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Simple Spooktacular Halloween Decorations

Simple Spooktacular Halloween Decorations

Halloween is a great excuse to get your kids outside foraging for materials to create their own Spooktacular decorations...with just a little help from trusty Ikea for some super sized eyeballs which you can flat pack after Halloween and bring out year after year to enjoy the witching in a more s...
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D.I.Y Pine Cone Animal Family

D.I.Y Pine Cone Animal Family

Create your own animal family from nature's autumnal bounty 🦊
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How to Build a Bug Hotel

How to Build a Bug Hotel

Print out this beautiful guide to build your own Bug Hotel. Full of top tips to ensure your choose the best location as well as the materials most loved by our little bug friends.
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Chocolate Easter Bark ~ Recipe Below Video

Chocolate Easter Bark ~ Recipe Below Video

This makes a really wonderful alternative to giving eggs this Easter and your kids will love making it.  All you need is:300g plain chocolate 300g milk chocolate1 x 90g packet mini candy-coated chocolate eggs1 x chocolate flake broken into little pieces25g dried cranberries, chopped5 mini cream e...
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Easter Egg Placemat Template

Easter Egg Placemat Template

For a wonderfully simple stage stealer, our Easter Egg template makes for the perfect table decorations or place name holders. Cut out the Easter Egg shape and cover with foraged finds or paint in the colours of the rainbow and decorate with ribbons. 
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Create Gardening Tools from Loo Roll Tubes

Create Gardening Tools from Loo Roll Tubes

All you’ll need for this craft is loo roll tubes, cardboard, some tape and some scissors. To make your spade, cut a semi circle out of one of your loo roll tubes on one side, then repeat on the other.  For your handle, cut another loo roll tube open, roll it into a tighter tube and tape to secure...
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Big Garden Birdwatch | Make Fat Balls for the Birds

Big Garden Birdwatch | Make Fat Balls for the Birds

" Everyone likes birds. What wild creature is more accessible to our eyes and ears, as close to us and everyone in the world, as universal as a bird? " ~ DAVID ATTENBOROUGH Who wants to fatten up this winter?Whilst some of us fervently attempt the opposite (with very little success may I add),...
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Pine Cone Bird Feeders

Pine Cone Bird Feeders

This is the perfect activity for your Tiny Explorers to get them outside, create something fun and engaging and make something delicious for the beautiful birds in your garden. 🕊️
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Garden Birds

Garden Birds

Meet the beautiful feathered friends that frequent our gardens in the UK. This is the perfect guide to help you with the RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch, which happens annually on the last weekend of January.
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Seasonal Nature Chart

Seasonal Nature Chart

This phenology nature chart allows you to follow the changes in plants and animals as we move through the seasons. Fill in everything from the insects and birds to flowers and leaves you spot on your adventures.
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Hibernating Animals

Hibernating Animals

Download these beautiful colouring sheets, combined with fun and interesting facts on hibernating animals.
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