Category: Craft Time

Window Ornament Here at Cave of the Mounds, we have found many small pine cones, chestnuts, walnuts, and tree seeds in our Oak Valley this … Read More

Tasty Trees A lot of people don’t realize that here at Cave of the Mounds we have wonderful nature trails. One is called “Oak Valley … Read More

Suet Feeder By putting up a bird feeder in your yard, you can easily attract a variety of wintering Wisconsin birds. Not only will you … Read More

Pressed Leaf Bookmarks Leaves are wonderful! Here at Cave of the Mounds we love looking at our large oak trees in wonder and awe. Leaves … Read More

Milkweed Bracelet Milkweed is one of those really cool plants that serve a lot of purposes. It’s the host plant for the monarch butterfly. It … Read More

Leaf Mobile One of the most common items to find on a nature walk through our Oak Valley Loop here at Cave of the Mounds. … Read More

Cone Bird Feeder If you are a birdwatcher or someone interested in wildlife, this activity is for you! Birdwatching has been traced back to the … Read More

Compass Plant Craft The Compass Plant is a small budded yellow flower with many of its friends gathered along a long stem-like a ladder. Its … Read More

Gem Suncatcher This activity is just fun! You will make a suncatcher using glue and some translucent rocks! You will need: Lids to Plastic Yogurt … Read More

Stalactite and Stalagmite Paint Drips Here’s an activity that families can do to dive deeper into the work of speleothems or cave formations. Inside a … Read More