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In our June issue of Eco Kids Planet, we asked you to create an artwork made completely from nature: fallen leaves and acorns, twigs, flower petals, wild berries, pieces of tree bark or tiny rocks.
We loved receiving your entries. What a fresh breeze of creativity! Thank you to everyone who entered the competition.
Made of leaves, sticks and bits of bark
A Great Spotted Woodpecker
Made from flower petals, bits of bark, twigs, feathers, leaves and a blackcurrant
Gerbil
Made from plant parts, feathers and a stone
Hedgehog
Made of knopper galls
A Beautiful Butterfly
Made of many pretty leaves
Stickman enjoying an evening on a beach!
Tree frog
A turtle on the beach
A picture of a carp in the lake
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This competition asked you to design a secret egg hidden somewhere in nature, and your entries went far beyond the obvious nests and burrows. Eggs arrived disguised as pine cones, floating on leaf boats, perched on volcano ledges, tucked into cloud cover and even masquerading as chocolate Easter eggs to fool foxes. Thank you to every reader who took up the challenge and thought like a parent bird, fish, reptile or imaginary creature trying to keep their precious egg safe.
We were swept away by the response to this competition. Letters arrived from rivers across the world – the Thames, the Mississippi and many more unnamed waterways – each one brimming with personality, passion and a genuine love of the natural world. You gave your rivers voices that were worried, hop...
