Garden & Nature Club Activities {15 fun, easy, low-cost activities}

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Looking for fun, low-cost activities for your lunchtime garden club that are suitable for large numbers of children and a wide range of ages and abilities? Then you’ve come to the right place!

 

Our ever popular Garden Club pack has recently been updated and expanded with more green grubby goodness…… it now contains 15 fully supported indoor and outdoor garden and nature club activities. Each activity includes a ‘quick glance task card’ (designed so you can see at a glance whether the activity is an indoor or outdoor activity, what materials you’ll need to gather and what you and the children will need to complete the activity) as well as basic step by step instructions that are broken down into appropriate session lengths.

 

1. GRASSY HEADS: Grow a grassy head and then give it a haircut! Activity card with teacher instructions, note home requesting materials and child planning sheet

2. THE LONGEST WEED COMPETITION: Activity card with teacher instructions & competition recording sheet

3. SCAVENGER HUNTS & MORE! (Cloud hunt bingo, bug hunting scavenger hunt, nature themed cootie catcher, nature grab box + a variety of writing recording sheets) Also, activity card with brief teacher instructions

4. LEAF & FLOWER PRESSING: How to press flowers and leaves to create artworks. Activity card with teacher instructions and photo frames

5. CRAZY CONTAINER COMPETITION: Activity card with teacher instructions, example photographs, note home & competition entry form

6. TERRARIUMS: Activity card with teacher instructions, note home requesting plastic bottles, child planning sheet and tracking sheet

7. PAINTING ROCKS, POTS & BRANCHES: Painting activities! Activity card with teacher instructions and planning sheet

8. NATURAL TREASURES: Children collect, share & sort objects from nature. Activity card with teacher instructions, note home and ‘treasure’ grouping headings

9. CLIMBING FRAMES: Build some wild climbing frames for your vegetable gardens. Activity card with teacher instructions, suggested designs and tips and planning sheet

10. PLANT LABELS: Activity card with instructions, suggested designs and tips

11. BIRD FEEDERS: Activity card with instructions, suggested designs & planning sheet

12. BLIND TASTING: The children sample small bits of garden produce while blindfolded and try to guess what they’re eating (or smelling)! Activity card with instructions, teacher recording sheet + contestant answer slips

13. SPROUTING GLOVES: Activity card with instructions & recording sheet

14. FLAVORED WATER: Create flavoured water using your garden produce! Activity card with instructions, suggested recipes & follow up worksheet

15. SEED COLLECTING & SEED PACKET DESIGNING: Activity card with instructions & Seed packet designing template