If you’re bringing home lots of sticks from your walks whilst in lockdown – why not use them for a fun activity! Here are some of our favourite ideas:

• Make a “measuring stick” by wrapping tape in equal sections around the stick and use it to measure different objects in your house.
• Each walk, see if you can find a different coloured or textured stick, and compare the differences at home.
• Lie your sticks out in the shape of a skeleton! Talk about the different bones and body parts.
• Find other materials on your walk and in your house to wrap around your stick in a rainbow pattern e.g. green leaves, yellow flowers, red ribbon etc.
• Push your stick into the ground so it’s standing upright and use the shadow to tell the time.
• Pile your sticks together in your garden as a home for minibeasts.
• Lay a number of sticks in a grid pattern, then find objects around your house that fit into the right angles e.g. lego bricks, small cardboard boxes.