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25 Super Cute DIY Craft Hacks For Teen Girls

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Teenage girls are a force of their own and being in lockdown with my tween has been trying to say the least. She is at the age where she thinks she is 16 but still acts like a 10-year-old.  So, finding suitable activities is really hard, they want to be “grownup” but still need simple instructions to make and create things. When I came across this roundup by Craftyshacks I knew I had to share it with my fellow teenage girl or boy Moms. Even though I am a craft blogger I still need new and relevant ideas to entertain my own kids.

Wall hangings are very popular right now with all ages and you will see a few of these featured in the roundup. I love the idea of them making items for their own bedrooms, something practical and useable.

You can see the full teen craft roundup here. 

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Book Review: Off to the Nursery

One of the best things about the return of warmer weather is getting to plant new flowers and starting the vegetable garden if you have one. Off to the Nursery by Alice Oehr is subtitled “a celebration of gardening, plants and seasons,” and it’s also a celebration of diversity (because gardening is for everyone) and caring for the earth.

The book starts with the work of getting the garden ready for spring, pulling out the old plants and spreading compost made from kitchen scraps. They grab tomatoes and peppers, learn about zucchini and eggplant and explore the tasty world of herbs.

They also look through the seeds, succulents, berries and fruit trees, flowers and aquatic plants, talking about the benefits of different plants and how fun they are to grow. Maybe you can relate to the family buying what seems like way too many plants?

The book was originally published in Australia, so some of the flowers mentioned might not be familiar to your or your kids, but that’s kind of fun, too. You can also use this as an opportunity to talk about which plants in the book can grow where you live and that just like animals, plants have preferred habitats, too.

Illustrations are colorful and the book combines a standard font and a hand written font to make it feel more like a journal about the garden. The illustrations include fun facts and growing tips such as always planting mint in a pot or germinating seeds on a wet paper towel before planting.

If you want to introduce kids to gardening or just talk about what kind of plants can be grown at home where you live (yes to tomatoes, probably no to the kumquat tree), this cute book is a great addition to your spring reading list.

About the book: 30 pages, hardcover. Published 2025 by Scribble US. Suggested retail price $18.95.