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How to Make Halloween Bats and Ghosts

👻 HALLOWEEN D.I.Y. 🦇 ~ Half Term Activities on a shoestring. All you need is a little paint and some loo roll #whogivesacrap Check out our Free Printable Template to make your bats and ghosts. Bats 🦇 You will need:~ Loo rolls ~ Black poster paint (non toxic goes without saying I’m sur...

Recycle, Craft and Play | Beavers ~ Our Ecosystem Engineers

We are a tiny bit (completely) obsessed by our most recent collaboration with mother and son creative geniuses, Loren and Thomas who took inspiration from our recent project supporting the Devon Beaver Trust to create their own Ecosystem Engineers. You can now follow their easy video guide to cr...

Painting from Nature

The simplicity of this activity makes it perfect for your little ones to lead and so engaging as they discover the natural colours that are drawn from fruits and plants found in our hedgerows. @ourslowhome's littles helpers show us how to create the beautiful paints from nature and how to paint...

Summer Holiday Hacks | Driftwood Rattles

Long balmy summer days are what the school holidays are made for. Foraging in the hedgerows, hiding amongst the wild flowers, grubbing for insects and living wild and free with nature until the sun sets and home time beckons. @ourslowhome and her littles show us how to create the most beautif...

Coronation Crowns | Inspired by Nature

Coronation Crowns ~ Celebrate in Style The 6th of May marks a truly historic day in our National calendar, as we welcome our new Monarch, King Charles III to the throne, with all the pomp and ceremony you would read about in fairytales. Coronations of British Monarch's have been held at Westmin...

INTO NATURE | Create a Natural Weaving Loom

" This has to be one of my favourite times of year. The door in the kitchen that remains firmly shut in the winter prises open each day at 8am as the once hungry bellies, now full with porridge, descend on the garden to tinker, potter and climb. The areas of my garden where I doubted life would ...

How to Crystallise Edible Flowers

Have you ever tried crystallising edible flowers? It’s so beautiful and super easy for little hands too! 💛 Head outside into the glorious sunshine this weekend and pick a few edible primroses. Make sure to leave a few for the bees to enjoy and always check with an adult before eating any sort ...

Create your own Fairy Garden | @thomasalm3ida 🧚‍♀️

"I wanted to make something inclusive to all kids and that could be done by taking advantage of nice outdoor weather to find the materials." " My priority was to do something that was not very time consuming and wasteful. I wanted to make something inclusive to all kids and that could be do...

Celebrating Christmas | Wreath Making

“Maybe Christmas (he thought) doesn’t come from a store. Maybe Christmas perhaps means a little bit more.”How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Dr Seuss Wreaths always make me think of the opening to 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas', with wreaths and big red bows on the front door of every perfect ...

Create Magic this Halloween

This Halloween rediscover the magic of childhood 💫 Did you know that words have been quietly disappearing from our dictionaries, stolen away under the cover of darkness? Words that should be treasured, words that hold a deep sense of nostalgia. Words that should be the sum of a childhood well s...

Create your own Fairy Garden 🧚‍♀️ | @thomasalm3ida

" I wanted to make something inclusive to all kids and that could be done by taking advantage of nice outdoor weather to find the materials. " This week we are privileged to welcome the incredibly talented Loren and her little boy Thomas to the pages of our journal. Loren and Thomas have made ...

AN ENGLISH SUMMER | ELDERFLOWER HARVEST

"I wonder what it would be like to live in a word where it was always June." L.M MONTGOMERY We may have slipped quietly into July, however the resonance of Montgomery's musings remain .. a world of eternal summer sounds like the most glorious place (however I do maintain that Autumn is my ...

Bird House, Le Jardin du Moulin Roty

£16.50

Compass, Le Jardin De Moulin Roty

£9.99

Endangered Animals

£15

Flower Press, Le Jardin du Moulin Roty

£16.50

GOOD EARTH | Gardening Kit, by Herboo

£20

Protecting the Planet for the Next Generation

We love support the learning and education or young people in out Nature Directory, which looks in closer detail at the many diversities of nature, from mini beasts, to soaring forests, to the important role that nature plays in child development and mental health. But it goes further than that, and we’re committed with everything we do to make sure we’re making every effort to make sure the planet is happy and healthy for the next generation.

Our Sustainability Promise