Tuesday 18 October 2016

Our Autumn Forage


The leaves are falling and the autumn colours are starting to come out. Autumn for me brings the opportunity to be able to have fun with crafts and activities and so Lily and I headed out to see what we could find. 

Just outside our flats in the communal gardens the tree's are all starting to loose there leaves. There are crunchy ones, funny shaped ones and colourful ones. So for a start me and Lily decided to see which we could collect up. We took out a bucket and between us we found some great leaves that will be perfect for art and activities. 


We then headed over to the church graveyard, its filled with tree's. Some really old and there are loads of different types of tree's to. There is one tree I have my eye on as I know last year when the leaves fell they were all of such amazing colours. This was a great place to forage for some autumn bits. Lily found some great things including some pine cones. I looked at the tree above where we found them and there are some huge ones up there that will eventually drop. So i'm going to have keep heading back as I think they will be picked up pretty quick. 




By the end of our Autumn forage, and after fighting away a few squirrels who came very close and were very interested in our bucket, We had a bucket of loads of different interesting things. 




We found -

Nice coloured and shaped leaves
Pine Cones
Sticks, and Twigs
Some Bark
Some Maple Helicopters. (Which I don't think is the real name for them)

and a few other little bits.

Stay tuned to see what activities we do with these items. 



19 comments:

  1. Can't wait to see what you do with these

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  2. Can't wait to see what you do with these

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  3. I'm looking forward to see what you do with these. I will have to do this with Poppy x

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  4. Aww these will make a nice autumn picture

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  5. Been collecting these too to see what I can make too

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  6. Been collecting these too to see what I can make too

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  7. Helicopters are definitely the right name for them! That's what I call them anyway haha. We love collecting autumn bits. Last year we got some googly eyes and pipe cleaners and made a 'conker family'

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  8. Looks fun, can't believe how close you got to the squirrels. How cute!

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  9. Looks like you guys have found so much autumn treasures. We haven't had the chance to go foraging yet, but plan to do that this half-term break :) #countrykids

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  10. Super cute photos of Lily and her pumpkin bucket. She is obviously loving finding lots of treasures. Autumn is such a wonderful time. So much to discover. So many great colours. #CountryKids

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  11. Very cute photos. Looks like fun Coming along from #CountryKids...

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  12. A lovely collection and all so close to home. I can think of so many wonderful crafts, I wonder which you will choose? I hope I get to see the results. Lily looks like she loved the challenge of collecting interesting things. Such an adorable little girl.

    Thank you for sharing with me on #CountryKids

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  13. Looks like you had a great time :)

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  14. Going collecting today
    Great way to keep us busy during the hols

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  15. Crafts have never been my strong point so I am in awe! #CountryKids

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  16. Looking forward to seeing what you make with your collection. My kids love picking up interesting leaves and twigs, even the 12 year old! I can't believe how close the squirrels got. Lily was very brave. Mine would have run a mile!

    #countrykids

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  17. Autumn is the perfect time for foraging in the woods. Lily looks like she was having a lot of fun finding leaves and pine cones and all sorts of treasures to put in her bucket. Hope you have fun getting creative with them all! :-) #countrykids

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  18. Awww shes just the cutest! You got lots! We are planning on collecting leaves too and we will after the rain stopped falling hard in here. #countrykids

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  19. Such gorgeous finds! I particularly love the stripy leaves - we found some of those and they are just beautiful! We have been crafting with leaves this week too, I can't wait to see what you get up to! #CountryKids

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