Wednesday activity

Morning All,
I think today looks like it is going to be cold and grey so another indoor activity to keep the children interested and occupied.
Don't forget to keep adding old vegetable peelings to pots with newspaper and cardboard. If it is now full then make another one and place somewhere in the garden. Here is one I have been doing

Composting in a pot.

I also used some spring onions yesterday so I have planted the root end, along with an inch of the vegetable. I just pushed the end into a pot of compost and watered it well. Keep an eye on it  but with these night time frosts it may take a little time to grow. Few warmer nights forecast for the weekend.
I also planted some tomato seeds from yesterday's cooking, too. These I just added to a plug planter, composted and watered and I shall keep these indoors until May when they can go out. Should germinate in 10 days or so.

Middle one is for tomoatoes. Others, wildflower seeds I planted sometime ago and coming on well. Greater knapweed, poppy and cornflower plus other species. I collected the seeds last autumn.

Today's activity:

Easy one today. Make up a set of playing cards containing animals and other wildlife. Cut paper or card to about a playing card size, about 30 should be ample. On each one draw some creatures.

eg: 5x bird species, 5x insect species, 5x amphibian species, 5x reptile species 5x flower species etc.

Now, colour it in and name it. Do a little research to find out a little about the creature and on the other side of the card make up some Top Trump card facts and figures for each one. Give each one a score up to 100, with 100 being top

eg: Robin Top trump numbers: Colour 70, song 65, rarity 10, garden 90, etc. Sure you can be more original than me.

Alternatively, instead of drawing and colouring them perhaps just print off thumbnail photos to stick on to save time and give more time for playing. 

Good luck and keep the photos and comments coming. Have another great day and keep warm.