My oldest loves treasures and taking care of things, but is a little into hoarding lately, so I thought of a fun project with a big side of creativity to encourage her to just care for and observe.
I started planting fairy houses out around our land. We marked them on a map and the more she cares for them, such as by building more houses out of sticks and rocks, or decorating the houses or making furniture, or leaving their favorite snacks, the more the current fairies might tell their friends and encourage them to move in also, thus growing our fairy population.
I also often leave fairy tokens such as glitter over the houses, special rocks, flowers, leaves and feathers, etc in the houses for her to discover as proof that the fairies are thriving from her caring for them.
Homeschooling Outside the Box 