Woodland Trust

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Our website for kids - packed full of downloads, activities and fun!

A

Acorn
acorn hunt
autumn scavenger hunt
autumn seed hunt
code cracker
crossword
collecting and planting seeds
grid fit
matching seeds and leaves dot to dot
mazes
seeds quiz   

Alder 
leaf hunt sheet 
leaf identification sheet
leaf ladder
leaf sudoku
leaves quiz
match 'em up
matching seeds and leaves dot to dot
twigs, buds and leaves quiz  

Ancient trees
a tree's memory
hunt for ancient trees
seed gathering bag

Ant
minibeast quiz  
minibeast trump cards  

Aphid
minibeast hunt 
minibeast trump cards
wordsearches

Art
autumn art ideas 
autumn landscape
collage
colouring
winter ice art

Ash
code cracker
collecting and planting seeds
crossword
grid fit
leaf hunt sheet 
leaf identification sheet
leaf ladder
leaf sudoku
leaves quiz
match 'em up  
seeds quiz 
tree anagrams
twigs, buds and leaves quiz
wordsearches 

Award scheme for schools 

   

B

Badger
animal tracks
autumn hunt - what have you seen?
badger wood

Bags
leaf collecting bag
seed gathering bag
treasure bag

Bark
winter scavenger hunt

Bat
bat mask

Bee
minibeast hunt 
minibeast quiz 
minibeast trump cards   

Beech
code cracker
collecting and planting seeds
crossword
grid fit
leaf hunt sheet 
leaf identification sheet
leaf ladder
leaf sudoku
leaf outlines 
leaves quiz
match 'em up
spot signs of autumn 
tree anagrams
twigs, buds and leaves quiz
wordsearches   

Beetle
minibeast quiz
wordsearches 

Berries
autumn seed hunt
code cracker
collecting and planting seeds 
crossword
grid fit
matching seeds and leaves dot to dot 
seeds quiz
wordsearches    

Birch
leaf hunt sheet 
leaf identification sheet 
leaf ladder
leaves quiz  
seeds quiz 
twigs, buds and leaves quiz   

Birds
autumn hunt - what have you seen?
bird hunt
tic-tac-toe 
winter hunt - what have you spotted? 

Blackberries
see bramble

Blackbird
bird hunt

Blackthorn
code cracker
crossword
leaf identification sheet 
mazes
tree anagrams 
twigs, buds and leaves quiz
wordsearches

Blue tit
bird hunt
tic-tac-toe

Bluebell
flower wordsearches

Booklets
play ideas booklets 
woodland log book

Bramble
crossword
finding blackberries
grid fit
leaf hunt sheet 
leaf identification sheet
matching seeds and leaves dot to dot
mazes 
seeds quiz  
spot signs of autumn
tree anagrams
wordsearches 

Brimstone
butterfly hunt 
butterfly cards  

Buds
twigs, buds and leaves quiz
winter hunt - what have you spotted?   

Bumblebee
minibeast trump cards  

Butterflies
autumn hunt - what have you seen?
butterfly hunt 
butterfly cards 
butterfly colouring 
butterfly mask 
minibeast hunt 
minibeast quiz 
minibeast trump cards 

  

C

Cards
butterfly cards 
leaf cards 

Catkins
grid fit
seeds quiz
winter hunt - what have you spotted?
winter scavenger hunt
wordsearches

Caterpillar
minibeast quiz  

Centipede
minibeast hunt 
minibeast quiz  
minibeast trump cards  

Certificates
leaves quiz 
minibeast quiz   
seeds quiz 
twigs, buds and leaves quiz   

Chaffinch
bird hunt

Cockchafer
minibeast quiz 

Collared dove
bird hunt 

Comma
butterfly hunt 
butterfly cards 
minibeast quiz 

Common blue
butterfly hunt 
butterfly cards  

Cones
autumn scavenger hunt
autumn seed hunt 
matching seeds and leaves dot to dot
winter scavenger hunt  

Conkers
autumn scavenger hunt
autumn seed hunt
code cracker
collecting and planting seeds 
crossword
grid fit
seeds quiz  
spot signs of autumn
wordsearches

copse packs 

Crane fly
minibeast quiz  
minibeast trump cards  

  

D

Deer
animal tracks

Dot to dot
match leaves and seeds 

Dog rose
code cracker
crossword
flower wordsearches
leaf identification sheet  
seeds quiz 
tree anagrams 
twigs, buds and leaves quiz
wordsearches

Dragonfly
minibeast hunt 
minibeast quiz 
minibeast trump cards 

Duck
animal tracks

     

