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10 Spring Market Bags

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10 Spring Market Bags


Despite the wintery weather reports, spring is just around the corner and so are the farmers markets!  Whether you are visiting the markets weekly for fresh foods, or stopping by a roadside stand on your way home from work, having a reusable bag with you is a must.  We’ve rounded up ten adorable patterns ranging from mesh to weekender styles that will get you through market season and beyond.  Most can do double duty as beach, diaper, and school carryalls.   Better get started soon- you may find you want to make them all!

beach_bag
1. Summer beach bag – Let’s Knit
bird tote
2. Free as a bird tote – Strocel

 

girlfriend market tote
3. Girlfriend market tote – Sugar Bunny Boulevard

 

DIY Birkin tote
4. DIY Birkin Tote – Thrift Dee

 

mesh bag
5. Crochet Mesh Bag – All About Ami

 

Brighton tote
6. Brighton tote – Knitty

 

weekender tote
7. Weekender tote – A Beautiful Mess

 

crochet bag
8. Crochet bag – Attic24

 

make it local origami bag
9. Make It Local: Origami Bags – WhipUp

 

iron on typographic tote
10: Iron- on Typographic Tote – How About Orange

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Lesson Plans – Moss and Lichen Unit Study

I guess moss and lichen are more things that you see in the spring than in the summer, but there are some deep shady parts of our yard that stay mossy all year, and summer is a fine time to look for plants that like to live in shady, wet areas.

Raising Up Wild Things has a really pretty set of printables to use for a moss and lichen unit study.

And just in case you’re like me and don’t really know the difference, moss is a plant that grows in damp wooded areas, while lichen is a combination of fungus and algae that live together. Lichen can live in different environments but are often found in places where you would find moss, too.

The printable includes drawings of some common moss such as sphagnum moss and wood moss, as well as common lichen shapes (crusty, leafy and shrubby). There are good sized images you can print out and laminate to use to compare to specimens you find when you are exploring nature.

There’s also a forest floor coloring page and a printable journaling page where kids can write or draw their observations and there are a few questions older kids can answer.

You can use these when you go on a walk in the woods (or the back yard) to talk about what you are seeing, or combine them with other resources to talk about things that live in the forest. Check them out at Raising Up Wild Things.

This PDF from the Morton Arboretum has a bunch of pictures of different kinds of moss and where to find them, which could also be helpful in your studies. Learn more about lichen, including what they are and what they are not, in this article from the US Forest Service.

[Photo: Raising Up Wild Things]