Colourful maple leaf window transparencies brighten up your home with lovely autumnal colours. Transparencies look especially beautiful mounted on a window with the sun shining through them.

Autumn nature craftsDenise Hope27 September 2023window transparencies, window leaves, maple leaves, autumn crafts, October Mud & Bloom box, Mud & Bloom box, Mud & Bloom subscriptionComment

Make a felt ball acorn garland

This garland made with acorn cups filled with colourful felt balls will brighten up any corner!

Autumn nature craftsDenise Hope20 September 2023Garland, acorns, acorn garland, felt balls, rainbowComment

Make your own origami seed packets

These origami seed packets are so easy to make and are great for storing seeds collected from your garden or to share seeds with friends and neighbours.

Growing, Autumn nature craftsDenise Hope14 September 2023seeds, storing seeds, saving seeds, origami seed packets, origami seeds, Mud & Bloom activityComment

Blackberry vinegar

Blackberry vinegar is a thick, sweet and sour vinegar similar to balsamic vinegar. It’s really easy to make and has so many different uses.

ForagingDenise Hope30 August 2023blackberry, blackberries, foraging, recipe, Mud & Bloom recipe, blackberry vinegarComment

Conker Comets

Make these throwable conker comets, and make them fly through the air with their fiery tails!

Autumn nature craftsDenise Hope23 August 2023conkers, conker comets, autumn crafts, nature crafts, Mud & Bloom activity, Mud & Bloom subscriptionComment

Samara dragonflies

Make dragonflies from fallen sycamore seeds!

Autumn nature crafts, Summer nature craftsDenise Hope16 August 2023dragonfly, dragonflies, nature craft, nature crafts for kids, sycamore seeds, summer crafts, autumn crafts, Mud & Bloom activityComment

Make a foraged blackberry and apple crumble

This classic blackberry and apple crumple recipe is so easy to make and is the perfect balance of sweet and tart flavours.

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Make a seed drying mobile

Preserve flower seeds and create a beautiful mobile decoration at the same time!

Growing, Summer nature craftsDenise Hope31 July 2023wildflowers, drying flowers, drying herbs, seedheads, seeds, mobile, nature mobileComment

Wood slice flower paintings

Using wood slices as miniature canvases for any kind of painting is really fun for kids (and adults!) of all ages. For older children who are moving on from mark-making, this activity shows an easy way to paint a miniature flower meadow on wood slices.

Denise Hope26 July 2023Comment

Grow cut-and-come-again salad leaves

Growing loose leaf lettuce to ‘cut and come again’ is a really quick and easy way to have a fresh, continual supply of salad leaves from spring to autumn (and even in winter if you grow it undercover!) and is great if you have limited growing space.

GrowingDenise Hope19 July 2023cut and come again, salad leaves, lettuce, growing vegetables, grow lettuce, gardening with children, gardening with kidsComment

How to encourage butterflies into your garden

Over recent years, the numbers of butterflies and moths in the UK have decreased significantly. Here are our top tips to help make your garden or outoor space more butterfly friendly.

GrowingDenise Hope11 July 2023butterflies, pollinators, wildlife, beneficial insects, butterfly feederComment

Grow an avocado plant from a seed

Germinating an avocado tree in water is a really fun project. The seed is so different to the seeds of a lot of the plants we usually grow and because they are so big, you get a really good view of what happens when an avocado seed germinates.

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Make a miniature mossarium

Building a mossarium, is really fun - it’s like creating your own mini world! It’s also great for exploring different mosses as well as learning about the water cycle.

All-year nature craftsDenise Hope28 June 2023mossarium, terrarium, moss, mosses, water cycleComment

Colour-changing flowers

This colour changing flowers experiment is a great way to see how water travels in plants and it’s really fun to see the flowers change colour!

All-year nature craftsDenise Hope21 June 2023flower, STEM activity, dyeing flowers, Mud & Bloom activity box Comment

Make your own drawing charcoal

A really easy and fun activity making your own charcoal for drawing.

All-year nature craftsDenise Hope14 June 2023charcoal, drawing, make your own charcoal, art with kids, children's nature activities, activity box, Mud & Bloom, subscription box, nature craftComment

Spore prints from King Alfred’s cakes

Prints made from the spores of King Alfred’s Cake fungus.

ForagingDenise Hope25 May 2023mushroom, fungus, spores, spore print, mud & bloom, subscription box, nature kids, fungi, exploring nature with children, nature crafts for kids, reconnecting with natureComment

Make lilac petal bath bombs

If your children love making potions and love bath bombs, then this activity is for you!

Spring nature craftsDenise Hope17 May 2023bath bombs, lilac, petals, potion, potion-making, crafting with children, children's subscription box, kids subscription box, exploring nature with children, Mud & Bloom, nature crafts for kids, gardening subcription box, nature subscription boxComment

Make pickled wild garlic buds

This pickled wild garlic bud recipe allows you to preserve the incredible flavour of wild garlic for a little bit longer. It’s a really easy recipe and a great way for children to get involved in foraging for food.

ForagingDenise Hope8 May 2023foraging, pickling, pickled wild garlic buds, wild garlicComment