Activities
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).
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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)
This activity is suitable for younger children.
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Birds
Amphibian Crafts
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Spring
Autumn - Ready To Get Detecting
Here’s a spotter sheet for signs of Autumn - how many can you find?
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Autumn
Autumn Colouring In
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Autumn
Indoor Activity
Autumn Colouring In Download
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Autumn
Indoor Activity
Autumn Leaf Hunt
Jock challenges you to an autumn leaf hunt! How may can you find? Here’s a handy spotter sheet.
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Autumn
Autumn Leaf Quiz
Why not test yourself with this autumn leaf quiz!
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Autumn
Autumn Online Colouring
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Autumn
Indoor Activity
Autumn Online Jigsaws (1 of 3)
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Autumn
Indoor Activity
Jigsaws
Autumn Online Jigsaws (2 of 3)
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Autumn
Indoor Activity
Jigsaws
Autumn Online Jigsaws (3 of 3)
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Autumn
Indoor Activity
Jigsaws
Autumn Scavenger Hunt
Fancy an autumn scavenger hunt? This is also a bit of a puzzle
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Autumn
Autumn Tree Craft
Autumn tree craft-celebrate autumn by creating this display of leaf prints, rubbings and collages
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Autumn
Badger Grid
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Indoor Activity
Winter
Badger Maze
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Indoor Activity
Winter
Bee Painted Rocks Craft for Kids
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Indoor Activity
Spring
Video
Bird and Butterfly Templates
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Birds
Indoor Activity
Play
Bird Songs (PDF)
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Outdoor Activity
Spring
Blossom Activities for Older Children
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Spring
Bug Hunting at Home
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Minibeasts
Build a Bird Box
Fun craft activity suitable for children
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Indoor Activity
Spring
Build an insect hotel
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Spring
Build Your Own Minibeast
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Indoor Activity
Minibeasts
Butterfly Colouring In
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Butterfly
Indoor Activity
Minibeasts
Butterfly Suncatcher
This is suitable for preschool children.
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Butterfly
Indoor Activity
Minibeasts
Butterfly Symmetry Art
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Indoor Activity
Spring
Video
Buzzard Jigsaw
Try this online Buzzard jigsaw.
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Birds
Indoor Activity
Jigsaws
Play
Caterpillar Craft for Kids
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Indoor Activity
Moths and Caterpillars
Video
Changing Autumn Tree Plate
Make a colour changing autumn tree plate.
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Autumn
Christmas Scavenger Hunt
How many of these can you find on a Christmas scavenger hunt?
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Outdoor Activity
Winter
Colour in Amphibians - Frog
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Indoor Activity
Spring
Colour in Amphibians - Newt
fun activity for children
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Indoor Activity
Spring
Colour in Amphibians - Toad
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Indoor Activity
Spring
Colour Us In!
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Birds
Indoor Activity
Conifer Cone Identifying Skills!
Impress your adults with your conifer cone identifying skills!
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Trees
Winter
Conker Crafts and Activities
Make a conker worm, necklace, conker models, paint - even do some conker maths!
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Autumn
Deer - Colouring In
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Winter
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!
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Outdoor Activity
Plants
Things That Grow
Dot to Dot Baby Bird
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Spring
Dot to Dot Honeybee
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Spring
Easy Crops to Grow
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Outdoor Activity
Spring
Family Beastie Drive
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Indoor Activity
Minibeasts
Fancy A Game of Natural Noughts and Crosses?
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Indoor Activity
Outdoor Activity
Things That Grow
Trees
Flower Seeds To Sow In August
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Outdoor Activity
Things That Grow
Flower Seeds To Sow In Summer
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Outdoor Activity
Plants
Things That Grow
Forest and Land Scotland Autumn Activities
Forest and Land Scotland have loads of autumn activities.
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Autumn
Free Tree Identification App
Here’s a great free tree identification app
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Trees
Winter
Frozen Sun Catchers
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Winter
Get Sett - Test Your Knowledge of Badgers
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Indoor Activity
Quiz
Winter
Grow Flowers for Butterflies
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Butterfly
Growing Vegetables in School Gardens
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Outdoor Activity
Spring
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.
