Activity Resources

Get the kids to create sticky cards to record some of the beautiful flowers and leaves they come across on their time outside. For this task, you will need a piece of card (or TCV template which can be printed) and some double-sided sticky tape stuck across the paper!

As you take a walk in nature encourage the kids to pick tiny pieces of flowers and plants to stick on their cards. They can try to find a range of colours and textures, creating a beautiful rainbow on their paper.

Ensure you supervise the children during this task to avoid them picking anything which could injure or cause harm if ingested, such as stinging nettles or foxgloves. Also, ensure that the children only take a very small piece of each plant, so the plant does not die.

Rainbow Sticky Cards

The concept of this activity is simple: let your kids run around finding things in nature which match with one of the colours on a scavenger hunt sheet. Find leaves, rocks, grass, and other bits and then match it to each colour. They can write or draw what they see for each colour!

You can print out our pre-made activity sheet, or you and the kids can create your own activity sheet using paper and a variety of colours!

Colours of nature scavenger hunt

Our team in Ayrshire has created craft mindfulness activities to take advantage of the nature on our doorstep, while improving our physical and metal wellbeing. Explore your local woodlands area and make a nature sensory box or leaf wreath, or take a walk on the beach and connect your senses with seaweed.

Autumn and Seaweed Sensory

Use these guides by the TCV Manchester team to look out for signs of the different seasons and various animals during your outdoor walks, and tick off each one you spot along the way. You’ll also find an activity sheet to complete a mindfulness walk, noting what you hear, feel, see and smell.

Nature Walks - Activities Pack

For lots of ‘unfrogettable’ activities, head to TCV Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park’s page where you can download quizzes, recipe sheets, and colouring in activities all focused on frogs!

‘Frog Day’ Activity Pack

The little book of nature activities to do at home was created by our team in Leeds as a way to bring nature into your everyday life to benefit both your mental and physical wellbeing. Activities include growing tomatoes and spotting plants and animals, aligned to the 5 steps to mental wellbeing.

Nature Activities To Do At Home

TCV Scotland have put together a resource pack chock full of nature activities for indoors, in your garden or in the park. It includes tips for looking after the wildlife in your own garden through to nature-based craft ideas.

Activity Resource Pack

5 simple recipes using healthy fruit and vegetables, including a simple tomato salad and scrumptious rhubarb cake. This was created by TCV Manchester as part of our Growing Trafford’s Roots project, which explores the heritage of market gardening with young people with disabilities.

Healthy Fruit & Veg Recipes