Step-by-step tutorial
Step 1
Our family had a day of playing in our nearby mountains planned and I had a few exploring ideas in mind, so I tossed into my pack a few different colors of yarn. The only other things we would need would be found by roaming the paths and sides of the stream...
Step 2
While Trev and my husband hunted for and and collected firewood, Madeleine and I wandered, looking for things that interested us. Every few minutes, my daughter would exclaim, "Oooh, look, Mama, I found some (fill in the blank: moss/berries/grass/pretty leaves!)"
Step 3
When we were very pleased with our collection and had found some Y-shaped sticks, we went back to our table to make our art.
Step 4
We wound yarn around the open part of our sticks...
Step 5
...tied off the yarn, and wove in our treasures.
Final result!
I asked Maddie what her favorite part of this project was. "All of it," she said. "But did you like looking for things to add, or making something pretty...?" I asked. "All of it! I liked all of it," she reiterated. Yes--roaming the woods together, talking and uncovering, then creating something beautiful... she's right. All of it. All of it is our favorite.