Something my mum recently recommended to me was a list which has been created by the National Trust. It is supposedly fifty things which every child should do before they are aged 11 and 3/4, however I realised that I haven't done them all yet and I am considerably older! So, I thought I'd make a note and cross these off once I have done them.
Climb a tree
Roll down a really big hill
- Camp out in the wild (I think this means without a tent?)
Build a den
Skim a stone
Run around in the rain
Fly a kite
- Catch a fish with a net
Eat an apple straight from a tree
Play conkers
(['was never particularly good at this, but have played it! I hear the game is banned in schools now!)
Throw some snow
(unfortunately, I am normally the target haha!)
Hunt for treasure on the beach
Make a mud pie
- Dam a stream
- Go sledging
Bury someone in the sand
- Set up a snail race
Balance on a fallen tree
Swing on a rope swing
Make a mud slide
Eat blackberries growing in the wild
Take a look inside a tree
Visit an island
- Feel like you're flying in the wind
- Make a grass trumpet (I have tried this on several occasions but it's never worked! I'll tick it once I can do it properly...)
Hunt for fossils and bones
Watch the sun wake up
Climb a huge hill
Get behind a waterfall
- Feed a bird from your hand
Hunt for bugs
Find some frogspawn
- Catch a butterfly in a net
Track wild animals
Discover what's in a pond
Call an owl
- Check out the crazy creatures in a rock pool
- Bring up a butterfly
- Catch a crab
Go on a nature walk at night
Plant it, grow it, eat it
(...tomatoes, strawberries, various herbs...all done!)
- Go wild swimming
Go rafting
- Light a fire without matches
Find your way with a map and compass
- Try bouldering
Cook on a campfire
Try abseiling
Find a geocache (I FOUND ONE! I wasn't looking but came across one; therefore I'm crossing this one off my list.)- Canoe down a river (I've canoed on a lake, but I guess that doesn't count...)
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