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Spend the afternoon looking after wildlife, from making bird boxes to squirrel feeders. Why not also think about making bat boxes or using bee-friendly seeds?
Activities
Create a wildlife reserve
Create a micro wildlife reserve and show it to your friends.
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- Requirement 4
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Make some wildflower seed balls
All you seed is love with these homemade seed balls to spread wildflowers and encourage wildlife.
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- Requirement 6
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Make brilliant bird feeders
Learn about the natural world by making a bird feeder packed with delicious treats for our feathered friends.
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- Requirement 6
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- Requirement 2
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Make an apple bird feeder
Feed the bird with this super quick and easy activity.
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- Requirement 4
Feed the butterflies
Make a beautiful, flower-shaped butterfly feeder to help our fluttery friends.
Build a bug house
Make Bug-ingham Palace for your brilliant neighbourhood minibeasts to check into!
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- Requirement 6
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- Requirement 4
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Preparation
Equipment
- Hula hoops
- Short pieces of rope or string
- Sticks (or something to mark out small spaces)
- Mixing bowls
- Something to protect surfaces (for example, newspaper or tablecloths)
- Gardening gloves
- Wildflower seeds
- Peat-free compost
- Flour
- Cup
- Mixing spoons
- Aprons
- Baking tray
- Newspaper or greaseproof paper
- Wooden spoons
- String
- Spoons
- The items for your chosen bird feeder
- Tablecloths or newspaper
- Chopping boards
- Knives
- Bowls
- Apples
- Peanut Butter
- Bird Seed
- A4 card
- Coloured pens or pencils
- Cotton wool balls
- PVA glue
- Sticky tape
- Scissors
- Access to water
- Plastic bottle tops
- Sticks
- Sugar
- Cups
- Pens or pencils
- A4 paper
- Natural materials (for example, leaves, twigs, feathers)
- Clean items of recycling
- Wooden pallets
- Bricks
- Old groundsheet or tiles
- Tools
Resources
Activity Plan Create A Wildlife Reserve
PDF - 230.3KBActivity plan (Bug-ingham Palace)
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