5 Activities for your Family Staycation

Wild Feather Mask

We love collecting different types of feathers we find on our walks through the forest, so what about gathering as many as you can and making your own feather mask? They’re super simple to make as well:

• Draw the shape of your mask onto a piece of card.
• With a parents help, gently place the card on your face and gently press where your eye holes need to be. Then, once away from your face, cut the eyeholes out of your mask.
• Go and gather your feathers and once you have enough collected, cover your card mask in glue and start making your mask
• Once dry, carefully push through one hole on each side so that you can attach a length of string to go around your head
• For a bit of extra fun, when you go back to the forest, see if the birds start talking to your wild bird masked children!

Make a flying machine

Good for a campsite or your local park and fields

All you need is some sticks, sticky tape or string and some card or paper (or really any other material you have lying around). See who can make the most impressive design, who’s flying machine travels furthest or who’s does the most loops!

To make one, simply tape (or tie with string) two straightish sticks together to form a cross. One for the body, the other for the wings. Then attach your wing material however you think best that will make it fly the furthest! Attach a piece of string underneath so you can hold it like a kite and see if you can make your contraption fly!