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happy-days-out
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going-wild
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Published May 2016. This book gives loads of ideas to make fun dens, hideaways, forts and camps, in the garden, woods, or the beach. Using everything from natural materials to junk.
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This beautifully illustrated children's picture book provides ideas for days out in the Lake District with preschool children. It features 17 recognisable locations as well as a map of the Lake District. Full of warmth and humour it makes the ideal gift or souvenir! Product information: Format: Board book Size: 167 x 167 mm Pages: 18
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This beautifully illustrated children's picture book provides ideas for days out in the Lake District with preschool children. It features 17 recognisable locations as well as a map of the Lake District. Full of warmth and humour it makes the ideal gift or souvenir! Product information: Format: Paperback Size: 167 x 167 mm Pages: 24 (18 colour line drawings including map)
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Go Wild offers the chance to seek adventure and face up to challenges in the natural world. Find out about building your own shelter, making a fire, carving your own catapult, foraging for wild foods and making a flint knife. Go Wild aims to inspire everyone, but especially youngsters between the ages of 8 and 16, to go and try something new. This is accessible bushcraft, things you can do for real not just watch on television. Discover what pleasures a simpler life outdoors can offer without spending a fortune; perhaps the next generation could be urban bushmen, equally comfortable in both natural and technological surroundings!
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Make it wild – 101 things to make and do before you grow up provides inspiration for creative activities, natural crafts and outdoor toys from recycled materials.  Does this generation of children really need all those commercial toys or electronic entertainment to have fun? They may think they do, but we suggest having a go at some natural creations. Take time to slow down, let them make things themselves from scratch; they will probably value them more in the long run. Try digging up clay, firing it in a dustbin in your garden and making your own sculptures. Or how about making ice lanterns, natural jewellery or building yourself a go cart from a wooden pallet?
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This delightful illustrated book is a guide to introducing children to the great outdoors through fun activities in nature. Designed for use by families, carers, play workers and teachers, the book sets out guidelines for safe and engaging play outdoors, with useful tips on how to hold children’s attention on longer excursions. The book is divided into seasons, with activities appropriate to each. for example, in spring, children can explore aquatic life in ponds and streams, collect material to make birds’ nests or look out for growing bulbs; in autumn they can collect berries or make collages with fallen leaves. Throughout the book, the emphasis is on helping children gain an appreciation of nature’s patterns, giving them confidence in the outdoor environment in a way that is educational, safe and, above all, fun.
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This book will provide inspiration for outdoor games and parties along with practical suggestions for making a difference to the natural world. Find out how to entertain groups of kids without spending a fortune, includes all the old favourite games like 40/40 and catch the flag plus many more fun adventures such as make your own paintball (flour bomb) ambushes and glow stick night rugby, plus a whole section on natural theatre puppets and costumes. When out in the woods or at the beach, make your own entertainment using this comprehensive book for inspiration.
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The beach book offers endless opportunities for play, adventures, and fun, whether you are at the seaside, next to rivers or beside lakes. Create your own adventures, by damming a stream or cooking up beach feasts. Invent fun games such as making stone towers or ball runs. Fire up your imagination and get creative with castles, sand mermaids and driftwood monsters. Beach rubbish may double as streamers, flags, boats or kites and the beach at night looks great with glowing holes or floating lanterns. The beach book is packed with ideas for exploring and enjoying every kind of beach.
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Loads of things to do outdoors in towns and cities. Do you live in a city? Then the wild city book is for you! It’s all about having fun outdoors in the wild spaces near where you live – hunting for wildlife clues, watching wild creatures, making wild art, playing wild games, having exciting outdoor adventures. A wild, surprising world of plants and animals is always waiting to be discovered round the corner, right now, in every city. You just need to keep your eyes open and know where to look.
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Dr. Seuss – “The sun did not shine. It was too wet to play. So we sat in the house. All that cold, cold, wet day.” Now there is no excuse for staying indoors. Imagine jumping in the biggest puddle you can find, or running barefoot and feeling squidgy mud ooze up between your toes. Wild weather brings loads of opportunities to rush outside for some fun…..
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Just what it says in the title! A stick is one of the best toys ever; it can be anything you want it to be, and just to get your imagination going here are a few suggestions…. Age range 3 – 12 years
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