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PLANT SCAVENGER HUNT

5/11/2020

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How many fabulous flowers and leaves can you find? We found all sorts amazing plants just outside our door and on our daily walk! An egg carton or any other container will be great for collecting your little wonders. Ask your grownup to help you look online to learn your plants' names! Our favourite plant from our collection is in the lower left corner and it's called "Lipstick" because it looks like kissing lips! We would love to see what you find! Share your pics #GoldenToadKids
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If you would like more of a challenge, see if you can find a plant of every colour in the rainbow, as well as something black, white and brown!  
CONTRIBUTOR: Golden Toad Theatre 
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MUDDY TREE FACES

5/11/2020

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Do you see what I see? These are no ordinary trees! We discovered these curious trees with faces while out on a walk. Would you like to make your own muddy tree faces? The Woodland Trust will tell you how to get started, see the info below! 
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CONTRIBUTOR: Woodland Trust
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CRAZY GARDEN INSECT

5/4/2020

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DIFFICULTY LEVEL: LOW-MEDIUM
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Would you like to make your own crazy garden insect? Our insect is sort of like a catapillar and sort of like a snail. What will yours look like? 

YOU WILL NEED:
a number of bottle tops
3 pipe cleaners or something similar
paper
glue
pen
knife or large nail (to me used by your grownup)
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STEP 1: Ask your grownup to create holes in the middle of the bottle tops using a nail or knife. It might be easiest to use a knife. The larger the hole, the easier it will be for a child to poke the pipe cleaner through. Then create a sort of knot on the end of your first bottle top. From here, continue adding bottle tops.

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STEP 2: Alternative bottle top colours as you like, and create another sort of knot once you reach the end of your pipe cleaner. 

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STEP 3: Cut one of your pipe cleaners in half to make legs. Slip the pipe cleaner between the bottle tops and twist. 

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STEP 4: Take the last pipe cleaner and slip it between the last bottle top to make antenna. Then cut  out paper circles, draw black circles in the centre and glue them to the ​antenna.  We would love to see your pics! #GoldenToadKids

Contributor: Golden Toad Theatre
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PRESSING FLOWERS (part 1)

5/4/2020

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DIFFICULTY LEVEL: LOW
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There are all sorts of beautiful projects to be done using pressed flowers. This is the first part of a two part project. First we will press the flowers, then we will make something amazing with them in a few weeks time! 

YOU WILL NEED: 
books
baking paper
flowers
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STEP 1: Collect flowers. Very small flowers will produce great results. The bulkier the flower is, the more difficult it will be to press, but it can be done! ​
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STEP 2:  Place a piece of baking paper inside a book. Then lay out your flowers so that the aren't touching each other. ​
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STEP 3: Place another piece of baking paper overtop of the flowers and close the book. ​
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STEP 4: Place the book at the bottom of a stack of other books or heavy things and leave to dry for 2 weeks. Check back with Busy Kids Corner in 2 weeks for ideas of what to make with your flowers! ​
Contributor: Golden Toad Theatre
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Plant and Seed Stand

4/27/2020

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If you have your own garden, this will be the time of year when you might find that you have a few extra plants and seeds. It's a shame to throw them away. Why not give them away to your neighbours. 
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If you decide to make a little stand like ours, make sure that you practice safe handling! When touching anything you are giving away, make sure that you wear gloves and a face mask, or leave your items to sit without being touched for 10 days before setting outside your house. 

We found that we had lots of extra pumpkin plants and  seeds as well as some extra rose cuttings. We labeled the plants and seeds and will set them outside our house this coming weekend for neighbours to collect.

We would love to see pics of your plant stands or any plants that you are growing this spring! Post them #GoldenToadKids

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May Wildflower Spotting

4/27/2020

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NOTE: Please practice social distancing with this activity! Many of these flowers might be growing just outside your house or flat! 
It's almost May and time to be on the look-out for May blooming flowers! How many can you find? If you don't live in the UK, you can visit PlantLife to learn about what is growing in your area, or google the name of your state/region + wildflowers. To print out this PDF, CLICK HERE
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CONTRIBUTOR: PlantLife 
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Flower Pounding Art

4/20/2020

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DIFFICULTY LEVEL: LOW
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Colourful flowers can making a sort of paint! What will your pictures look like? We would love to see your pictures! #GoldenToadKids
YOU WILL NEED:
paper (watercolour paper will work better, but printer paper will work too)
flowers
rock or hammer or both
paper towel


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STEP 1: Find some colourful flowers and arrange them on your paper. The more brilliant the colour of your flowers, the better your artwork will look! ​
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STEP 2: Cover your flowers with a paper towel and use a rock or hammer to pound your flowers until you see lots of colours coming through the paper towel. ​
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STEP 3: To make sure you get all the colour out, you might want to ask your grownup to have a go at pounding, either with a rock or hammer. ​
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STEP 4: Let the picture sit for about 10 minutes, and then take the paper towel away, remove the flowers, and you will see your masterpiece! ​
Contributor: Golden Toad Theatre
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Watering Can

4/20/2020

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DIFFICULTY LEVEL: LOW
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A watering can is loads of fun, in the garden or in the bath! 

YOU WILL NEED:
empty, clean milk carton
nail or thumb tack (to be used with help from your grownup)
permanent markers (optional)

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STEP 1: Rinse out an old milk bottle. 

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STEP 3: Decorate with permanent markers! 

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STEP 2: Ask your grownup to help poke holes in the lid with either a nail or a thumb tack. The larger the holes, the better. 

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STEP 4: Fill with water, and let the fun begin! 

Contributor: Golden Toad Theatre
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Chicken Craft - with egg carton

4/13/2020

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DIFFICULTY LEVEL: LOW
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YOU WILL NEED:
Egg Carton (non-plastic)
Paint - yellow and red
Black marker/pen
​Glue
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STEP 1: Cut out a section from the corner of the carton shaped like the area within the dotted line. 

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STEP 2: Cut out a small diamond shape, and a small, wavy shape with a long section (as pictured). 

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STEP 3: Paint the diamond beak shape yellow on both sides, and the wavy piece red on both sides. After these pieces are dry, insert wavy piece into the hole in the top of the chicken's head (poke whole if hole isn't already there). Then draw an eye on both sides of the chicken's head and glue on the beak. 
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STEP 4: Find an egg for your little chicken to hold. How cute is that! ​We would love to see a picture of your final product! ​#GoldenToadKids

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Printable Colouring Page from GILLIAN HIBBS

4/8/2020

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GOLDEN TOAD THEATRE is busy creating the stage version of Gillian Hibbs' award-winning book: ERROL'S GARDEN! Gillian has created a printable colouring page for you and we would love to see your final pictures! To download the colouring sheet, CLICK HERE! Ask your grownup if they will help you post them online at #GoldenToadKids #illustratorsoninstagram
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Contributor: Author/Illustrator Gillian Hibbs
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