The Best Autumn Activities for Kids

With Autumn just around the corner we thought it would be the perfect time to share with you some fantastic Autumn activities for Kids. There are plenty of free things to do to enjoy this season and spend time outside.

This blog article was featured in Twinkl’s Absolutely Amazing Autumn Ideas.

Why not get outside this Autumn and create some Land Art? – Autumn Activities for Kids

Land Art is a fun activity to do in nature, it is spontaneous, FREE and is a perfect learning and development opportunity for early years too!

Land Art involves creating art on the Earth. Use sticks, stones, leaves, mud and more to create fabulous pictures with your little ones, in your own garden or when out and about. Autumn is a great time to do this thanks to the abundance of natural items falling to the ground.

Why not try creating a picture of your favourite animal (such as our Hedgehog here) from sticks and leaves?

Who can build the biggest stick/stone pile? (Be careful!)

Or can you create a face from mud, sticks and leaves?

Tag us on Instagram (@NatureMakers) in your original Land Art pictures for a chance to win a set of Eco friendly crayons!

Nature Makers®

Nature Makers® helps families with young children to connect with nature, without parents having to be experts themselves, by providing nature inspired Art & Craft classes, parties and events using Eco-friendly and Vegan products, so that families can raise their children to have an appreciation of our precious Planet.

One class mum said:

“My 2 year old is consistently engaged with all the varied activities each week at Nature Makers®. Absolutely love that the class is so Eco conscious and responsible, it’s absolutely the sort of thing I want to instil in my little boy!”

To join in with our educational nature art classes then visit our website and book today: www.nature-makers.co.uk

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Create Sunset Trees with Rainbow Tree Box

Explore paints…

Paint a rainbow tree trunk and branches using sunset colours. You will only need blue, red, yellow and white paints to mix and make all of the colours that you will see in sunset skies. Use some scrap card from your recycling to practice mixing different colours and shades together with your paints. Empty yogurt pots make good little paint pots for your new colours. Mix white into any of your colours to create pale pastel shades, including peach, pink and lilac.

Discover shapes…

Go for a walk in the countryside and look at all of the beautiful Autumnal trees together. Talk about the shapes, sizes and textures that you can see.  You could take some photos and look at them later when you decided to draw and paint your tree. You can use our free tree outline to inspire you, or you can print it out and paint it. Use small sponges to dab the paint colours onto the inside of your forearm, hand and fingers. Place your arm and hand onto a piece of paper or card to create a print that resembles a tree trunk and its branches. Take care not to apply too much paint to avoid slipping. A nice thin layer will create a crisp clear print.

Create Autumn leaves…

Whilst out on your walk, collect some fallen Autumn leaves. Take them home, gently wash and dry them. You can use these leaves to paint and print onto your tree by pressing them down onto your paper around the tree branches. You can also use them to add another dimension to your Sunset Tree by sticking them onto the picture using some glue. Fingertips dipped into paints and dabbed onto the paper also make beautiful leaves.

Everything that you need to create your own Sunset Trees, along with a Sunset Mountains Collage and a Sunset Silhouette Canvas are included in our Sunset Skies Rainbow Tree Box. Rainbow Tree Box monthly subscriptions include four arts, crafts and keepsake making activities. In addition, they include nature craft ideas and recycled art projects. You will build up a beautiful collection of quality art materials, as well as ideas and inspiration sheets that you can use again and again.

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MindShot – Autumn Activities for Kids

MindShots are pocket-sized packs of fun kids’ activities, brain teasers, puzzles and global ideas to stimulate young minds.

They are perfect to pop in a bag and have on hand wherever you are – from school run to staycation, cafe to car journey, home to holidays.

MindShots are devised for children aged 6-9 (though kids of any age can enjoy them, too!).

Our new Nature + Now series comprises seven pocket-sized activity packs.

Nature + Now is designed to help kids love and support our natural world, and to recognise that their ideas matter!

Each purchase helps kids support our Nature + Now charity partner Born Free in its work to #KeepWildlifeInTheWild.

MindShots are created sustainably using recyclable materials.

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Great Autumn Activities for Kids with Learning Resources®

Looking for easy, fun ideas for outdoor Autumn Activities for Kids? Autumn is a great season to make the most of being outside before it gets too cold! From birdwatching, to crafts with autumn leaves, there’s so much to see and do.

Try these fun ideas to get your child excited about exploring autumn outdoors with educational toys from Learning Resources.

Scavenger hunts are a great way to get curious little explorers outside. While children are looking, they’re developing skills like observation and problem-solving. Head to our blog where you’ll find some creative ideas to organise your own scavenger hunt, and download free scavenger hunt activity sheets to get you started.

Inspire your little one to develop a love of nature with GeoSafari® Jr. Kidnoculars®. These real working binoculars for preschoolers are ideal for age 3+. These child-friendly binoculars are designed specifically for little kids. Enlarged, focus-free eyepieces which are more than three times the size of ordinary binoculars, and perfect-fit goggles with placement guide enable young children to see up close.

Hear what you see, with GeoSafari® Jr. Kidnoculars® Extreme™. Magnify your world with these awesome 3x no-focus binoculars and amplify the nature around you with a built-in microphone and cordless audio.

With so many beautiful autumn leaves, coming up with fun ways to craft with them is easy! Collect up different shapes and colours and stick them onto a sheet of paper to make an autumn-inspired work of art. Try doodling on them or stick on googly eyes to turn leaves into quirky characters.

Find out more about how arts and crafts activities are important for child’s development and find fun ways to encourage creativity with Learning Resources.

