Go on a minibeast hunt in the garden
NATURE DETECTIVES
Try these top tips from The Woodland Trust to enjoy connecting with nature at home. For tree-themed fact sheets, interactive quizzes and puzzles, visit treetoolsforschools.org.uk.
1 Go on a minibeast hunt
You’ll be amazed at the variety of wildlife that calls your garden home. Look in the grass for a worm emerging after a shower of rain, or hunt down a snail exploring a dark, damp spot. Look up to see butterflies and bees darting about, looking for nectar.
2 Make a loo-roll bird feeder
Save the inner cardboard tube of a loo roll and smother it in peanut butter (no added salt and sugar versions are suitable for birds). Roll it in bird seed and thread some string through the hole. Hang it up and see how many birds you spot feasting on it.
3 Create some butterfly symmetry art
Splodge some paint in different colours on one half of a sheet of paper. Fold it in half while still wet, so the paint spreads on both sides. Carefully open it up to reveal colourful butterfly wings. Add in a body and antennae, then hang it up for a cheerful decoration when it’s completely dry.
4 Build a Lego forest
Dig out your Lego blocks and make your very own forest, complete with trees, animals and flowers. Work together on a massive project, or see who can make the biggest, most imaginative or most colourful model.
5 Write a story about woods or trees
Inspire those creative juices with a story challenge. Start your budding writers off by providing them with an opening sentence with a tree-based theme. Or set a rule that the story must start, end or completely take place in a forest. Share your stories together at bedtime.
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