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in Autumn· Outdoor Fun· Seasonal

Autumn Activities for Kids

22 Sep

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…

in Autumn

Conker, Hazelnut & Acorn Ideas

2 Aug

Autumn is full of natural resources for fun and we love conkers! But exactly can you do with your haul of conkers, acorns and hazelnuts once you’ve collected them? Well, here’s a bundle of ideas for you. ? And don’t miss our 50+ Nature Play Ideas and Autumn Activities for Kids.

in Autumn· Halloween· Outdoor Fun

Halloween Conker Wreath

30 Sep

  Autumn is full of natural resources for fun and we love conkers!

in Autumn· Food

Chocolate Brownie Conkers

14 Sep

Autumn is a great season for all things yummy. Here is a great way to incorporate some seasonal fun with food and make yourselves a yummy treat to snuggle down on a winter’s evening and enjoy with a mug of hot chocolate. And they are super easy to make!

in Autumn· Outdoor Fun· Seasonal

Conker Capers & Milestones

14 Sep

Don’t you just love the autumn! The colours, the cold, crisp blue skies, the falling leaves… It’s a time when nature’s loot is in abundance and some of our most favourite walks are to find conkers.

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Halloween Ideas

7 Sep

You gotta love Halloween! We’ve selected some of our favourite Halloween activities for kids here to inspire you to have a spooktacular time….

Chocolate Conkers

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Chocolate Conkers

2 Oct

Do you enjoy collecting Conkers, Hazelnuts & Acorns? We do too but we also love this alternative idea. We decided we were going to make some yummy chocolate conkers… We used: A box of Toffifee A bar of milk chocolate Half a bar of Caramac chocolate Skewers String Here’s how did it.

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🦇 The man did good!👏 Yesterday Andy finished 🦇 The man did good!👏
Yesterday Andy finished everything needed to make the bats comfortable. 
We have oodles of bats flying around the churchyard but after a few seasons of bat surveys it was established we don’t actually have bats with if the church 👌 this is pleasing for us as it means that we get the enjoyment of watch them on a summers evening with the knowledge that there are none in residence. 
Although it was established we don’t have resident bats, roosts or nurseries we still had to do what we could to accomplish them should they wish to take up residence in the church. 
As part of this process we have...
🦇Turned a dilapidated underground furnace room into a bat cave with entrance points, wall hangers and crevices.
🦇 Built a substantial ‘Battic’ in the ceiling in the vestry...a false ceiling was installed for this.
🦇 The children moulded and helped install bat tiles for the roof using a mallet and sheet lead method. 
🦇 Raised the ridge tiles on the vestry roof as entrance points to the ‘Battic’. 

For a building that doesn’t have any resident bats they sure will be comfy should they move in. 

🦇 Bats are a protected species and obtaining bat licenses to permit you to build without endangering them, destroying or disturbing existing or potential habitat in the U.K. is an extremely important (and lengthily) process.

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