Little Octopus Sensory Autumn Nature Sensory Bags

Our Autumn Loose Parts Kits bring the outside inside for fun rainy day sensory activities with a beautiful autumn theme. Containing wonderful wooden treasures, real natural items, wooden tools, autumn coloured sensory rice, artificial leaves, acorns and other beautiful autumn coloured sensory items. It also includes a 220g bag of our UKCA tested coloured rice in our Autumn Mix colour. It all comes in a handy bag which is easy to grab and empty for a quick set up sensory play session or makes a lovely gift at this time of year.

This kit is perfect for a sensory bin or tuff tray set up, or simply to just explore the items to learn about nature whilst using all their senses. The kit is ideal for open-ended, loose-parts play which allows for imagination to flow and exciting explorative play.

The kits are designed for children in early years education, but could be used for inquisitive younger children and toddlers under adult supervision, and can be used over and over again in many different ways!

You can hide little toy animals or insects (or pictures, buttons, tokens or anything you have to hand!) in amongst the leaves and let your little one search for them. Bury items in the sensory rice and use the brushes to explore and dig like an archaeologist! The sensory rice allows for scooping and pouring aiding gross and fine motor skills development.

Little Octopus Sensory is run by an ex-science teacher and Mummy of 2, creating bespoke and personalised sensory bags for Newborn to pre-school age children and beyond. Sensory play is essential for child development and learning through play has numerous benefits for physiological, cognitive, social and emotional development.

Our social media outlets have lots of sensory play activity ideas and suggestions shared from us and from other parents using the sensory kits!

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Website: www.littleoctopussensory.com

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Nature Nurture Kids – Autumn Activities for Kids

Nature Nurture Kids are on a mission to teach, equip and empower children to actively help nature. Our eco-friendly kits give children the opportunity to immerse themselves in nature, learn about why nature needs help and most importantly offers the tools, equipment and knowledge to take action.

The Nature Nurture Kit is the original rucksack packed full of tools, information, projects and activities to keep children busy all year round.

Litter pickers made from recycled fishing nets, hand-illustrated fact files, DIY seed bomb kits and Bee Rescue Kits are just some of the items children will find in their Nature Nurture Kits. Alongside many more interactive items to keep them happy, busy and inspired!

Designed to be enjoyed all year round, our kits are great to use throughout Autumn. Children will learn how to help their local wildlife using a step by step guide on building a home for a hedgehog, with specially selected hedgehog food to place outside or to scatter in hedgerows.

With many animals looking to build nests, Autumn is a great time of year to organise a litter pick with friends, clearing hedgerows, fields and forests making it safe for local wildlife to nest.

Nature Nurture Kids aim is to show children that they are capable of making a direct difference. Creating confidence and building a deeper connection and respect for nature and the Earth.

Eco-friendly – All our products have been produced using recycled, recyclable and biodegradable materials.

For more information head to www.naturenurturekids.co.uk

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Get in the seasonal spirit by making a fun and colourful pumpkin sculpture inspired by Yayoi Kusama – the Conservatoire

Yayoi Kusama is a Japanese artist, now 91 years old, who works in sculpture and installation, painting, performance and other arts, and who loves polka dots!

First let’s start by making the dough:

You could make this out of clay or salt dough.

You will need: 

• 1 cup salt
• 2 cups flour
• 1 tablespoon cooking oil
• 1 cup water
• Bowl
• Spoons
• Powder paint or vegetable dye or food colouring (or paint it afterwards)

Making your Pumpkin – Autumn Activities for Kids

1. Mix powder paint or vegetable dye or food colouring with the flour and salt.
2. Add oil and water.
3. Knead dough. It will last a few days or so if kept in a fridge and should have a consistency similar to shop bought dough.
4. Split your dough or clay in half. Make one half into a sphere by rolling it gently round and round in your hands. Use the rest of the clay or dough to make about 5 sausages.
5. Place the end one of one of the sausages on the sphere and wrap it around to the opposite side. These will make the segments of the pumpkin. Use your fingers to smooth the sides of the sausage on to the ball so they join properly and prevent it falling off when dry.
6. Add as many of these as you want until you are pleased with your pumpkin shape. Don’t forget to add the stalk!
7. Paint it in ready mix paint or acrylics.
8. Use a cotton bud or the base of a pencil to add dots.  Feel free to vary the colour and size,
9. You could look at some of Kusama’s work online and create an ‘infinity space’ in which the pumpkin can be placed, using silver foil or any reflective surface.

About the Conservatoire

The Conservatoire is located in the heart of Blackheath village and provides the highest quality and welcoming tuition for all ages. All tutors are highly qualified working professionals offering the widest range of individual and group tuition in art, music and drama locally. Our baby classes in art and music begin at 6 months and drama at 18 months. The extensive programme is designed to grow with learners as they gain skills and experience. Classes on offer range from children’s painting, drawing and mixed media to programmes such as Roundabout and Play! which introduce children to different instruments and then help them progress on their chosen one before beginning individual tuition.

We also offer a fantastic holiday programme. Tuition takes place in the historic buildings, part of London’s oldest purpose-built arts complex, including a stunning Victorian art studio and online options are also available. The Conservatoire was founded by locals nearly 140 years ago and has remained a cornerstone of the community; inspiring and nurturing creativity ever since. Past alumni include Kate Bush, Gary Oldman and Daniel Day Lewis but you don’t need to be an Oscar winner to benefit!

Check us out – www.conservatoire.org.uk

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