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There’s something remarkably simple that anyone can do to improve their well-being – Spend time near trees. Learn how healthy trees and forests benefit you and your community through Healthy Trees, Healthy Lives.
Family Activities
- Need a Breath of Fresh Air?
- Forest Themed Meal – Serve a meal at home or at school that is made up of only products we get from forests and trees
- Tree Yoga – Attend or host an outdoor yoga session near trees and green space.
- Host a Tree ID hike – Download the Trees of Texas or another similar plant identification app and see how many trees you can identify on your journey.
- “Take it outside” Challenge. Try switching an ordinary task that you would typically do indoors to the outside. Read a book, do the laundry, make dinner, watch TV! How does taking your life outside shift your perspective?
- Art Projects
- Draw yourself as a tree – “If I were a tree, I would be …”
- Paint with nature – Collect natural materials from the outdoors and use them instead of store-bought paint and brushes.
- Host a “Bob Ross” Nature Painting Party – Invite your friends to paint scenes of happy, little trees
- Make Arbor Day decorations – Design strings of garland or signs and posters using natural materials like leaves, acorns, and twigs
- Around the House
- Got Tree Questions? Tweet @TXForestService to Ask a Forester!
- Take care of your trees – Download the Texas Tree Planting Guide for tips and tricks on caring for your trees
- Got a sick tree? Diagnose it using the TreeMD Web app
- Sustainable Living with Trees
- Forgot your reusable bags? Opt for paper bags instead of plastic. Many paper bags are actually more sustainable than plastic alternatives, because they’re made from trees harvested in a sustainable managed, healthy forest.