LivingBitsAndThings LivingBitsAndThings

Categories

  • Aging Parents
  • Alternative Health
  • Asthma & Lung Disease
  • Beauty
  • Beauty Treatments
  • Cabinet
  • College Issues
  • Couples Counselling
  • Craft
  • Decorating
  • Diets
  • DIY
  • Dogs
  • Elder Care
  • Entertaining
  • Environmentalism
  • Family & Social Concerns
  • Finance
  • Fitness
  • Furnitures
  • Gardening
  • General Medicine
  • Grade School
  • Green Living
  • Growth & Development
  • Health
  • Health Education
  • Home & Garden
  • Home Exterior
  • Home Improvement
  • Home Management
  • Home Renovation
  • Horses & Ponies
  • Infants & Toddlers
  • Interior
  • Irrigating
  • Kitchen
  • Landscaping
  • Mental Health
  • Mind & Soul
  • Motivation
  • Moving Out
  • Natural Medicine
  • Nutrition
  • Parenting
  • Pets
  • Psychology
  • Real Estate
  • Special Needs Parenting
  • Sports Medicine
  • Weight Loss
  • Weight Loss Methods
  • Windows
  • Women’s Health
  • Woodworking
  • Young Adult

Archives

  • June 2023
  • May 2023
  • April 2023
  • March 2023
  • February 2023
  • January 2023
  • December 2022
  • November 2022
  • October 2022
  • September 2022
  • August 2022
  • July 2022
  • June 2022
  • May 2022
  • April 2022
  • December 2021
  • September 2021
  • August 2021
  • July 2021
  • June 2021
  • May 2021
  • April 2021
  • March 2021
  • November 2020
  • October 2020
  • September 2020
  • August 2020
  • July 2020
  • June 2020
  • May 2020
  • April 2020
  • February 2020
  • January 2020
  • December 2019
  • November 2019
  • October 2019
  • September 2019
  • August 2019
  • July 2019
  • April 2019
  • March 2019
  • February 2019
  • January 2019
  • December 2018
  • November 2018
  • October 2018
  • Privacy Policy
  • Disclaimer
  • Sitemap
  • About
  • Contact Us
26K
98K
0
LivingBitsAndThings LivingBitsAndThings
  • Health
    • Alternative Health
    • Beauty
      • Beauty Treatments
    • Diets
    • Fitness
    • General Medicine
      • Arthritis
      • Asthma & Lung Disease
      • Health Education
    • Natural Medicine
    • Nutrition
    • Sports Medicine
    • Weight Loss
      • Weight Loss Methods
    • Women’s Health
  • Home & Garden
    • DIY
      • Craft
    • Gardening
      • Landscaping
        • Irrigating
    • Home Improvement
      • Decorating
      • Furnitures
      • Home Exterior
      • Home Management
      • Home Renovation
      • Interior
      • Kitchen
    • Woodworking
      • Cabinet
  • Parenting
    • Elder Care
      • Aging Parents
      • Seniors
    • Grade School
      • Growth & Development
    • Special Needs Parenting
      • Early Intervention
      • Family & Social Concerns
    • Young Adult
      • College Issues
      • Moving Out
  • Mind & Soul
    • Couples Counselling
    • Psychology
  • Pets
    • Dogs
    • Horses & Ponies
Featured of Nature Tables: Bringing the Seasons Home
  • DIY
  • Green Living
  • Home & Garden
  • Parenting
  • Pets

Nature Tables: Bringing the Seasons Home

  • Perla Irish
  • December 12, 2018
Total
0
Shares
0
0
0
0
0
Table of Contents Show
  1. Nature Tables
    1. Getting Started
    2. Changing the Scene
    3. Teaching Your Children
    4. Additional Resources

Much like an altar, a nature table is a special place you keep in your home with symbols of the season going on around you outside. It’s something to reflect on and use for making your connection to the living Earth more real and familiar—even if you can’t spend as much time out in it as you’d like.

A nature table can be a wonderful way of teaching children to respect and honor the Earth, and an opportunity to strengthen your family’s connection to nature. Children especially love nature tables (particularly those with little gnomes as a part of their motif), and they respond well to the rhythmical quality of seeing the four seasons play out in front of them with their participation as the year goes by.

Nature Tables

Setting up a nature table in your family’s home is a great way to connect with the cycle of the seasons and teach your children to respect the natural world. Here are some ideas for getting started making a nature table


Read Also:

  • Recycling Old Clothes into High Fashion Home Décor
  • Sustainable Definition, What Is Sustainability?
  • Before Building a New Home, Consider These Ideas
  • Origin of the Science of Vastu with Easy Tips and Remedies
  • Here Is Why Sitting Too Long Can Be Dangerous for Your Child

Getting Started

Making a nature table doesn’t have to be expensive; you probably already have everything you need in your house or yard. First, choose a location where you’ll be sure to see your table often, but where it won’t be in the way of your usual routine. It can be in the bathroom, the bedroom, the living room, the kitchen or whatever area works best for your family.

