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Blackberry Colouring Page

Get creative with your little one and colour in this juicy blackberry. Make a finger painting with purple paint Use scraps of fabric to make a collage Squish real blackberries straight on the paper. (Wear an apron to protect your clothes – the juice stains clothes and hands!) Go blackberry-picking in late summer. How many fat, ripe berries can you spot together? Watch out for the spiky thorns – they’re sharp!

Blackberry Smoothie Sheet

Get a blackberry boost with this tasty smoothie! Follow our simple recipe to make this super smoothie! Foraged blackberries are best, but remember to leave some for the birds Don’t forget to get rid of the pips! Try experimenting with different fruits and see what you can create Remember if you’re making a smoothie for more than one person, you’ll need extra ingredients.

Blast

Making your own rockets

Blindfold Exploring Sheet

Cover your friend’s eyes and guide them round the woods. Next time you’re in the woods, cover your friend’s eyes with a blindfold, and ask them to explore. Carefully guide your friends through the woods Do they notice the difference between open and closed patches of woodland? Can they hear, smell and feel more now their eyes are covered? Try moving through different parts of the woods, but make sure your friend doesn’t trip or fall!

Blossom and Catkin ID Sheet

Keep your eyes peeled for frothy blossom and furry catkins. You’ll find blossom almost everywhere you look during spring! Spot white, pink, cream and even green flowers peeking out from hedgerows and branches. And learn how to identify wild cherry, hawthorn, crab apple and more! Different trees bloom at different times Blossom looks like flowers, catkins are long and thin Some blossom comes out before leaves, some afterwards How many different types can you find?

Blue Tit Colouring In Sheet

Use blue, yellow and green to colour in this garden bird. Try finger painting Stick on colourful feathers Draw a feeder bursting with nuts and seeds Keep your eyes peeled for blue tits and other birds visiting your garden!

Bluebell Cupcake Recipe

Got your ingredients ready? Let’s get baking! Create tasty cupcakes for your family, friends or yourself! Decorate them with bright blue icing and sparkles Try making cupcakes inspired by other woodland flowers Head out on a woodland wander and get inspired. Show off all the colours of the season in your cakes. Yum!

Bluebell Mosaic

Create a dazzling display of spring flowers! We have some beautiful bluebell woods in the UK. The iconic flowers appear in April and May, and they can turn the forest floor into a sea of blue! Make your own bluebell art with this mosaic activity: Collect scraps of blue, purple and green paper. Why not reuse old magazines and junk mail? Cut the paper into tiny pieces. Print off the mosaic activity sheet and stick them onto the outline. Did you know? Mosaic art was very popular in Roman times when it was used to show off a person’s wealth and importance.

Build a Bird Nest

Have a go at building a birds nest will it be strong and safe enough to hold pebble eggs? Birds nests need to be strong and sturdy enough to withstand wind, while still being cosy. Could you make a nest that’s up to the test? Experiment with different natural materials what works best? Is your nest stronger with mud, or is it better without it? Have a go at building your nest with one hand birds only have their beaks, after all!

Build A Campfire

Follow our step by step guide to building your own campfire! Building a campfire is an exciting adventure. And it’s the perfect place to tell spooky stories and toast marshmallows. Collect materials from the woodland floor look for dry sticks, grass and leaves Build your fire slowly – use small twigs first, then larger ones Stay safe Always ask the landowner’s permission before starting a campfire. The Woodland Trust does not allow fires in its woods. Ask a grown-up to help. Build your fire away from trees and bushes. Don’t make it too big. Remember to put your campfire out properly before you head home.

Build a Frog Pond

Follow our simple steps and create your own frog pond. Attract more wildlife to your garden by building them a home. Use things you have at home: a washing up bowl and old bits of wood are easy to find You don’t need a big space just somewhere big enough to fit your bowl Make sure you ask your grown-up to help you! Keep your eyes peeled for frogs, toads and newts!

Building a fire

Explore the process and products of combustion, understand wood as a source of energy and how heat energy can be controlled and used as a tool. Also promotes awareness of fire hazards and safety procedure

Building a shelter

Design and build your own shelter

Building homes for mini beasts

Where are the mini beasts?

Butterfly Caterpillars ID Sheet

ID these butterfly caterpillars. Keep your eyes peeled for wriggly caterpillars scoffing leaves. Lots of caterpillars are green perfect camouflage against predators like birds Caterpillars are fussy eaters they’ll only munch on their favourite plants All caterpillars go through stages as they grow. These are called instars Some caterpillars are very tiny, so you’ll need to look carefully.

Butterfly Feeder Sheet

Create a butterfly feeder for your garden. Help butterflies with this simple nature activity and get a closer look at these beautiful insects! You just need some mushy ripe fruit, a paper plate and some string. Experiment with different fruits which are more popular? How many different types of butterfly visit your feeder? Do any other insects or animals come to your butterfly feeder? Use different sized and coloured paper plates to see which attracts more butterflies.

Butterfly Idial

Make an iDial to identify butterflies you spot on your travels. Keep your eyes peeled while you’re out in your garden or the woods. Spot butterflies basking in the sunshine Which flowers are their favourites? Try following a butterfly as it flutters. Where’s it going? Did you know? Some butterflies hibernate during autumn and winter, emerging again in spring.

Butterfly Supper Sheet

Rustle up a sugary slap-up supper for visiting butterflies. Tempt butterflies and other insects to visit your garden serve up supper! Do they prefer brown or white sugar? Try golden syrup and treacle what to the butterflies like best? Which other creatures stop by for supper? Make sure you put the sugary supper among the flowers.

Calculating area

A problem solving task

Camouflaging Creatures

To develop curiosity in the local environment and respect for it – To develop an understanding of camouflage in the local environment – To know animals that camouflage and why – To work together as a group

Campfire Bread Twists

Bake this scrummy snack over your campfire! This recipe is super simple and tasty and what’s not to love when you’re cooking over a campfire? All you need is flour, sugar, salt and water. And a campfire, of course! Don’t forget jam, honey or chocolate spread yum! Ask your grown-up to help you Always ask the landowner’s permission before starting a campfire, and remember to put it out properly before you leave.

Can’t live without

We asked outdoor practitioners from across the country for their ultimate all time TOP TIP. For tips that save your socks and your sanity, look no further!

Carbon Dioxide

Presentation about Carbon Dioxide and climate change

Cat-Mouse

Can you escape from the cat in time?

Caterpillar Hunt

Head off on a caterpillar hunt and see how many different types you can find. Look carefully under leaves and on plant stems to spot caterpillars. Caterpillars are the larvae (young) of butterflies and moths They can eat up to 27,000 times their own weight to get enough energy to transform into a butterfly The hairs and markings on caterpillars are designed to warn predators that they don’t taste very nice Make sure you don’t pick up or touch any caterpillars. They can be very delicate, and they can also make your skin itch.