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Leafy wellies

Which leaf sticks best? Decorate your wellies with wet leaves and see which ones stay on.

  • 10 min total
  • Some mess
  • Ages 2–5*
  • Outdoors
  • Wet autumn days

*Illustrative age guidance. Your child's development and circumstances matter more than a number.

A tiny plan for your day

Estimated time: 1 min to prepare · 8 min to play · 1 min to rinse. It's fine to stop early.

Before you start

What you’ll need

  • Wellies
  • Wet fallen leaves, different shapes and sizes

Let's begin

Five simple steps

That's the whole activity. Tick each step off as you go, and stop whenever you like.

  1. Find wet leaves on a rainy walk.

  2. Stick them onto your wellies.

  3. Walk ten big steps. Which ones are still there?

  4. Try a stomp, a hop and a jump.

  5. Which leaf was the stickiest champion?

All done!

That's every step. However it went, you made a little moment together.

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