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These are a collection of 150 exciting activities primarily aimed at Primary School, however, which can be enjoyed by everyone (and we welcome new suggestions).

Example searches: Jock o' Bennachie Birds Things That Grow Minibeasts
Disclaimer Below we include links to third party web sites which offer activities. The Bailies of Bennachie expect children to be supervised by a responsible adult and accept no responsibility for children undertaking any of these activities. It is the responsibility of the supervising adult to assess the suitability of any of these activities for their children, and to ensure they are undertaken safely.
A Bird Spotting Guide (PDF)

A Bird Spotting Guide (PDF)

This activity is suitable for younger children.
Activity Birds
Amphibian Crafts

Amphibian Crafts

Activity Indoor Activity Spring
Autumn - Ready To Get Detecting

Autumn - Ready To Get Detecting

Here’s a spotter sheet for signs of Autumn - how many can you find?
Activity Autumn
Autumn Colouring In

Autumn Colouring In

Activity Autumn Indoor Activity
Autumn Colouring In Download

Autumn Colouring In Download

Activity Autumn Indoor Activity
Autumn Leaf Hunt

Autumn Leaf Hunt

Jock challenges you to an autumn leaf hunt! How may can you find? Here’s a handy spotter sheet.
Activity Autumn
Autumn Leaf Quiz

Autumn Leaf Quiz

Why not test yourself with this autumn leaf quiz!
Activity Autumn
Autumn Online Colouring

Autumn Online Colouring

Activity Autumn Indoor Activity
Autumn Online Jigsaws (1 of 3)

Autumn Online Jigsaws (1 of 3)

Activity Autumn Indoor Activity Jigsaws
Autumn Online Jigsaws (2 of 3)

Autumn Online Jigsaws (2 of 3)

Activity Autumn Indoor Activity Jigsaws
Autumn Online Jigsaws (3 of 3)

Autumn Online Jigsaws (3 of 3)

Activity Autumn Indoor Activity Jigsaws
Autumn Scavenger Hunt

Autumn Scavenger Hunt

Fancy an autumn scavenger hunt? This is also a bit of a puzzle
Activity Autumn
Autumn Tree Craft

Autumn Tree Craft

Autumn tree craft-celebrate autumn by creating this display of leaf prints, rubbings and collages
Activity Autumn
Badger Grid

Badger Grid

Activity Indoor Activity Winter
Badger Maze

Badger Maze

Activity Indoor Activity Winter

Bee Painted Rocks Craft for Kids

Activity Indoor Activity Spring Video
Bird and Butterfly Templates

Bird and Butterfly Templates

Activity Birds Indoor Activity Play
Bird Songs (PDF)

Bird Songs (PDF)

Activity Outdoor Activity Spring
Blossom Activities for Older Children

Blossom Activities for Older Children

Activity Spring

Bug Hunting at Home

Activity Minibeasts
Build a Bird Box

Build a Bird Box

Fun craft activity suitable for children
Activity Indoor Activity Spring
Build an insect hotel

Build an insect hotel

Activity Spring
Build Your Own Minibeast

Build Your Own Minibeast

Activity Indoor Activity Minibeasts
Butterfly Colouring In

Butterfly Colouring In

Activity Butterfly Indoor Activity Minibeasts
Butterfly Suncatcher

Butterfly Suncatcher

This is suitable for preschool children.
Activity Butterfly Indoor Activity Minibeasts

Butterfly Symmetry Art

Activity Indoor Activity Spring Video
Buzzard Jigsaw

Buzzard Jigsaw

Try this online Buzzard jigsaw.
Activity Birds Indoor Activity Jigsaws Play

Caterpillar Craft for Kids

Activity Indoor Activity Moths and Caterpillars Video
Changing Autumn Tree Plate

Changing Autumn Tree Plate

Make a colour changing autumn tree plate.
Activity Autumn
Christmas Scavenger Hunt

Christmas Scavenger Hunt

How many of these can you find on a Christmas scavenger hunt?
Activity Outdoor Activity Winter
Colour in Amphibians - Frog

Colour in Amphibians - Frog

Activity Indoor Activity Spring
Colour in Amphibians - Newt

Colour in Amphibians - Newt

fun activity for children
Activity Indoor Activity Spring
Colour in Amphibians - Toad

Colour in Amphibians - Toad

Activity Indoor Activity Spring
Colour Us In!

Colour Us In!

Activity Birds Indoor Activity
Conifer Cone Identifying Skills!

Conifer Cone Identifying Skills!

Impress your adults with your conifer cone identifying skills!
Activity Trees Winter
Conker Crafts and Activities

Conker Crafts and Activities

Make a conker worm, necklace, conker models, paint - even do some conker maths!
Activity Autumn
Deer - Colouring In

Deer - Colouring In

Activity Indoor Activity Winter
Don’t Throw Out Your Old Wellies!