E

Earwig
minibeast quiz  
minibeast trump cards 

Earthworm
minibeast quiz  
minibeast trump cards  

Elder
code cracker
collecting and planting seeds
crossword
grid fit
leaf dot to dots
leaf hunt sheet 
leaf identification sheet
leaf ladder 
leaves quiz
match 'em up 
seeds quiz
tree anagrams  
twigs, buds and leaves quiz
wordsearches   

Elm
leaf identification sheet 
twigs, buds and leaves quiz    

   

F

Field maple
collecting and planting seeds
crossword
leaf dot to dots
leaf hunt sheet 
leaf identification sheet 
leaf outlines
leaf sudoku 
leaves quiz
match 'em up 
matching seeds and leaves dot to dot 
seeds quiz 
tree anagrams 
twigs, buds and leaves quiz
wordsearches

Flicker books
blank flicker book template
star flicker book
tree flicker book

Flowers
flower wordsearches

Fly
minibeast hunt 
minibeast quiz 
minibeast trump cards   

Fly agaric
spot signs of autumn

Food
see recipes

Fox
animal tracks
fox mask

Foxglove
flower wordsearches

Fungi
autumn hunt - what have you seen?
spot signs of autumn
winter hunt - what have you spotted?

 

G

Games
a tree's memory
badger wood
bubble bug
concrete poetry
dragon wood
leaves quiz
spotted pacman 
tic-tac-toe 
also see cards, dot to dots, puzzles 

Grasshopper
minibeast hunt   

Great tit
bird hunt

Green finch
bird hunt

Green Tree Award Scheme  

Green-veined white
butterfly hunt 
butterfly cards  

  

H

Harvestman
minibeast hunt   

Hawthorn
code cracker
crossword
collecting and planting seeds
grid fit
mazes
leaf hunt sheet 
leaf identification sheet
leaf ladder
leaf sudoku 
leaves quiz 
tree anagrams
twigs, buds and leaves quiz
wordsearches

Hazel
code cracker
leaf hunt sheet 
leaf identification sheet
leaf ladder 
leaf outlines
match 'em up  
matching seeds and leaves dot to dot 
leaves quiz
tree anagrams
wordsearches 

Hedgerows
hedge and copse packs
mazes  

Helicopters
autumn seed hunt 
collecting and planting seeds
matching seeds and leaves dot to dot 
seeds quiz   

Heron
animal tracks

Hips
autumn seed hunt  
collecting and planting seeds
crossword
grid fit
wordsearches

Holly
collecting and planting seeds
crossword
leaf hunt sheet  
leaf identification sheet
leaf ladder
leaf sudoku 
leaves quiz
match 'em up 
seeds quiz  
spot signs of autumn
tree anagrams
winter scavenger hunt
wordsearches 

Horse chestnut
code cracker
collecting and planting seeds
leaf dot to dots
leaf hunt sheet 
leaf identification sheet
leaf ladder
leaf sudoku 
leaf outlines  
leaves quiz
match 'em up 
seeds quiz 
spot signs of autumn 
tree anagrams
twigs, buds and leaves quiz
wordsearches 

  

I

IDial
template
examples

Insects
butterfly cards  
minibeast hunt
wordsearches

Ivy
autumn hunt - what have you seen?
code cracker
crossword
grid fit
leaf identification sheet 
seeds quiz   
spot signs of autumn 
tree anagrams
wordsearches

 

   

  

K

Keys
autumn seed hunt  
code cracker
crossword
collecting and planting seeds
grid fit
seeds quiz
wordsearches    

 

L

Lacewing
minibeast quiz

Ladybird
mazes
minibeast quiz  
minibeast trump cards 
spotted pacman
wordsearches 

Larch
autumn seed hunt  

Leaves
autumn hunt - what have you seen?
autumn scavenger hunt
autumnwatch hunt sheet 
leaf cards 
leaf collecting bag 
leaf collecting poster
leaf creations
leaf crown
leaf hunt sheet 
leaf identification sheet
leaf ladder 
leaf outlines
leaf storm
leaf sudoku 
matching seeds and leaves dot to dot 
leaves quiz
match 'em up
minibeasts in the mulch
spot signs of autumn 
twigs, buds and leaves quiz  
why leaves change colour
winter scavenger hunt

Leech
minibeast trump cards  

Lime
leaf identification sheet  
twigs, buds and leaves quiz    

 

M

Magpie
bird hunt

Masks
bat mask
butterfly mask
design your own
fox mask

Millipede
minibeast trump cards  

Minibeasts
minibeast hunt 
minibeast trump cards 
minibeast quiz
minibeasts in the mulch
wordsearches

Mistletoe
winter hunt - what have you spotted?

Moss
winter hunt - what have you spotted?

