Walking and sticks are a perfect combination. Our walk with friends last weekend had all three boys starting the walk with a large stick. One of these had a forked end and on his own initiative one of the boys wound a long piece of grass around this stick and started adding items to it.
By the end of the walk the sticks contained lots of wildflowers, a feather, piece of flint, piece of chalk and an empty snail shell. I loved the way everything happened spontaneously. The boys were kept busy making me free to take photos of the beautiful wildflowers.
It was a wonderful day for a walk and the children needed no encouragement to run around and keep moving. If they had this would have been a brilliant way to keep interest going. As it was the journey sticks made the walk more interesting for everyone. Every stick tells a story and I hope that the boys will remember the walk that day as the walk where they created their own journey sticks.
We are linking up this post with Countrykids at Coombemill and with the Outdoor Play Party.
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