Plant a seed that will grow into a tree, to give to a friend or family member - great for birthdays or planning ahead for Christmas.
Go nuts in the woods
The woods are full of fallen seeds and fruits right now.
Autumn is the time when trees drop their seeds - some are blown away by the wind; some are carrieda way by water; some are buried by animals who forget all about them; some are eaten by animals and pooped out; others are collected by people and planted.
All of these are different ways that new trees grow from the seeds of older trees :O)
Search for a gifts
Get outdoors and find some fallen seeds - oak, beech or hazel is best as these are the best seeds to plant now.
Identify acorns, beech nuts or hazel nuts with this ID sheet.
fruits and seeds ID sheet
Make a collecting bag to bring them home safely.
seed collecting bag
Send us a photo of the seeds you collected.
naturedetectives@woodlandtrust.org.uk
Plant
All you need is an empty, clean yoghurt pot and some soil...
easy peasy seed planting tips
...or you could create a brilliant pot that rots - made from leaves, it is biodegradable so can be planted in the ground :O)
make a pot that rots
Decorate
Now you can decorate your growing gift :O)
Tie a ribbon around the pot, paint it, or cut out and colour in these wildlife decorations to stick on.
wildlife decorations
You could always hint at what's growing in the pot too - match the leaves to the seeds.
leaves
share photos of your gift with us
Watch closely
It will take a few weeks for your seed to sprout.
Watch it closely, and if it starts to poke through the soil before you give it away, draw it on the chart and record the date.
You can then give the chart to its new owner too, so they can see how their gift started off :O)
seed growth chart
Make a keepsake
Colour in this picture as a reminder of how your 'gift that grows' started off.
acorn colouring sheet
Done this week's challenge?
Stick the fly agaric sticker at
the base of the birch trees on
your CLUB poster :O)