An evergreen wreath makes a lovely natural winter decoration and its easier than you might think to make your own!

Leaf doodling is a really simple and calming activity to do and all you need are some leaves and opaque pens. The thicker leaves from evergreen trees and shrubs found in winter and early spring are lovely to draw on as they are nice and smooth and not as delicate as the wonderfully colourful autumn leaves.

Playing with ice is such a wonderful sensory activity and when the weather is cool, you can play outside and the ice will last a bit longer. This igloo is really fun to make and you you can use it as part of a small world scene.

Making ice art is a really lovely winter activity for children and it’s such a great way to spruce up any bare winter trees in your garden. This activity can easily be adapted for both younger and older children.

Winter is the perfect time to make a stick wand to add a bit of magic to your winter walks and these heart-shaped wands are really easy to make!

These festive orange peel stars are so easy to make and they look great strung up on a Christmas tree, tied onto gifts, added to a wreath or even just scattered across your Christmas dining table.

These decorations are made from air dry clay and decorated with leaf prints. They are really easy and fun for young people to make and look so lovely hanging from a tree!

This sliced orange and star anise garland looks beautiful hanging from a fireplace, or in a window where the sunlight will shine through the orange slices.

These Christmas tree cards, made using items from nature to print and paint with, are really simple to make and great for making a lot of!

Making your own wrapping paper is a great way to add an extra personal touch to your gifts at Christmas and it’s a really fun festive art activity to do with young people as well!

Painting on ice is a really fun and sensory activity to do but, for younger children, it’s also great for exploring colour mixing and talking about the freezing and melting point of water.

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

These snowflakes made with coffee filter paper make beautiful sun catchers and are a great Christmas decoration that can stay up all winter long!

These 3D snowflakes look really impressive hanging from a ceiling but are so simple to make! They look great made from plain white paper but you could also try using patterned paper or making different sizes and they look wonderful hanging in a group.

A colourful window star makes a beautiful winter decoration with the warm, low winter light shining through it. Read our blog for step by step instructions on how to make one

Pinecones decorated with felt balls make lovely decorations at this time of year. And if you celebrate Christmas in your house they look great as miniature Christmas trees – or as decorations hung up on a real tree.

Celebrate the return of the bees with this beautiful alder cone bee mobile! Alder trees are common throughout the UK all year round.

Making an ice lantern is such a lovely way to enjoy the beautiful things that are around in nature at this time of year and they are really simple to make.