Fairy notebooks

These little notebooks bound with a twig and some twine and decorated with pressed flowers look just like they would belong to a fairy!

All-year nature craftsDenise Hope29 February 2024fairy, notebook, twigComment

Branch weaving

Branch weaving is a really lovely nature craft that can be adapted for children (and adults!) of various ages. You can use left over bits of yarn, ribbon, twine and even found nature items such as grasses and feathers to weave onto your branch loom.

All-year nature craftsDenise Hope22 February 2024weaving, branch weaving, nature weaving, year, stick Comments

String art hearts

Making string art is a really fun activity to do with children, especially if they like hammering things! They also make really lovely Valentine’s gifts.

All-year nature craftsDenise Hope1 February 2024string art, heart, wood slice, wood, hammer, hammering, twine, yarn, threadComment

Make a miniature mossarium

Building a mossarium, is really fun - it’s like creating your own mini world! It’s also great for exploring different mosses as well as learning about the water cycle.

All-year nature craftsDenise Hope28 June 2023mossarium, terrarium, moss, mosses, water cycleComment

Colour-changing flowers

This colour changing flowers experiment is a great way to see how water travels in plants and it’s really fun to see the flowers change colour!

Make your own drawing charcoal

A really easy and fun activity making your own charcoal for drawing.

Whittled stick characters

Whittling stick characters is a great beginner activity for young children who haven’t whittled before.

All-year nature craftsDenise Hope5 April 2023whittling, sticksComment

Make your own alder cone ink and dip pen

A variety of plant parts can be used to produce inks and dyes – everything from roots and nuts to flowers and berries and even food waste. Alder cones produce a lovely warm caramel colour which is great to use as ink.

All-year nature craftsDenise Hope8 March 2023ink, alder, alder cones Comments

Make your own nature noughts and crosses game

This nature noughts and crosses game is perfect for playing outdoors and is really simple to make. You can also draw a picture version on the other side of your noughts and crosses!

All-year nature craftsDenise Hope27 February 2023game, noughts and crosses, nature playComment

Watercolour critters

This is a really fun art activity to do with bug-loving children, done by blowing the paint around through a straw!

Make a bottle xylophone

Making your own musical instrument is a fun project for kids of all ages and this bottle xylophone is really simple to make. You can also use your bottle xylophone to experiment with sound and how it changes depending on how much water you add to the bottles.

All-year nature craftsDenise Hope20 September 2022xylophone, bottles, water, sound, experimentComment

Colourful wax resist leaf art

Make colourful art using the abundance of leaves around at this time of year! This activity is a twist on the popular leaf rubbing activity with crayons that is great for little ones to do, particularly in autumn when it is so much fun to collect the colourful fallen leaves.

All-year nature crafts, Autumn nature craftsDenise Hope31 August 2022wax resisit, crayon, watercolour, leaf rubbingComment

Make a paper aeroplane catapult

This paper aeroplane catapult is amazing! Not only does it make paper aeroplanes fly really far and really fast, but it also still works on paper aeroplanes that have their noses all squashed and bent - game changer!

All-year nature craftsDenise Hope24 August 2022paper aeroplane, catapultComment

Pressed flower pinch pots

These beautiful little pinch pots are so easy to make and are great to store your treasures in!

Make a suncatcher with pressed flowers and leaves

This suncatcher activity made with pressed flowers and leaves can be done in all seasons but spring or summer, when the flowers are most colourful, are probably best. The suncatchers look beautiful with the light shining through the flower petals!

Hammered leaf and flower prints

Creating hammered leaf and flower art is a really fun activity to do for both children and adults. By pounding the leaves and flowers you release their pigments which transfer to your paper to make beautiful botanical prints.

All-year nature craftsDenise Hope29 March 2022leaf print, flower print, hammered botanical printsComment

Make a constellation projector

In this activity, children can create a projector of their favourite constellation and then cast its stars onto walls. They can even choose to design their own constellation!

All-year nature craftsDenise Hope28 February 2022constellations, starsComment

Make clay nature weaving hearts

Making a nature weaving heart is a really simple activity to do and it's a lovely way of displaying some of the flowers and foliage that's in season at the moment.