Don’t Throw Out Your Old Wellies!

Don’t throw out your old wellies, plant some quirky containers, you could even grow sneaker salad in your old trainers!
Activity Indoor Activity Outdoor Activity Plants Things That Grow
Dot to Dot Baby Bird

Dot to Dot Baby Bird

Activity Spring
Dot to Dot Honeybee

Dot to Dot Honeybee

Activity Spring
Easy Crops to Grow

Easy Crops to Grow

Activity Outdoor Activity Spring
Family Beastie Drive

Family Beastie Drive

Activity Indoor Activity Minibeasts
Fancy A Game of Natural Noughts and Crosses?

Fancy A Game of Natural Noughts and Crosses?

Activity Indoor Activity Outdoor Activity Things That Grow Trees
Flower Seeds To Sow In August

Flower Seeds To Sow In August

Activity Indoor Activity Outdoor Activity Things That Grow
Flower Seeds To Sow In Summer

Flower Seeds To Sow In Summer

Activity Indoor Activity Outdoor Activity Plants Things That Grow
Forest and Land Scotland Autumn Activities

Forest and Land Scotland Autumn Activities

Forest and Land Scotland have loads of autumn activities.
Activity Autumn
Free Tree Identification App

Free Tree Identification App

Here’s a great free tree identification app
Activity Trees Winter
Frozen Sun Catchers

Frozen Sun Catchers

Activity Winter
Get Sett - Test Your Knowledge of Badgers

Get Sett - Test Your Knowledge of Badgers

Activity Indoor Activity Quiz Winter
Grow Flowers for Butterflies

Grow Flowers for Butterflies

Activity Butterfly
Growing Vegetables in School Gardens

Growing Vegetables in School Gardens

Activity Outdoor Activity Spring
Halloween Crafts and Activities

Halloween Crafts and Activities

This Halloween, the Woodland Trust put together our most ghoulish games and hair-raising adventures to ensure you have a spine-tingling time.
Activity Autumn
Have You Ever Made A Mandala?

Have You Ever Made A Mandala?

You find your ‘treasures’ in the woods and then use them to make a beautiful circle.
Activity Outdoor Activity Things That Grow
Hibernate or Hibernot?

Hibernate or Hibernot?

Activity Winter
How to Draw a Spider

How to Draw a Spider

Activity Indoor Activity Minibeasts Spiders

How To Draw An Ant

Activity Indoor Activity Minibeasts
How to Identify Conifer Needles

How to Identify Conifer Needles

Activity Trees Winter
How To Make A Bat Box

How To Make A Bat Box

How to make a bat box. You must to this with an adult! In return for giving them a safe place to roost, the bats will reward you by munching the midgies!
Activity Winter

How To Make A Nature Journal

Activity

How to Make a Paper Caterpillar

Activity Indoor Activity Moths and Caterpillars Video
How To Make A Potato Trap

How To Make A Potato Trap

Learn how to make your very own potato trap.
Activity
How To Make Acorn Owls

How To Make Acorn Owls

Acorn Owls by Helen Bird from Curly Birds
Activity Autumn Indoor Activity

How To Make An Origami Frog

How To Make An Origami Frog from Froglife web site.
Activity Indoor Activity Spring Video
How To Make Garden Wind Chimes

How To Make Garden Wind Chimes

Activity Winter

How To Measure The Height of A Tree

Activity Outdoor Activity Plants Trees

How To Paint A Ladybug

Activity Indoor Activity Video

How to Play Conkers By The Rules

Activity Autumn Video
How To Press Leaves

How To Press Leaves

Activity Autumn Indoor Activity
Hungry Birds Game (RSPB)

Hungry Birds Game (RSPB)

Activity Birds Play
Ice Decorations

Ice Decorations

Activity Winter
Identify Trees With This Free Tree ID App

Identify Trees With This Free Tree ID App

What’s that tree? Free tree identifier app-download it to your phone before you go out on your walk.
Activity Outdoor Activity Things That Grow Trees
Jigsaw - Fox Cubs

Jigsaw - Fox Cubs

Activity Spring
Jigsaw - Osprey

Jigsaw - Osprey

Activity Spring
Jigsaw Badger Cub

Jigsaw Badger Cub

Activity Spring
Jock's Nature Notebook

Jock's Nature Notebook

Activity
Jock’s Birds Bingo

Jock’s Birds Bingo

Have fun, and remember to make notes in your Nature Notebook and send us your photos!
Activity Birds Indoor Activity Jock o' Bennachie Outdoor Activity
Jock’s Favourite Things That Grow Jigsaws

