Berry Picking With Kids: Recipe and Craft Ideas

Take your family berry-picking this summer. Berry season peaks in June and July for most of the country. You may get lucky and find three or more kinds of berries on the same day!

What You'll Need

1/2-gal. paper milk carton, adhesive-backed paper, hot-glue gun and glue, 30-in. piece of 1" jute ribbon, scissors

Make It

1. Cut the top off a 1/2-gal. milk carton. Cover in patterned Con-Tact paper.

2. Hot glue both ends of a 30-in. piece of jute ribbon to each side to create a handle.

3. Finish the top edge with another piece of ribbon trimmed to fit your carton.

What You'll Need

Pint-size wooden berry basket, watercolor paints, foam brush, paper towel

Make It

1. Flip the basket upside down and place on a paper towel or newspaper.

2. Dilute watercolor paint with water and generously brush a stripe onto the basket, just above the rim.

3. In a contrasting color, paint a second stripe about 1/2 inch above the first. Allow both watercolors to drip.

4. Let dry.

What You'll Need

Colored pencils, a quarter, Shrinky Dinks paper, scissors, hole punch, green felt, pliers, jump rings, green ribbon

Make It

1. Trace a quarter onto Shrinky Dinks to create berries. For the blueberry, just fill in circle with blue pencils. For the raspberry, make about 20 small circles within the quarter. Cut out. Punch a hole in top edge.

2. Bake according to package instructions.

3. Cut small leaves from green felt. Punch hole in one corner of leaf.

4. Use pliers to attach the plastic berries and leaves to jump rings.

5. String onto green ribbon.