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Autumn Leaf Storm

Find a big pile of leaves and kick up a storm! Tell a stormy story and act it out using crunchy autumn leaves. Help your mini explorer create a super leaf storm Rustle the leaves to make the sounds of the storm Let your little one join in by helping them kick and throw the leaves Can you make stormy sounds from other woodland items?

Autumn Leaves Colouring Sheet

Create a colourful autumn collage. Use your favourite colours to make a vibrant autumnal picture. Choose rich purples, reds, golds and browns for berries and leaves Try creating a collage from natural items like leaves Are there any creatures hiding among the leaves in your picture? Head outside and get inspired by the forest floor take a photo of the colours and shapes and use these in your picture.

Autumn Leaves Spotter Sheet

How many different autumn leaves can you find? Take our handy ID sheet with you when you’re exploring the woods this autumn. Look for leaves on the trees and on the ground How many different colours can you find? Find out why leaves change colour with our fantastic factsheet

Autumn Scavenger Hunt

How many autumnal signs can you spot on your scavenger hunt? Keep your eyes peeled while you’re out and about! Can you find all the items on the scavenger hunt? Remember to look in the trees and on the ground Keep your eyes peeled for other signs what will you spot? Try collecting fallen leaves and conkers and make a wonderful woodland collage.

Autumn Shaker

Make your own rattle using seeds and beads. All you need is a plastic bottle, acorns, conkers and beech nuts, and rhythm! This is a fantastic sensory activity for tiny Nature Detectives Shake the bottle or roll it along the floor It goes without saying, but make sure your little ones don’t put any seeds or beads in their mouths

Bang

Making music outside using everyday items

Barefoot investigation

Explore the properties of different materials using your feet

Barefoot Walk

Free your feet and explore with your toes on a barefoot walk. Set up your walk in your back garden or living room, and challenge your friends to see who can identify the most textures. Follow our simple steps and free your trapped toes! Discover different textures are they warm or cool, smooth or rough? Create a game with family and friends who will guess correctly? Have fun choosing different items to use on your walk, but make sure you don’t choose sharp or prickly items as they can hurt your feet.

Bark Rubbing

Create a bark rubbing and be a bark artist. Take a few sheets of paper and your crayons to the woods or your local park, and get creative. Choose an interesting tree big, old, knobbly ones are perfect You might need a grown-up or friend to help you keep the paper still while you make your rubbing Find other trees and layer up different colours and patterns. Frame your picture with twigs

Bat Colouring Page

Colour in this spooky bat! Get inspired by nature and create this brilliant bat picture. Create a dark background using sweet wrappers and tissue paper. Or make a collage from old magazines Add lines of white or yellow to his wings and ears to show where they reflect the moonlight Did you know? The common pipistrelle bat can eat more than 3,000 insects in one night

Bat Mask

Transform into a brilliant bat! Are you adventurous? Do you like exploring new places and trying lots of new things? Do you love hanging out with your friends? If so, you’re a bat! Print out and make up this marvellous mask to complete your transformation.

Battleships

Getting to grips with coordinates

Be a bean

Fun activity to get warmed up before a session

Beanbag painting

Creating pictures with home-made beanbags

Beautiful Butterflies

Use this spotter sheet to identify butterflies fluttering in the sunshine. Look out for these insects sipping nectar from flowers and basking in the sunshine. Look for butterfly eggs on the underside of leaves Butterfly caterpillars come in all colours, shapes and sizes, but please don’t Use this spotter sheet to identify butterflies fluttering in the sunshine. Look out for these insects sipping nectar from flowers and basking in the sunshine. Look for butterfly eggs on the underside of leaves Butterfly caterpillars come in all colours, shapes and sizes, but please don’t touch them The transformation stage that takes place when caterpillars become butterflies is called pupation Butterflies come in lots of bright colours. Spot them flitting between flowers throughout the spring, summer and autumn.

Beech Leaf Colouring Sheet

Get creative with your mini Nature Detective. Grab your favourite colouring crayons and make a masterpiece together. Choose greens, yellows, oranges and reds or whatever colour you fancy! Colour in lots of beech leaves and make your own forest Make a leaf collage using sweet wrappers, foil and coloured paper Paint the hands of very little Nature Detectives and let them splat their prints onto the leaf.

Beetle Identification Sheet

Find and identify these beetles when you’re out and about. Look out for beetles scurrying around and among deadwood, tree stumps, flowers and plants. There are lots of different types of beetle how many can you find? Did you know that ladybirds are beetles? Some beetles eat pollen, some eat tree sap and others eat other invertebrates!

Benefits from the forest

Lots of activities exploring the forest ecosystem

Biodiversity Facts

Learn about the term Biodiversity

Bird activity

Start spotting birds

Bird ballistics

Mathematics using some fun bird models

Bird Feeder Recycled

Attract more birds to your garden – make one of these fantastic bird feeders! Recycle an old juice or milk carton and get creative Use garden twine to secure your feeder somewhere the birds can reach it Remember to keep the bird feeder topped up with fresh food and replace it with a new one when it gets dirty How many different birds have visited your garden? Are there any who keep coming back?

Bird Hunt

Look out for these birds next time you’re out and about. How many different types of birds can you spot? Some might be on the ground, others might be in the trees, and some might even be flying through the air! Tempt birds to visit your garden by leaving out seeds, mealworms and fruit Some birds are really tiny, so you’ll need to keep your eyes peeled! Do you have a favourite bird?

Blackberries Colouring In Sheet

Colouring in sheet with blackberries

Blackberry Cobbler

Grab your ingredients and bake this scrummy cobbler! Gather blackberries and create this tasty treat for your family and friends. Little brothers and sisters can help with this recipe Don’t forget to ask your grown-up to help the oven can get very hot Remember to share your cobbler when it’s ready and show off your cookery skills! Try other fruit for a seasonal twist raspberries and blueberries are tasty too!