8 things to do with sticks

Welcome to Nature Play Friday: A place to discover fun ways to get your kids playing in and with nature.

This week is a salute to the humble stick.

1. Journey Sticks

From Children and Nature Network Connect

Journey Sticks at the Cabin Path

2.  Make a campfire

From Preschool Daze

A pretend camp fire:

3.  Make a basket out of sticks and playdough

Make a flat pancake out of the playdough for the base

Lay down a layer of sticks over the pancake

Add first layer of playdough for the top part of the basket

Alternate with a layer of sticks

Press down in between

Voila - a stick and playdough basket!

4.  Build a teepee

From Irresistible Ideas for Playbased Learning

5.  Sawing sticks

We sawed up sticks we collected:

and then we

6.  Painted sticks

Now we have a basket full of painted sticks

which we will use to:

7.  Make snakes

From artsy insights

or

8. Make stick sculptures

rather like this idea with tape and string and wood glue

From Preschool Daze

except imagine sticks instead of wood pieces

For more ideas on things to do with sticks:

• 60 Nature Play Ideas @ The Imagination Tree
• A Stick is an Excellent Thing
• Painted Sticks @ Little Wonder Days