor adventurer:

Section 1: Create and Build with Logs

Section 2: Sticks: The Original Wooden Toy

Section 3: Easy Rock Projects

Project 22: Your Design Challenge: Build a dam outside in a creek or shallow stream to stop or change the flow of water

Team up with friends and family to haul large rocks to your desired location, and then line them up straight across the creek.

Fill in the large gaps of the dam foundation with medium-size rocks.

After the large gaps are filled with medium-size rocks, scoop up small pebbles and gravel from the creek bed to fill in smaller gaps.

Building dams in creeks is a classic activity that is loved by kids of all ages.

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