Doll’s House for Bugs and Hedgehogs
My eight-year-old daughter no longer wanted her doll’s house but refused to give it away. She then came up with the brilliant idea that it would …
nature crafts
Make a simple daisy chain
When the daisies start opening up and appearing in the grass, a lovely rite of childhood is to make crowns, necklaces and bracelets with daisy …
Make wildflower seed bombs
A fun way for kids to play with mud and clay are to mix seed bombs. The seed bombs are a mix of compost, clay and …
Is it bad for kids to paint nest boxes?
As readers know I’m very keen on children noticing and appreciating nature. As we have so many wild birds where we live in rural West …
Make with nature – oak galls necklace
Last winter I found a cluster of oak galls on a tree in the Ashdown Forest as well as on the ground underneath. They were …
Learning how to cast animal tracks
On nature walks we constantly spot animal footprints and can see where they roam when we’re not about. We’ve also been on a nature detective …