How to Find Fairies, Make a Secret Fort, and Cook Up an Elfin Picnic
This playful activity guide by longtime Harris Center naturalist Susie Spikol invites children, families, educators, and caregivers to explore the imaginative spaces that nature holds for all of us.
Come discover the wild magic tucked into the nooks and crannies of forests, thickets, and meadows. Find secret worlds hidden in trees and uncover the tunnels, trails, and dens of gnomes and trolls, and mice and moles. Listen to the forest, make sun-warmed pine tea, and wear an evergreen crown to an elf picnic.
Learn how to…
- Keep a secret notebook filled with maps, notes, and pockets for all your discoveries
- Go on a quest for wild treasures
- Follow a queen bumblebee to her castle
- Become best friends with a tree
- Make tiny gnomes & build cozy gnome homes
- Find mushrooms after a fairy dance
- Build your own hidden forest fort
Forest Magic for Kids is an enchanted guide to 50+ magical activities for everything from finding hidden flower fairies in your own backyard and making a special wizard staff to creating a tiny woodland village and making your own forest potions.
“A delightful outdoor handbook to ignite curiosity and a passion for nature, this is a great resource for nature units as well as hands-on activities to bring a creative writing program to life.”
– Heidi Dechief, School Library Journal
Hardback. 144 pages. Perfect for kids in Grades K through 4.
$20
(+ $5 shipping & handling for delivery via USPS media mail)
How to Purchase
Merch may be purchased at the Harris Center office Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., at select events, and by phone with a credit card. To have an item shipped to you, please call Miles Stahmann at (603) 525-3394. It’s also a good idea to call before you visit, just to make sure the office is open and your preferred size, color, or item is still available!
