Berry Picking With Kids: Recipe and Craft Ideas
A Day at The Farm
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!
Three-Berry Focaccia
Bring it to a summer cookout! It looks impressive, but requires only five ingredients and 30 minutes.
Blueberry Scones
A healthy scone? Yes, it's possible! Our version has half the fat of typical treats—plus whole grains to boot.
Shortcut Napoleons
Of all the berries, raspberries pack the most fiber.
Fruity Cupcakes
Top your treats with our from-scratch blackberry icing. Unlike many store-bought frostings, it contains no unhealthy trans fats.
Raspberry Limeade
The next time your kid is craving fruit punch or lemonade, give him this thirst quencher that has less than half of the calories.
Sweet Tote
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.
Bright Baskets
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.
Berry Pretty Necklace
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.