Then use your creativity to create a scene that reflects the season. For example, in the winter you might begin by laying down a white pillowcase, then tossing on some un-dyed wool, cotton balls or cotton batting to represent snow. Cut out some paper snowflakes and add them, perhaps hanging them from a bare stick that you found on a recent walk. An upside-down drinking glass looks a lot like a big glacier, and if you surround the bottom of it with the cotton balls, the illusion will be complete. A candle can symbolize a warm fireplace on a snowy day.

Gnomes as Part of Nature Display
Gnomes as Part of Nature Display

Changing the Scene

With the arrival of each new winter, spring, summer, and fall tap into your imagination anew. Brainstorm with your family about what the season feels like, and how it might be represented by things you find outside or in your home. Little felted animals and people are ideal for kids and grown-ups to position and play with on your nature table, but any toy animals or people you have will do.

On your next walk, pick up some things for your nature table—a pine cone, small branch or twig, leaf, rock, fallen bird’s nest or anything else you see that is of the natural world and represents the season. As kids get into it, they’ll really enjoy finding things to add to your table when they’re playing outside or on a walk with you.

Teaching Your Children

By showing your children that you reserve a special place for nature in your home and think of it often, you are planting seeds of love and respect for the Earth. And tapping into your creativity feels good even if you don’t have children. Plus, the daily reminder of the Earth outside is a great chance to think about how you behave in it, leading you to make better, greener choices throughout the day.

Wherever you live—in the city, suburbs or country, in an apartment, house or on a farm—a nature table will add a beautiful, rustic touch to your home. It will serve as a pleasant reminder of the seasonal rhythms we have shared for millennia—and continue to share—with all life on this planet that sustains us. It is a wonderful way to keep nature in our consciousness, which inevitably leads us to widen and deepen our connection with the Earth, our families and ourselves.

Additional Resources

  • The Little Traveler’s blog
  • NatureTables.com
Total
0
Shares
Share 0
Tweet 0
Pin it 0
Share 0
Share 0
Related Topics
  • animals
  • earth
  • felted
  • kids
  • nature
  • respect
  • table
  • teaching
  • walks
Perla Irish

You May Also Like
5 Ways To Perk Up The November Landscape
View Post
  • Gardening
  • Home & Garden
  • Landscaping

5 Ways to Perk Up the November Landscape, Suggestions Homeowners Can Use Today!

  • Perla Irish
  • June 7, 2023
A Hummingbird Haven in Your Backyard
View Post
  • Gardening
  • Home & Garden
  • Landscaping

A Hummingbird Haven in Your Backyard

  • Perla Irish
  • May 11, 2023
How to Design with Facer Plants
View Post
  • Gardening
  • Home & Garden
  • Landscaping

Facing Down Your Landscape: How to Design with Facer Plants

  • Perla Irish
  • May 3, 2023
Refinishing Your Hardwood Floor - When Should You Do It
View Post
  • DIY
  • Home & Garden
  • Home Improvement
  • Home Renovation
  • Woodworking

Refinishing Your Hardwood Floor – When Should You Do It?

  • Perla Irish
  • April 18, 2023
Stone Pathway Filler Plant Basics - It's What's In Between That Counts
View Post
  • Gardening
  • Home & Garden
  • Home Exterior
  • Home Improvement
  • Landscaping

Stone Pathway Filler Plant Basics – It’s What’s In Between That Counts

  • Perla Irish
  • April 10, 2023
Using Boulders in the Residential Landscape
View Post
  • Gardening
  • Home & Garden
  • Landscaping

Using Boulders in the Residential Landscape

  • Perla Irish
  • March 20, 2023
Featured image - Canvas Printing on a Budget How to Save Money without Sacrificing Quality
View Post
  • DIY
  • Home Improvement

Canvas Printing on a Budget: How to Save Money without Sacrificing Quality

  • Perla Irish
  • March 14, 2023
The Art And Science Of Moving Plants
View Post
  • Gardening
  • Home & Garden
  • Landscaping

The Art and Science of Moving Plants

  • Perla Irish
  • March 13, 2023

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Subscribe

Subscribe now to our newsletter

LivingBitsAndThings LivingBitsAndThings
  • Privacy Policy
  • Disclaimer
  • Sitemap
  • About
  • Contact Us
Helping Quickly Solve Problems

Input your search keywords and press Enter.