The natural resources that Mother Nature has to offer are ideal for any budding artist wanting to create an organic masterpiece. Best of all the materials are free! Whether you are in your own backyard, collecting leaves and blossoms blowing in the street or beachcombing the seashore, you are never short things to find.
50+ Nature Play Ideas
The outdoors is natures playground, it’s filled with all sorts of natural resources for kids activities and fun…..look around, see what you can find…… there’s loads of things to make in the great outdoors.. Here’s some ideas to get you started.
Leaf Lions
Autumn is the most wonderful time for children to embrace imagination and head outdoors to play! And with so many leaves on the ground at the moment we decided to collect some leaves and have some fun with them.
Pinecone Hedgehogs
We love the Autumn and it really is the most wonderful time to find plenty of autumnal natural treasures to use in crafts and play. And what a better way to do this than to make your very own hedgehog family out of pinecones.
Fairy House Pumpkin
We love to carve pumpkins but with little ones in the house, it’s not always the easiest option so we have to think of alternatives. We also love fairies so a fabulous alternative was to make a non-scary and magical pumpkin fairy house…
Natural Butterfly Wings
How cute are these butterfly wings! The outdoors has such a wealth of natural goodies to find and is perfect for nature crafts and building imagination through play. And best of all it’s free and incredibly good for the soul.
Autumn Activities for Kids
What is there not to love about Autumn! With all the beautiful colours it’s the perfect time to head out to find natural resources to have fun with. Here are some of our favourite ideas…