Spring Project Ideas
Give me a project and I will move the world. Some ideas to get you started this spring. Above: pH test strips from a past indigo dyeing project.
Making:
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Sewing
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Indigo dying
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8 x 10 photography
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Landscape watercolors
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Weaving
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Clay hand-building
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Quilt making
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Woodturning
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Basic metal forging
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Leather painting
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Chair making
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Drawing with Sharpies
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Frame making
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Brush making
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Box making
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Pyrography
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Poetry
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Flag making
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Felting
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Plaster cast making
Restoring & Repairing:
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Knife sharpening
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Axe sharpening
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Small engine repair
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Handheld electronics repair
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Outerwear Maintenance
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Darning
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Kintsugi
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Chimney sweeping
Observing:
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Weather patterns
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Bird migration
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Cloud spotting
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Stream dynamics
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Plant identification
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Animal tracking
Documenting:
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Archival storage
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Collecting natural specimens
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Portrait photography
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Mapmaking
Engineering:
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Plumbing
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Measuring
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Basic house framing
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Stone wall building
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Parging
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Timber framing
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Portable sawmilling
Helping:
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Dog training
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Search and Rescue
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Dog first aid
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Human first aid
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Wildlife rescue
Farming:
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Perennials
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Fruit trees
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No-dig growing
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Beekeeping
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Silviculture
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Firewood
Community Organizing:
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Newsletter publishing
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Clean-up / Maintenance
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Event planning
Exercising:
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Stone lifting and throwing
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Hillwalking
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The Burpee club
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Stretching
Recreating:
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Solo canoeing
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Canoe tripping
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Icelandic horse trekking
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Orienteering without maps
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Shelter construction
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Pigeon racing
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Tenkara fishing
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Drift boat navigation
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Tramping
Communicating:
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Analog radio operation
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Sign language
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Storytelling
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Speech writing
Cooking:
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Baking with sourdough
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Making shrubs
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Cold smoking
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Japanese ice cubes
Misc:
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Bushido
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American Folklore
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Slight of hand
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Dowsing for water
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Meditation
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Film Noir