Contents Introduction LET'S BE SCIENTISTS The Hands On Girl's Lab Clouds and Their Names The Stars and Their Names How Wind Works Make Your Own Mini Wind Turbine The Ten Birds You Need to Know Flowers Grasses and Weeds Oh My The Ten Minute Volcano The Bounciest Bubbles Ever Paint Your Own Daisies Rain Cloud in a Jar The Magical Bendy Candy Cane Simple Paper Airplanes and Why They Fly LET'S BE TRAILBLAZERS The Hands On Girl's Backpack Camping 101 Ten Minutes Walking through Nature Fishing 101 How to Get Unlost in the Woods The S'mores Smorgasbord of Your Starlit Dreams How to Build a Fire Five Knots and How to Use Them First Aid for Quick Thinkers DIY Slingshot Seven Extraordinary Endangered Species Five Ways to Be a Conservationist
LET'S BE ATHLETES The Hands On Girl's Equipment Closet Easy SetUp Softball The Jumping Olympics Hopped Up Hopscotch Pool Time Penguin Tag Jump Rope Four Ways Sharpshooter Beanbag Toss Easiest Disc Bowling Karate Chops and Tough Girl Kicks Simple Self Defense for Sticky Situations Card Games for Smarties The Tongue Twisting Tournament LET'S BE ARTISTS The Hands On Girl's Studio Abstract Painting Color Mixing 101 for Color Sawy Artists Nature Photography 101 Four Scavenger Hunts for Nature Photographers DIY Botanical Bookmarks Hand Lettering for Hands On Girls Five Poems to Recite Outside Watercolor Painting Workshop DIY Name Garland Make Your Own Chalkboard Melted Crayon Samurai Stars Three Treasure Hunts for the Library The Hands On Girl's Reading List LET'S BE BUILDERS The Hands On Girl's Toolbox The Easiest Tree Swing How to Change a Bike Tire
Smart Sanding and How to Do It The Basics of Painting Five Ways to Repurpose Found Wood How to Build a Fort Indoors and Out How to Build a Cozy Living Room Hideaway How to Build an Under the Stars Fortress How to Hammer a Nail Build Your Own Race Car Build a Bench in an Afternoon LET'S BE CHEFS The Hands On Girl's Kitchen Vegetable Gardening 101 The Eight Easiest Vegetables to Grow Herbs and How to Care for Them The Perfect Provisions for Adventures Three Kinds of Cooking and When to Use Them The One Hour DIY Knife Skills Class How to Make Your Own Jerky Trail Mix Five Ways Drying Fruit for On the Go Measuring and Weighing Like a Pro What is the Metric System and Why Don't We Use It Two Dinners and a Dessert You Can Make in a Jiffy One Pot Broccoli Cheddar Pasta Make Your Own Taco Bar Hosted by You Three Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies YOU ROCKED IT BADGES FOR HANDS ON GIRLS Further Reading Index Acknowledgments