Make a monkey costume from things around your home
Go Wild-Life Activities
Here at GB Carnival, we are looking at everything we do to make sure our activities are as environmentally friendly as possible. The Go Wildlife theme gives us an exciting way to think and learn about our local environment, the wildlife around us and how we can encourage and support our wildlife to thrive
Drumming Workshop
*All Ages
Want to join in and learn some drumming
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Show your wildlife love and do the butterfly dance
*All Ages
Withy Workshop
*All Ages
Follow these steps to make a large flower handheld
You can make all sorts of beautiful structures using withies and wet strength tissue paper – this gives you instructions for a flower then you can experiment once you know how the materials work together. You can use this method to make all sorts of sculptures and lanterns
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If you can’t get withies try other thin (ideally bendy) sticks, or garden canes.
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You will need
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Withy (willow sticks) or other bendy sticks
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A Tray
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Tissue Paper
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PVA Glue
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Sponge / Paint Brush
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Scissors
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Masking Tape
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Garden Cane / Bamboo or Willow
Build a Butterfly Table
*Adult Supervision
Here is a great video from the London Wildlife Trust’s Brilliant Butterflies project. It gives you lots of information about butterflies including instructions on how to make a butterfly table for your garden or balcony at 2.31 on the video.
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You will need
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A piece of wood
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Lids from jars of different sizes and colours
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4 screw-in hooks
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Coloured paper and card.