Nature Activities Archives - Creative Active Lives

Shell Clay Hearts

by Rianne Karra | Sep 9, 2021 | Art & Crafts, Mindfulness Activities, Nature Activities, Play With Clay

Let’s make these beautiful Shell Clay Hearts! Inspiration and credit from Maaike from Hoppin’ Up blog. Link to her blog: https://hoppinup.blogspot.com/2011/07/easy-kids-craft-tutorial.html This is a perfect way of using any shells you have collected on...

Nature Clay Impressions

by Rianne Karra | Aug 24, 2021 | Art & Crafts, free-activity-resources, Nature Activities, Play With Clay

Learn how to make your own nature clay impressions. This is such a fun and easy tutorial to follow and you will end up with some fantastic clay creations. To make your own nature clay impressions, you will need: A range of different leaves/flowers or even shells. Air...

Leaf Painting

by Rianne Karra | Aug 18, 2021 | Art & Crafts, Early Years, Nature Activities, Painting and Drawing, SEN

Leaf painting is so much fun to do and it is simple craft activity to set up. Grab some leaves and paint and let’s get messy, to create a fantastic colourful painting. You will need: Leaves of different sizes Different colours of paint (acrylic or poster)...

Making a Basic Salve

by Rianne Karra | May 26, 2021 | Art & Crafts, Nature Activities

Learn how to make a plant-based salve for the skin with Wild Woods Emporium and Creative Active Lives CIC. This tutorial uses foraged plants, so check out our guide to plants you can forage when you go out for a walk. WHAT IS A BALM? A balm is a mixture of...

Guided Foraging & Create a Journey Stick

by admin | Jul 20, 2020 | Nature Activities

Join Nyrees & family of the Wild Wood Emporium on her foraging walk. Create a Journey Stick to remember your travels, and learn which every day plants you find on your walks are edible or medicinal. You can download this guide as a PDF below, and watch the walk...

How to Make Elderflower Cordial at Home

by admin | Jul 5, 2020 | Nature Activities

Elder flowers make a beautiful, light and refreshing summer cordial. It is great fun to go out and collect, just make sure you take a bag with you, pick away from any kind of pollution and do not over pick. Scroll down for a PDF of this instructions to print and a...