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Nature Crafts for Kids: how to make a journey stick

July 24, 2020 by Catherine 31 Comments

journey stick outdoor activity children

Making a journey stick is such an easy, fun outdoor craft to do with the kids - and a great low-cost way to have some fun family time. It's just one of the fun nature projects in my new book, 'A Year of Nature Craft and Play'.  There’s an activity for every week of the year and it includes fun crafts, gardening, games, art and science experiments - perfect for inspiring kids to get creative with nature and explore the amazing natural ...

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Filed Under: Craft Tagged With: Activity, Children, craft, Family, Family Fun, Kids craft, Nature, Outdoors, Sticks, Wildlife, Woodland

How to make twig-wrapped flower pots

March 3, 2020 by Catherine 7 Comments

How to make your own twig wrapped flower pots - a simple and fun nature activity for children, great for a homemade mother's day gift!

If, like us, you have an ever-growing stick collection, this is the perfect nature craft for you! Sticks and twigs are just brilliant for crafting, and this little project turns them into a lovely homemade gift.  All you need is a plant pot, some string, and a little plant to pop in when you're finished. The idea is to create a length of tied-together twigs that you then fasten around the pot.  Start off by measuring each stick against the ...

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Filed Under: Craft Tagged With: Activity, Children, Containers, craft, Family, Homemade, naturally crafty, Nature, Nature Craft, Outdoors, Plant pots, Sticks

Nature craft: making a wooden whistle

October 5, 2016 by Catherine 19 Comments

twig whistles

Today I'm sharing another lovely nature craft that we did on our recent trip to Skylarks nature reserve in Nottingham. As well as doing some fab clay pressing with natural materials, the kids also had a go at making a wooden whistle from twigs. I can vividly remember having one of these made for me when I was six years old and we were on holiday in Canada; it was so exciting watching it take shape, but I didn't get hands-on like my kids did ...

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Filed Under: Craft Tagged With: Bushcraft, Children, craft, naturally crafty, Nature, Nature Craft, Outdoors, Sticks

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