Harvest Time Crafts and Activities for Kids

Lughnasadh comes at one of my favorite times of year.  Being a teacher, this is a time for new beginnings in our family.  We are gathering supplies for school, going through our clothing and deciding what needs to be donated and what we need to purchased, and I am preparing for a new year with a new group of 5 year olds.

The weather will soon begin to cool as the days continue to grow shorter.  Our gardens are beginning to be overrun with fruits and yummy veggies ripe for the picking.  This is the perfect out door weather.

Below you will find links to some crafts I found relating to harvest.  I have also given a couple suggestions of my own.  Enjoy!

• Seed and Corn Necklaces
• Berry Bracelet
• Corn Dolly
• Dog Days Candle
• Harvest Basket
• Harvest Skies Art
• Howling at the harvest Moon Art
• Newspaper Flower Holder
• Garden Stones
• Seed Sort: Collect seeds from your harvested fruits and veggies or use left over seeds.  Have your child sort the seeds by kind, color, size, texture, etc.
• Garden Map:  Have your child draw a pictures of your garden.  Label each fruit or veggie.
• Read books about planting and harvest.  Some good choices might include: Picking Apples and Pumpkins by Amy Hutchings, Strega Nona's Harvest by Tomie dePaolo, Harvest Time by Mercer Mayer, Christopher's Harvest Time by Elsa Beskow, Harvest Year by Cris Peterson, Harvest by Kris Waldherr.

If you have any traditional activities you would like to share, please leave a message in the comments and I would be glad to include them as well.