5 quick and easy nature craft ideas to try with kids

Here's 5 quick and easy, tried and tested activities to entertain the kids for a few hours.  We've included links to resources we use below: These are our hand picked favourites as they are quick to do and cheap to make!

1. Nature kites/flags

🌿What you need:  twigs/bamboo skewers, sellotape, cover film, colorful leaves!

🛠️How to make: 

1. Tape two sticks/skewers together

2. Measure and cut a piece of sticky cover film to fit behind ( https://amzn.to/4oW1TNV),

3. Roll the edges to create a kite shape

4. Stick your leaves on to the sticky side of the film.( If you don't have sticky cover film you can do this with just a roll of sellotape but it's a bit more faff!)

Extra sticks/bamboo skewers or even string can be used to fine tune the edges and extend the handle.. A long string tail can be added for the true 'kite' effect.

2. Rock art

🌿What you need: dry rocks and acrylic rock pens - we use these https://amzn.to/3JBWrzx

🛠️How to make:

1. Collect rocks

2. Colour using acrylic pens! (that's it!)

3.Leaf art

🌿What you need: paper, pens, pritt stick glue and leaves!

🛠️How to make:

1. Collect some leaves/berries (different shapes, colour's and textures)

2. Glue leaves to the paper

3. Draw legs, eyes etc

4. Name your beasts!

4. Clay monsters

🌿What you need: twigs, air dry clay - we use this clay (cheaper to buy in hobby craft stores directly) https://amzn.to/47VweG6  and then colour with pens if you like once dried.

🛠️ How to make:

1. Mould the monster bodies with clay

2. Use sticks to carve skin designs and to create holes for eyes.

3. Stick twigs in the clay for legs and nuts or berries for eyes etc

4. Air dry your clay monster - paint or colour using acrylic pens once dried!

   

   

   

   

   

   

5. Spiders webs

🌿What you need: at least 3 sticks of equal length and as straight as possible and some string!

🛠️ How to make:

1. Place at least 3 sticks together to create a webbed shape.

2. Using the string bind them together weaving in and out as tight as possible until the sticks are secured together (or cheat using sellotape)

3. Now begin winding the string from the central point weaving in and out around each stick in a circular direction to create the stringed layers of the web.

4. Tie the string off at then end. The spiders webs make great homes for clay monsters!