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Camera
Can you take a photograph without a camera or smartphone?
Supported by
Generation Green
30 mins
Outdoors
Make a picture from cold campfire ash
Become Pic-ash-o and get your hands dirty with an ash-y masterpiece, while learning about carbon monoxide along the way.
Supported by
Gas Distribution Networks
20 mins
Indoors
Meet a tree
Can you use your senses to find out which tree you met? Trust you partner and get connected to nature.
Supported by
Generation Green
20 mins
Outdoors
Natural sculptures
Take a walk in your imagination. Can you recreate objects using natural materials?
Supported by
Generation Green
20 mins
Outdoors
I wonder why
Have you ever stopped and thought… why? Practice curiosity with this simple activity.
Supported by
Generation Green
30 mins
Outdoors
Commitment stones
Experience your local environment and make a commitment to protect it.
15 mins
Indoors
Sound fists
Relax and listen to the sounds of nature. Can you recreate what you hear?
Supported by
Generation Green
15 mins
Outdoors
Make campfire Christmas pudding
Add a festive touch to your campfire with this backwoods cooking treat.
45 mins
Indoors
Nature’s Orchestra
Get musical with nature – can you play your favourite tune with items around you?
Supported by
Generation Green
15 mins
Outdoors
Mini solo
Can you become one with nature? Take time to explore and connect with the area around you.
1 hr 5
Outdoors
On the flipside
Use your senses to see nature from a different perspective.
Supported by
Generation Green
20 mins
Outdoors
Discovery treasure hunt
Discover nature by heading out on a treasure hunt. How many items will you find?
25 mins
Outdoors
Something sticky
Close your eyes and memorise the feeling and shape of a stick. Can you identify your stick from a collection?
Supported by
Generation Green
10 mins
Indoors
Explore and draw
Use your drawing skills to keep a record of what you see when you’re out on a walk.
1 hr
Indoors
Plastic bottle greenhouse
Put your DIY skills to the test and build a greenhouse from plastic bottles, then experiment with growing different flowers or vegetables.
Supported by
Generation Green
3 hrs
Outdoors
Make a blanket book nook
Make a comfy book nook and listen to The Grumpy Old Stone
40 mins
Indoors
Story time adventures
You can go almost anywhere with a story and your imagination. It’s time to choose a storybook and go on an adventure.
20 mins
Outdoors
My adventure scrapbook
Create your own scrapbook to share your adventures with family and friends.
30 mins
Indoors
Feed the butterflies
Make a beautiful, flower-shaped butterfly feeder to help our fluttery friends.
20 mins
Indoors
Create gardening comic strips
Look after your plant, watch it grow, and turn its adventure into a comic strip. It’s plant-tastic.
45 mins
At home
Grow a green caterpillar
Plant some seeds, then wait for them to sprout and give your grassy caterpillar a new hairstyle.
40 mins
Online
Play When The Wind Blows
Learning more about your friends is a breeze with this active game.
20 mins
Indoors
Identify different garden tools
Use the right tools to keep to look after green spaces and maintain wildlife habitats.
Supported by
Generation Green
50 mins
Outdoors
Think outside the trash
Rubbish doesn’t disappear when it’s thrown away. Can you work out how long different things take to break down?
Supported by
Generation Green
20 mins
Indoors
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