10 Ways To Embrace Nature This Valentines Day!

As you know from our Rewildong Wanderlust Child Nature Study Programmewe love supporting children's play through nature and the outdoors. Here are 10 nature play ideas for celebrating Valentine’s Day. 

Head outside and look for heart shaped leaves. Find other nature to decorate these with and then take a photo. This can then be turned into a card. 

Set up a natural maths provocation around the story of Clara Button and the Wedding Day Surprise. 

Create a natural batch of Playdough by leaving out the food colouring. Pop on a board along with some flower petals, cake tins and cutters. 

Set up an invitation to explore loose parts

Use magnetic tiles and nature to create hearts

Create a Valentines Day Shelfie like  @_little.thinkers_

Make some Forest love potions

Make the words Love and decorate them with nature

Make a heart shaped nature wand 

Make Woodland Love Tea

Set up a flower shop and practice the gentle art of flower arranging

Set up a sensory play station

Set up an invitation to make Affirmation Potions or Kindness Potions. You can find my affirmation cards here

Rose Petal Water Play

Set up a Valentines Day Tinker Tray

Set up an invitation to explore number with a ten frame and flower heads

Make Heart Shaped Gifts for The Birds

For more nature play ideas don't forget to check out my weekly nature programme available here