Cardboard loom weaving
Tuck grasses, leaves and flowers through a simple cardboard loom.
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Nature washing line
Peg out your treasures to dry! Hang nature finds on a low washing line with pegs.
*Illustrative age guidance. Your child's development and circumstances matter more than a number.
A tiny plan for your day
Estimated time: 3 min to set up · 10 min to peg · 2 min to tidy. It's fine to stop early.
Before you start
What you’ll need
- A length of string tied low between two chairs or trees
- Clothes pegs
- Leaves, feathers, pressed flowers, grass
Let's begin
Five simple steps
That's the whole activity. Tick each step off as you go, and stop whenever you like.
- Grown-up job
An adult ties the string at your child's chest height.
- Little one leads
Your child pinches a peg open and clips on a leaf.
Keep going until the line is full.
Sort them: all the big leaves here, all the small ones there.
Watch them flutter in the breeze.
All done!
That's every step. However it went, you made a little moment together.
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