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Autumn
Have You Ever Made A Mandala?
You find your ‘treasures’ in the woods and then use them to make a beautiful circle.
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Outdoor Activity
Things That Grow
Hibernate or Hibernot?
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Winter
How to Draw a Spider
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Indoor Activity
Minibeasts
Spiders
How To Draw An Ant
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Indoor Activity
Minibeasts
How to Identify Conifer Needles
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Trees
Winter
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!
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Winter
How To Make A Nature Journal
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How to Make a Paper Caterpillar
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Moths and Caterpillars
Video
How To Make A Potato Trap
Learn how to make your very own potato trap.
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How To Make Acorn Owls
Acorn Owls by Helen Bird from Curly Birds
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Autumn
Indoor Activity
How To Make An Origami Frog
How To Make An Origami Frog from Froglife web site.
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Indoor Activity
Spring
Video
How To Make Garden Wind Chimes
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Winter
How To Measure The Height of A Tree
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Plants
Trees
How To Paint A Ladybug
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Video
How to Play Conkers By The Rules
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Autumn
Video
How To Press Leaves
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Autumn
Indoor Activity
Hungry Birds Game (RSPB)
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Birds
Play
Ice Decorations
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Winter
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.
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Outdoor Activity
Things That Grow
Trees
Jigsaw - Fox Cubs
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Spring
Jigsaw - Osprey
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Spring
Jigsaw Badger Cub
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Spring
Jock's Nature Notebook
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Jock’s Birds Bingo
Have fun, and remember to make notes in your Nature Notebook and send us your photos!
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Birds
Indoor Activity
Jock o' Bennachie
Outdoor Activity
Jock’s Favourite Things That Grow Jigsaws
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Indoor Activity
Jigsaws
Jock o' Bennachie
Things That Grow
Trees
Jock’s Minibeast Bingo
Have fun, and remember to make notes in your Nature Notebook and send us your photos!
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Indoor Activity
Jock o' Bennachie
Minibeasts
Outdoor Activity
Jock’s Plants Bingo
Have fun, and remember to make notes in your Nature Notebook and send us your photos!
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Indoor Activity
Jock o' Bennachie
Outdoor Activity
Plants
Ladybird Colouring
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Ladybird
Minibeasts
Ladybird Pebble Craft
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Butterfly
Minibeasts
Leaf Art
The Woodland trust have 11 brilliant ideas for making great leaf art.
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Autumn
Indoor Activity
Leaf Spotter Dial
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Plants
Trees
Lifecycle of a Ladybird
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Ladybird
Make a bee watering hole
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Spring
Make a Blackbird Mask
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Birds
Make
Make a Bug Box
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Spring
Make A Bug Hotel
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Minibeasts
Make A Butterfly Feeder
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Butterfly
Indoor Activity
Minibeasts
Outdoor Activity
Make A Butterfly Feeder (Baby Budgeting)
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Butterfly
Indoor Activity
Minibeasts
Outdoor Activity
Make A Flock Of Fingers (RSPB)
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Indoor Activity
Make a Paper Plate Spider Web
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Indoor Activity
Minibeasts
Spiders
Make A Penguin Bookmark Corner
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Winter
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.
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Birds
Indoor Activity
Things That Grow
Make a Pitfall Trap (Natural History Museum)
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Minibeasts
Outdoor Activity
Make a Spider Headband
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Indoor Activity
Minibeasts
Spiders
Make a Toad Abode
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Spring
Make An Autumn Insect Hotel
Help Jock's minibeast pals make it through winter by giving them a cosy home!
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Autumn
Minibeasts
Outdoor Activity
Make Your Garden Bee Friendly
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Bees
Minibeasts
Outdoor Activity
Pollinators
Make Your Own Bird Bath
Instructions from the Dundee Science Centre web site.
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Birds
Make
Make Your Own Bird Bath (Bailies)
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Birds
Indoor Activity
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!
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Birds
Make
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!
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Birds
Make
Outdoor Activity
Make Your Own Natural Christmas Decorations
Why not have a family forage for natural Christmas decorations? Note: needs an adult to be involved!