Jock’s Favourite Things That Grow Jigsaws

Activity Indoor Activity Jigsaws Jock o' Bennachie Things That Grow Trees
Jock’s Minibeast Bingo

Jock’s Minibeast Bingo

Have fun, and remember to make notes in your Nature Notebook and send us your photos!
Activity Indoor Activity Jock o' Bennachie Minibeasts Outdoor Activity
Jock’s Plants Bingo

Jock’s Plants Bingo

Have fun, and remember to make notes in your Nature Notebook and send us your photos!
Activity Indoor Activity Jock o' Bennachie Outdoor Activity Plants
Ladybird Colouring

Ladybird Colouring

Activity Ladybird Minibeasts
Ladybird Pebble Craft

Ladybird Pebble Craft

Activity Butterfly Minibeasts
Leaf Art

Leaf Art

The Woodland trust have 11 brilliant ideas for making great leaf art.
Activity Autumn Indoor Activity
Leaf Spotter Dial

Leaf Spotter Dial

Activity Outdoor Activity Plants Trees

Lifecycle of a Ladybird

Activity Ladybird
Make a bee watering hole

Make a bee watering hole

Activity Spring
Make a Blackbird Mask

Make a Blackbird Mask

Activity Birds Make
Make a Bug Box

Make a Bug Box

Activity Spring
Make A Bug Hotel

Make A Bug Hotel

Activity Minibeasts

Make A Butterfly Feeder

Activity Butterfly Indoor Activity Minibeasts Outdoor Activity
Make A Butterfly Feeder (Baby Budgeting)

Make A Butterfly Feeder (Baby Budgeting)

Activity Butterfly Indoor Activity Minibeasts Outdoor Activity
Make A Flock Of Fingers (RSPB)

Make A Flock Of Fingers (RSPB)

Activity Indoor Activity
Make a Paper Plate Spider Web

Make a Paper Plate Spider Web

Activity Indoor Activity Minibeasts Spiders
Make A Penguin Bookmark Corner

Make A Penguin Bookmark Corner

Activity Winter
Make A Pine Cone Owl

Make A Pine Cone Owl

Autumn is the perfect season for nature crafting and children love being creative with pine cones, twigs, and bark to create Pine Cone Owls.
Activity Birds Indoor Activity Things That Grow

Make a Pitfall Trap (Natural History Museum)

Activity Minibeasts Outdoor Activity
Make a Spider Headband

Make a Spider Headband

Activity Indoor Activity Minibeasts Spiders
Make a Toad Abode

Make a Toad Abode

Activity Spring
Make An Autumn Insect Hotel

Make An Autumn Insect Hotel

Help Jock's minibeast pals make it through winter by giving them a cosy home!
Activity Autumn Minibeasts Outdoor Activity
Make Your Garden Bee Friendly

Make Your Garden Bee Friendly

Activity Bees Minibeasts Outdoor Activity Pollinators
Make Your Own Bird Bath

Make Your Own Bird Bath

Instructions from the Dundee Science Centre web site.
Activity Birds Make
Make Your Own Bird Bath (Bailies)

Make Your Own Bird Bath (Bailies)

Activity Birds Indoor Activity
Make Your Own Bird Feeder (BBC)

Make Your Own Bird Feeder (BBC)

Open your own bird café and make a bird feeder. Sit back and enjoy spotting the birds coming for a free lunch!
Activity Birds Make
Make Your Own Bird Feeder (RSPB)

Make Your Own Bird Feeder (RSPB)

Open your own bird café and make a bird feeder. Sit back and enjoy spotting the birds coming for a free lunch!
Activity Birds Make Outdoor Activity
Make Your Own Natural Christmas Decorations

Make Your Own Natural Christmas Decorations

Why not have a family forage for natural Christmas decorations? Note: needs an adult to be involved!
Activity Winter
Make Your Own Wind Chimes With Sticks

Make Your Own Wind Chimes With Sticks

Activity Indoor Activity Outdoor Activity Things That Grow Trees
Make Your Own Woodland Theatre

Make Your Own Woodland Theatre

Make your own woodland theatre, and lots more winter activities from the Woodland Trust
Activity Winter
Mini Grass Houses for Kids

Mini Grass Houses for Kids

Activity Indoor Activity Plants Things That Grow
Minibeast Activities and Crafts

Minibeast Activities and Crafts

Activity Butterfly Indoor Activity Minibeasts Outdoor Activity
Minibeast Adventure with Jess Theme Song (CBBC)

Minibeast Adventure with Jess Theme Song (CBBC)

