Introduction
Practical information

Chapter 1: Connecting with nature
1 Become a nature ninja
2 Prepare a pooter pot
3 Make a bug hangout
4 Create a journey stick.
5 Look close up
6 Get to know a tree
7 Pile up pebbles
8 Find a rainbow
9 Walk barefoot
10 Find a sit spot
11 Watch a trail camera
12 Make a camouflage cape

Chapter 2: Fire, food and shelter
13 Collect tinder
14 Make firelighters
15 Use a fire striker
16 Light a quick fire
17 Start a fire with sunlight
18 Practise fire lays
19 Make char cloth...
20 ... And charcoal
21 Play music by the campfire
22 Toast marshmallows
23 Make a popcorn maker
24 Make wild garlic flatbreads and mayo
25 Prepare a pizza
26 Make feta rolls
27 Go foraging
28 Bake bread in a can
29 Make daisy 'popcorn'
30 Cook campfire corn on the cob
31 Toast pieces of apple
32 Fry up some fritters
33 Bake a cake in an orange
34 Have a tea party
35 Build a survival den
36 Put up a team shelter
37 String up a tarp
38 Make a mini tipi
39 Construct a doll's den

Chapter 3: Nature crafts
41 Preserve animal tracks
41 Set up a mud cafe
42 Decorate leaves
43 Make a muddy mandala
44 Create nature art
45 Try out natural tie-dye
46 Draw a dragon
47 Craft a bird and nest
48 Find nature's sweet treats
49 Make clay stick puppets
50 Mould a leaf bowl
51 Make a bow and arrow
52 Sail a mini raft
53 Create mud art
54 Make a twizzle stick
55 Create a nature gallery
56 Mix up mud play dough
57 Paint with nature
58 Use natural paintbrushes
59 Make a mosaic plant pot
60 Shape some stick people
61 Make a leaf tile
62 Find a rock burger
63 Whittle a wand
64 Sharpen a toasting fork
65 Fashion a flower
66 Carve an elf

Chapter 4: Games
67 Tune in to the drum
68 Follow the string
69 Do outdoor yoga
70 Assemble a stick tower
71 Catch the rabbit
72 Identify a tree
73 Create an obstacle course
74 Build a bird's nest
75 Make a 3D treasure map
76 Experiment with water
77 Make a nature alphabet
78 Pair up some leaves
79 Learn more about trees
80 Feel and draw
81 Identify edible plants

Chapter 5: Rainy day activities
82 Enjoy the wet weather
83 Make a musical instrument
84 Create clay deer
85 Go on a scavenger hunt
86 Make a set of story stones
87 Make a measuring stick
88 Make a sun catcher
89 Mix up seed bombs
90 Make bird feeders
91 Sculpt some sand
92 Create a twiggy owl
93 Design a nature picture
94 Make pressed flower stones
95 Build a fairy world
96 Mould a clay bead necklace
97 Make a leaf bat
98 Print with sweet potatoes
99 Create a fairy circus
100 Make a talking stick

Templates
Resources

Naomi Walmsley and Dan Walmsley run Outback2Basics from their patch of woodland in Shropshire in the UK. Specialising in bushcraft and Stone Age skills, they provide unique experiences for school children and teachers to connect to nature. Dan has been a bushcraft teacher for many years and has also acted as a medic and survival consultant on various TV shows. Naomi is a qualified bushcraft instructor and Forest School Leader, and believes that every child should be able to safely light a fire and have at least ten uses for a stick by the age of ten. Together, they undertook a five-month Stone Age immersion experience in the US, living in the wilderness without any modern equipment, profoundly influencing their lives and teaching. They have written Forest School Adventure and Urban Forest School for GMC Publications, and Naomi is the author of Live Like a Hunter Gatherer for Button Books.