Your session goals
My Outdoors 16%
Creative 50%
Environmental Conservation 13%
Islamophobia Awareness Month Blanket Badge 20%
Naturalist 25%
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Before you leave, it's time to check out the leaves! Learn how to tell leaves apart or use natural objects to get craft. You could even make some upcycled planters to take home.
Activities
Plant your own trees
30 mins
Grow a tree and help to reduce carbon emissions.
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- Requirement 4
- Requirement 4.a
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- Requirement 3.c
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- Requirement 2.e
Woodland faces
30 mins
Connect with the outdoors by creating a woodland spirit with natural materials.
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- Requirement 4
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- Requirement 2
- Requirement 4
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- Requirement 4.b
Make leaf art
50 mins
Look at leaves in a different way and use them to make a wild, nature collage.
- Meets
- Requirement 2
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- Requirement 4
Make seed paper
30 mins
Do some creative gardening and make your own seed paper.
- Meets
- Requirement 2.e
Make upcycled planters
1 hours
You don’t need a garden to get growing – make some upcycled planters to turn even the smallest space green.
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- Requirement 3
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- Requirement 3
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- Requirement 3
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- Requirement 3
Preparation
Equipment
- Plant pots
- Seeds
- Compost
- Tables
- Gardening gloves
- Rulers
- Pens or pencils
- A4 paper
- Access to water
- Soil
- Natural materials (for example, leaves, twigs, feathers)
- A4 card
- PVA glue
- Paint brushes
- Spoons
- A large pile of recyclable paper, such as newspaper, egg cartons, tissue paper and scrap printer paper
- Blender
- Warm water
- Paper towels or cloths
- Cookie cutters
- Plastic wrap
- Wildflower seeds
- Rope
- Scissors
- Sticky labels
- Coloured pens or pencils
- Cotton wool balls
- Garden fork
- A sharp implement, such as a screwdriver
- Watering can
- Gravel or stones
- Yoghurt pot
- Kitchen roll
- Cress seeds
- Wood nails (optional)
- Breathable membrane (optional)
- Items to use as recycled planters, such as old wellies, shoes, trainers, bags, old or punctured balls, pallets and so on
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