Activity Minibeasts
Minibeast Count and Colour

Minibeast Count and Colour

Activity Indoor Activity Minibeasts
Minibeast Hunt

Minibeast Hunt

Activity Minibeasts Outdoor Activity
Minibeast Hunt – Top Tips for Finding Bugs

Minibeast Hunt – Top Tips for Finding Bugs

Activity Minibeasts Outdoor Activity
Minibeast Spotter

Minibeast Spotter

Look for bugs when you’re out and about and find out fantastic facts about them. Best played on a handheld device such as a mobile phone or tablet.
Activity Minibeasts
Minibeast Spotter Sheet

Minibeast Spotter Sheet

Activity Bees Butterfly Minibeasts Outdoor Activity Snails Spiders
My Wild Winter - Activity Guide

My Wild Winter - Activity Guide

Enjoy the large range of activities from the Wildlife Trust collection of activities.
Activity Indoor Activity Outdoor Activity Winter

Nature Inspired Poetry

Activity Things That Grow

Origami Moth: Paper Folding

Activity Indoor Activity Moths and Caterpillars Video
Paper Dot Bird (BBC)

Paper Dot Bird (BBC)

Find out how to make your very own paper dot bird.
Activity Indoor Activity
RSPB - Spring Wild Hunt (PDF)

RSPB - Spring Wild Hunt (PDF)

Activity for out in the countryside during Spring
Activity Birds Outdoor Activity Spring
RSPB Bird Guide

RSPB Bird Guide

Activity Spring
Snails Have Teeth! (CBBC)

Snails Have Teeth! (CBBC)

Join Jess for an amazing snail adventure!
Activity Minibeasts
Sort the Bugs

Sort the Bugs

Activity Minibeasts
Spiders in Your Home

Spiders in Your Home

Learn more about spider in your home at the Natural History Museum web site.
Activity Indoor Activity Minibeasts Outdoor Activity Spiders
Spot and Collect Your Own Virtual Minibeasts

Spot and Collect Your Own Virtual Minibeasts

Activity Indoor Activity Minibeasts
Spring Scavenger Hunt

Spring Scavenger Hunt

fun outdoor activity for children
Activity Outdoor Activity Spring
Talking Toad Word Search

Talking Toad Word Search

Try your hand at the Talking Toad Word Search (intermediate level).
Activity Spring
Talking Toad Word Search - Beginner

Talking Toad Word Search - Beginner

Activity Spring
Talking Toad Word Search - Expert

Talking Toad Word Search - Expert

Activity Spring

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Crafts for Kids

Activity Indoor Activity Moths and Caterpillars Video
Twit Twoo

Twit Twoo

Colour in and cut out this fab owl mask.
Activity Winter
Vegetable Seeds To Sow In July

Vegetable Seeds To Sow In July

Activity Indoor Activity Outdoor Activity Plants Trees
Weave A Sculpture From A Twig

Weave A Sculpture From A Twig

Used a forked twig or small branch from your Autumn walk and make your own unique sculpture.
Activity Indoor Activity Outdoor Activity Things That Grow Trees

What Is A Minibeast? (Primary Biology)

Activity Minibeasts
Where Do Minibeasts Live?

Where Do Minibeasts Live?

Activity Minibeasts
Which Cairngorms Animal Are You?

Which Cairngorms Animal Are You?

Activity Winter
Which Garden Bird Are You?

Which Garden Bird Are You?

Activity Quiz Winter
Which Winter Animal Are You?

Which Winter Animal Are You?

Explorer this Winter Watch resource from the BBC based in Cairngorms National Park in Scotland.
Activity Indoor Activity Winter
Winter - Dot To Dot

Winter - Dot To Dot

Can you complete this Winter join the dots?
Activity Indoor Activity Winter
Winter Fox - Jigsaw

Winter Fox - Jigsaw

Activity Jigsaws Winter
Winter Painted Rocks

Winter Painted Rocks

Brighten up your winter garden with some painted rocks!
Activity Winter
Winter Scavenger Hunt

Winter Scavenger Hunt

Wrap up warm for a winter scavenger hunt and make a walk great fun!
Activity Outdoor Activity Winter
Winter Stag - Jigsaw

Winter Stag - Jigsaw

Can you complete this winter Stag jigsaw?
Activity Jigsaws Winter
Winter Vegetable Crops To Sow In August

Winter Vegetable Crops To Sow In August

Activity Indoor Activity Outdoor Activity Things That Grow
Wood Ant Activity Pack

Wood Ant Activity Pack

Activity
Woodpecker Jigsaw

Woodpecker Jigsaw

Try this online Woodpecker jigsaw.
Activity Birds Indoor Activity Jigsaws Play
Wren Jigsaw

Wren Jigsaw

Try this online Wren jigsaw.
Activity Birds Indoor Activity Jigsaws
Forest Snapdragon

Forest Snapdragon

Make this simple paper game to learn more about the forest.
Activity Indoor Activity Outdoor Activity Things That Grow

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