Let’s continue our practice building houses for fairies and gnomes and see if we can’t build something a little bit bigger so they can have some friends over. You will need: 4 sticks the same length 1 stick a bit longer than the others 5-8 pipe cleaners soft ground a small blanket or piece of … Read more
Once upon a time long, long ago the forest was home to many magical creatures. Before there were cars or lights or large buildings, when the world was still a wild place full of mysteries there was said to be a wild little fairy boy living in the forest outside of a very small village … Read more
What is a minibeast? Quite literally, a ‘minibeast is simply a small animal. Spiders, snails, slugs, beetles, centipedes, worms, earwigs, caterpillars……these are just a few well-known examples of the thousands and thousands of types of ‘creepy-crawlies’ that exist all over the world. They are animals which do not have an internal skeleton technically they are … Read more
Bird of the Week Have you ever seen this bird before? I bet you can find one in your backyard. What do you notice about it? What colour is it’s beak? It’s legs? What about it’s wings? The American Robin isn’t actually a robin at all. It’s a thrush and a large one at that. It’s … Read more
Did you find any pine cones on your treasure hunt? Pine cones are tons of fun because they can be used to make A LOT of different things. When I was a preschooler my sister and I used to make pine cones into birds with leaves and tree sap.Pine cones can be pretty pokey. You … Read more