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Winter
Make Your Own Wind Chimes With Sticks
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Indoor Activity
Outdoor Activity
Things That Grow
Trees
Make Your Own Woodland Theatre
Make your own woodland theatre, and lots more winter activities from the Woodland Trust
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Winter
Mini Grass Houses for Kids
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Indoor Activity
Plants
Things That Grow
Minibeast Activities and Crafts
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Butterfly
Indoor Activity
Minibeasts
Outdoor Activity
Minibeast Adventure with Jess Theme Song (CBBC)
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Minibeasts
Minibeast Count and Colour
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Indoor Activity
Minibeasts
Minibeast Hunt
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Minibeasts
Outdoor Activity
Minibeast Hunt – Top Tips for Finding Bugs
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Minibeasts
Outdoor Activity
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.
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Minibeasts
Minibeast Spotter Sheet
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Bees
Butterfly
Minibeasts
Outdoor Activity
Snails
Spiders
My Wild Winter - Activity Guide
Enjoy the large range of activities from the Wildlife Trust collection of activities.
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Outdoor Activity
Winter
Nature Inspired Poetry
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Things That Grow
Origami Moth: Paper Folding
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Indoor Activity
Moths and Caterpillars
Video
Paper Dot Bird (BBC)
Find out how to make your very own paper dot bird.
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Indoor Activity
RSPB - Spring Wild Hunt (PDF)
Activity for out in the countryside during Spring
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Birds
Outdoor Activity
Spring
RSPB Bird Guide
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Spring
Snails Have Teeth! (CBBC)
Join Jess for an amazing snail adventure!
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Minibeasts
Sort the Bugs
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Minibeasts
Spiders in Your Home
Learn more about spider in your home at the Natural History Museum web site.
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Indoor Activity
Minibeasts
Outdoor Activity
Spiders
Spot and Collect Your Own Virtual Minibeasts
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Indoor Activity
Minibeasts
Spring Scavenger Hunt
fun outdoor activity for children
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Outdoor Activity
Spring
Talking Toad Word Search
Try your hand at the Talking Toad Word Search (intermediate level).
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Spring
Talking Toad Word Search - Beginner
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Spring
Talking Toad Word Search - Expert
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Spring
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Crafts for Kids
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Indoor Activity
Moths and Caterpillars
Video
Twit Twoo
Colour in and cut out this fab owl mask.
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Winter
Vegetable Seeds To Sow In July
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Indoor Activity
Outdoor Activity
Plants
Trees
Weave A Sculpture From A Twig
Used a forked twig or small branch from your Autumn walk and make your own unique sculpture.
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Outdoor Activity
Things That Grow
Trees
What Is A Minibeast? (Primary Biology)
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Minibeasts
Where Do Minibeasts Live?
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Minibeasts
Which Cairngorms Animal Are You?
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Winter
Which Garden Bird Are You?
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Quiz
Winter
Which Winter Animal Are You?
Explorer this Winter Watch resource from the BBC based in Cairngorms National Park in Scotland.
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Indoor Activity
Winter
Winter - Dot To Dot
Can you complete this Winter join the dots?
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Indoor Activity
Winter
Winter Fox - Jigsaw
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Jigsaws
Winter
Winter Painted Rocks
Brighten up your winter garden with some painted rocks!
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Winter
Winter Scavenger Hunt
Wrap up warm for a winter scavenger hunt and make a walk great fun!
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Outdoor Activity
Winter
Winter Stag - Jigsaw
Can you complete this winter Stag jigsaw?
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Jigsaws
Winter
Winter Vegetable Crops To Sow In August
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Indoor Activity
Outdoor Activity
Things That Grow
Wood Ant Activity Pack
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Woodpecker Jigsaw
Try this online Woodpecker jigsaw.
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Birds
Indoor Activity
Jigsaws
Play
Wren Jigsaw
Try this online Wren jigsaw.
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Birds
Indoor Activity
Jigsaws
Forest Snapdragon
Make this simple paper game to learn more about the forest.
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Indoor Activity
Outdoor Activity
Things That Grow
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