Most kids love building a den, whether it be with the sofa cushions indoors and outdoors, and the more traditional rustic type with branches, sticks and twigs from trees. Indeed whatever foliage you can lay your hands on. Nothing beats that cosy toasty feeling when the making is complete and you can crawl inside. Its […]
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A Perfect Day Outdoors – Helped by a Trail with Sticks
What’s your idea of a perfect day outdoors? Often it depends on your mood, invariably the weather plays an important part and it is usually very difficult to please everybody. Well last weekend we came as close to perfect as possible. Thank you weather for performing for once. Thank you also to The National Trust […]
Our Willow Wigwam
I had been thinking about one for years. I’ve written about them, recommended them to people and talked about them. At last this week we have been playing out in the garden and building a willow wigwam. A trip to collect the willow wigwam kit from the World of Willow, a local supplier, was […]
Dens and Mazes
Top of the list of children’s favourite things to do in a garden has got to be building dens and running around a maze. We visited Wisley in Surrey this week and found both of these. The children’s play area has been upgraded to include a fantastic den building area. A great way […]
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