Attract birds to your garden by making them a fantastic feast! A great way to use up leftover scraps and help the birds during the colder months. What you need: Pipe cleaner or garden wire Cheerios Raisins or chopped-up fruit bars Apple Cheese/dairy-free cheese What to do: Step 1: Put a knot...
We love a natural treasure hunt! Our readers have done a brilliant job collecting natural items, including leaves, feathers and moss, and transforming them into masterpieces. Congratulations to our five winners... Owl Polly, age 7, Llanelli Pheasant Natalie, age 8, Warrington Crab Noah, ...
Don't let your carved pumpkins go to waste. They make fantastic volcanos! Turn your leftovers into an erupting fun science project. What you need: One small pumpkin (the bigger you use, the more of the other ingredients you need to add) Vinegar Food coloring (optional) Dish soap Water What to do...
Who doesn’t love an excuse to make a tasty pizza? These are great fun to make. You get to try olives and be creative with food! How realistic can you make your spider sitting on top of a cheesy web? What you need: Pizza dough Tomato puree Cheese (dairy, or plant-based) Olives Plum tomatoes Flour ...
This fun and simple activity will create a delicious treat to help attract birds to your garden! You can even venture out on a pine cone adventure hunt to collect your resources! What you need: String Peanut butter Birdseed Knife (with adult supervision) Step 1: Cut your string to the size need...
The greatest thing about autumn? All the beautiful colours! It's also a very exciting time to see lots of animals out and about making their winter preparations. For our ‘Underground Life’ issue, we encouraged you to go outside and get snapping with a camera. We’ve got to admit, our readers have a g...
Make a spooky surprise for trick or treaters this Halloween with our dirt and worm cupcakes. They are gooey, chocolatey, wiggly and scrummy! If you use plant-based milk, these are entirely vegan, too. What you need: 220g plain flour 160g sugar 30g cocoa powder 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon b...
First up, what’s the difference between WEATHER and CLIMATE? Weather is the everyday picture: rain, sun, wind, snow, hot or cold. Climate describes the weather conditions from a large region on a bigger scale. The climate is recorded in studies taken over 30 years or more. WHAT IS CLIMATE CHANGE? ...
For our ‘Evolution of Life’ issue, we asked you to stretch your imagination and visualise a future civilisation. We wanted you to design what a human would look like in a million years’ time. The results were startling! Look at how weird and wonderful we might turn out… Well done to our five winne...
These rock-like relics are sure to bring out your inner palaeontologist. Not only are they fun and tactile to make, but the outcome is really impressive! You can create whatever you like: a fossilised dinosaur, shell or plant! What you need: Modelling clay Plaster of Paris Toy dinosaur or chosen a...