Moth
minibeast hunt 
minibeast quiz 
minibeast trump cards  

Mushrooms
See fungi 

   

N

Nuts
autumn seed hunt 
code cracker
collecting and planting seeds
crossword
grid fit
matching seeds and leaves dot to dot
winter hunt - what have you spotted?
wordsearches

   

O

Oak
collecting and planting seeds
crossword
grid fit
leaf dot to dots
leaf hunt sheet 
leaf identification sheet 
leaf outlines
leaf sudoku 
leaves quiz
match 'em up
matching seeds and leaves dot to dot
mazes 
seeds quiz
spot signs of autumn 
tree anagrams
twigs, buds and leaves quiz
winter scavenger hunt
wordsearches    

Orange tip
butterfly hunt 
butterfly cards  

Otter
animal tracks

Outlines
leaf outlines

Owl
autumn hunt - what have you seen?

Oxeye daisy
flower wordsearches  

    

P

Painted lady
butterfly hunt 
butterfly cards 

Planting
collecting and planting seeds 

Peacock
butterfly hunt 
butterfly cards 
minibeast quiz

Pigeon
see woodpigeon 

Pine needles
winter scavenger hunt

Play
seasonal play booklets

Pond skater
minibeast trump cards  

Posters
leaf collecting poster 
learning tree 

Puppets
swifts and swallows

Puzzles
code cracker
crossword
flower wordsearches
grid fit
leaf dot to dots
leaf ladder
leaf sudoku
leaves quiz
match 'em up
matching seeds and leaves dot to dot 
mazes
tree anagrams
wordsearches 

 

Q

Quiz
leaves quiz 
minibeast quiz  
seeds quiz 
twigs, buds and leaves quiz  

  

R

Recipes
blackberry recipes 

Red admiral
butterfly hunt  
butterfly cards 

Robin
bird hunt
tic-tac-toe

Rose hips
see dog rose 

Rowan
code cracker
collecting and planting seeds
grid fit
leaf hunt sheet 
leaf identification sheet
leaf ladder  
leaves quiz
match 'em up
tree anagrams
twigs, buds and leaves quiz
wordsearches   

    

S

Seeds
acorn hunt
autumn scavenger hunt
autumn seed hunt 
collecting seeds
crossword
grid fit
match 'em up
matching seeds and leaves dot to dot 
seeds quiz
winter scavenger hunt
wordsearches 

Schools
assembly 
award scheme 
curriculum links 
free trees 
learning tree 

Shield bug
minibeast trump cards

Siskin
bird hunt 

Silver birch
code cracker
collecting and planting seeds
crossword
grid fit
match 'em up
spot signs of autumn
tree anagrams
wordsearches 

Sloes
autumn seed hunt
code cracker
crossword
grid fit
wordsearches

Slug
minibeast trump cards  

Small tortoiseshell
butterfly hunt 

Snail
minibeast hunt 
minibeast trump cards

Snowdrop
flower wordsearches

Speckled wood
butterfly hunt 
butterfly cards 

Spider
autumn hunt - what have you seen?
minibeast quiz  
minibeast trump cards  

Squirrel
acorn hunt
animal tracks

autumn hunt - what have you seen?
winter hunt - what have you spotted? 

Stag beetle
minibeast trump cards 

Starling
bird hunt

Stick
see twig

Stick insect
minibeast trump cards  

Swallow
puppets

Sweet chestnut
autumn scavenger hunt

Swift
puppets

Sycamore
collecting and planting seeds
crossword
grid fit
leaf hunt sheet  
leaf identification sheet
leaf ladder
leaf sudoku 
leaf outlines  
leaves quiz 
seeds quiz 
tree anagrams 
twigs, buds and leaves quiz
wordsearches   

  

T

Templates
idials 

Ticklists
leaf ticklist 

Treecreeper
bird hunt

Trees
ancient tree hunt
blindfold tree exploring
code cracker
crossword
free trees for schools 
grid fit
leaf dot to dots
leaf ladder
leaf sudoku
leaves quiz
match 'em up
matching seeds and leaves dot to dot
mazes
tree anagrams
tree faces
tree flicker book
waiting to meet you
wordsearches  
see also: leaves, woodland  

Twigs
autumn scavenger hunt
stick weaving
tic-tac-toe 
twig towers
twigs, buds and leaves quiz
winter scavenger hunt 

   

W

Wasp
minibeast hunt 
minibeast trump cards 

Water boatman
minibeast trump cards   

Woodland
woodland log book 

Woodlouse
minibeast hunt 
minibeast quiz 
minibeast trump cards   

Woodpigeon
bird hunt

Worm
see earthworm