My eight-year-old daughter no longer wanted her doll’s house but refused to give it away. She then came up with…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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