22 Gifts to Get You Outside and Staying Creative This Summer

22 Gifts to Get You Outside and Staying Creative This Summer

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As a child, nothing could compare to summer. With its warm weather and long days, the season was seemingly made for outdoor activities. However, as adults, many of us have forgotten how to unplug and simply enjoy the sunshine—until now. In this collection of creative gifts, you'll find more than a dozen reasons to spend some time outside.

For a hands-on outdoor project, look no further than our selection of summer crafts, including a delightful DIY birdhouse and a charming pressed flower kit. If you're more of an observer, you'll love flipping through the National Geographic Backyard Guide to the Birds of North America and spinning the handy star wheel. And if you're mostly interested in showing off your summer style, you're bound to turn heads when you swimming around with a mermaid flipper.

What are you waiting for? Grab something to do and go outside!

Looking for fun things to do outside? Check out these summer crafts and gifts!

 

Flower Press

ZoeGibbonsStudio| $43.52+

 

Mermaid Swim Fin

FINIS | $27.47

 

How to be a Wildflower

Katie Daisy | $19.95

 

Camper Birdhouse Kit

GiftWildflowers | $25+

 

Wildflower Seeds

GiftWildflowers | $19.99

 

Cyanotype Kit

DaisyBowCraft | $13.78+

 

Mosaic Kit

MyriJoy | $44.90

 

Temporary Watercolor Butterfly Tattoos

Tattly | $15

 

Grow Your Own Bonsai Kit

GrowBuddha | $18.79

 

Biodegradable Colorful Heart Seed Bombs

Free Mountain Designs | $8.90

 

Watercolor Sheets

Viviva Colorsheets| $19.95-29.75

 

Seek App

iNaturalist | Free

 

Macrame Hammock

Opalhouse | $99.99

 

Backyard Guide to the Birds of North America

National Geographic | $20.23

 

Japanese Pagoda Lantern Kit

1Man1Garage | $21.25

 

Travel Easel

Jullian | $89.99

 

Outdoor Acrylic Paint

Folk Art| $64.98

 

Wood Journal

Hereafter | $29

 

Indigo Dye Kit

ShopAdroit | $56

 

Croquet Set

GoSports | $54.99

 

Northern Hemisphere Sky Wheel

Ken Graun | $18.45

 

Gardening Journal

Becky Dawson | $12.99

 

This article has been edited and updated.

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