But it's broken and needs cleaning up first, complete this week's challenge to fix it.
Be a detective
Get your super-sleuthing skills ready to collect autumn leaves.
First you need to know which colours to look for! Match the leaves outdoors with this autumn leaf colour bingo chart :O)
autumn colour bingo
There's a space on the chart for you to give the colours some wacky names like:
- muddy maple
- mellow yellow
- oaken orange
What wacky names can you come up with?
tell us
Collect
Now you've tracked down some autumn leaves you need to collect them :O)
Make a leaf collecting bag to keep them safe until you get home.
leaf collecting bag
Leaf garland
Brighten up a dreary place with a gorgeous leaf garland made from autumnal leaves :O)
autumn garland
If you have some spare leaves why not make some leafy bookmarks? All you need to do is place your leaf on a strip of card and cover it with sticky tape (or you could laminate it if you have a laminator).
These make brilliant Christmas presents!
What have you made?
send us a photo
Leaflights
Now that the evenings are getting darker, it's a great time to have some torchlit adventures!
Using sticky tape, stick an autumn leaf over the end of your torch. What happens when you shine it against a tree trunk, a wall or the ground?
tell us
Leaf art
See if you can match the colours on your autumn leaf bingo sheet when you colour in these leaf outlines :O)
hawthorn leaf
oak leaf
sycamore leaf
beech leaf
When you've coloured in your sheets we'd love to see them.
send us your masterpiece
Have you got any suggestions for future challenges?
Email us at:
naturedetectives@woodlandtrust.org.uk
Been an autumn leaf detective?
Stick your raft sticker over the
broken one on your CLUB
challenge poster to fix it.
Now you're ready to whizz
down the river for next week's
adventure, woo hoo!