Did you know that female pine cones open and close depending on the weather? This activity is a great way to see this in action!

These clay mushrooms are such fun to make and look great in plant pots, adding a bit of whimsy!

These spooky jam jars are so much fun to make and they’re perfect for Halloween!

Colourful maple leaf window transparencies brighten up your home with lovely autumnal colours. Transparencies look especially beautiful mounted on a window with the sun shining through them.

This garland made with acorn cups filled with colourful felt balls will brighten up any corner!

These origami seed packets are so easy to make and are great for storing seeds collected from your garden or to share seeds with friends and neighbours.

Make these throwable conker comets, and make them fly through the air with their fiery tails!

Make dragonflies from fallen sycamore seeds!

These jam jar leaf lanterns are so pretty and create a really lovely light on a dark evening. They’re also simple to make and little ones will have great fun covering the jars in glue and leaves!

This autumn wreath has a spooky twist making it perfect for Halloween!

Going on a spooky nature photography hunt is great fun for young people of all ages and all you need is a camera or smart phone!

This is such a fun Halloween activity to do with children if you have a bit of time on your hands. Making a skeleton out of sticks is also a great way to explore the structure of the human body and once you have made your stick skeleton, it’s easy to make small adjustments so you can create a stop motion animation.

Bugs and insects are really important for the plants, soil and animals all around us. They help plants to reproduce, keep our soil healthy and provide food for birds and animals. A bug hotel provides a perfect home for insects over autumn and winter.

Autumn is such a wonderful time to get outside and notice the colours as the season changes. You can use some of the colourful fallen leaves to make this beautiful autumn leaf ‘snow’ globe.

Hanging this garland made from painted acorns and small cones is a really lovely way to decorate your home for Autumn (and, dare I say it, Christmas!). It’s also really fun to make and children will have fun collecting and painting the acorns!

There are so many berries at this time of year in beautiful hues of red, purple and blue and these colourful berries can be turned into fabric dye. For this activity, I’ve used elderberries and blackberries and created patterns using the tie dye method.

Make colourful art using the abundance of leaves around at this time of year! This activity is a twist on the popular leaf rubbing activity with crayons that is great for little ones to do, particularly in autumn when it is so much fun to collect the colourful fallen leaves.

A pinecone wreath makes a great decoration, either hanging on your door or as a centerpiece on your table.