🦌🎄 We've been having a lovely, gentle, festive time in the woods here @boots_and_brambles
The Festive period can be intense, fast paced and involve so much stuff!
This year at Boots & Brambles we are bringing it back to basics; simple, natural woodland celebrations with a sprinkle of festive magic 🎄
Have a look at what we've been up to in the woods recently!
If this is your vibe...
🌲 Nature-based, seasonal play
🦌 Festive mud kitchen
🌲Woodland games
🦌 Simple crafts using natural and recycled items
🌲Hot chocolate station
🦌Festive treats on the campfire
There is another chance to join us in our beautiful woodland this week for our final Parent & Child session on Friday 20th December 10.30-12 🦌🎄
Book via our website www.bootsandbrambles.com
📍 St Peter's Church Centre Woodland, Tollerton Lane, Tollerton, NG12 4FT
👇🏼 What are your favourite nature based festive activities? We'd love to hear from you! What have you been up to in the woods this December? 🎄🦌
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At Xmas we are led to believe that we must create "magical memories" and the "perfect childhood" which more often than not centres around big displays of affection such as extravagant days out, Xmas Eve Boxes, piles of presents, or a magic elf appearing on 1st December in a huge balloon with your name on!
I'm not saying people can't celebrate how they want, but it's also OK NOT to have an elf, a Xmas Eve Box and matching Xmas clothes.
To make things magical we shouldn't have to spend a fortune; magic should be in the little things; let's normalise a simple, but no less special Xmas time
🐾 ❄️ Tracks in the snow ❄️ 🐾
It's been so amazing to see who visits our site! We've had lots of fun exploring tracks in the snow today and trying to work out who they belong to and where they go!
🐾 ❄️ Who do you think has been visiting our site?
🐾 ❄️ Have you had any visitors to your site? We'd love to know! 👇🏼 Comment below!
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🌳✨ Swing through the trees at Forest School! Perfect for all ages, it’s more than just fun—it's beneficial too! 🌟
3 Benefits of Swings:
1️⃣ Enhances balance and coordination.
2️⃣ Boosts mood and reduces stress.
3️⃣ Encourages outdoor play and exploration.
Join us for a swing-tastic adventure! 🌿
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🎃Celebrations, sustainability & STUFF🎃
🎃🦇We LOVE to celebrate seasonal festivals here @boots_and_brambles. But each year it seems that celebrations become bigger and more commercial, often bringing increased cost and more - usually plastic - "stuff!"
As Forest School Practitioners and parents, we are passionate about the natural world and very conscious about the impact we humans have upon it. Everywhere children go nowadays they come back with "stuff" whether that be from a party bag, a lunch out, or a day trip. I'm sure I'm not the only one who has drawers full of plastic tat that seem to just seem to appear!
It can be so hard, in today's modern, fast paced society, when we are all SO busy and working hard to take time to stop and look at the impact we are having.
🎃This year we've tried hard to focus on making our celebrations, both at home and at work, simple and sustainable (with less "stuff!")
We are by NO means experts and are constantly learning and adapting our practice! Check out our post to see a few simple changes we've made this year.
We'd love to hear how you make celebrations simple and more sustainable 🎃🦇
Let us know in the comments🎃
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🌳💚 Come and explore the woods with us at Boots & Brambles Forest School A HUGE thanks to everyone who came to join us in the woods today! 💚🌳 #forestschoolleader #forestschool #forestschoolactivities #forestschoolprovider #iloveforestschool #forestschoolnottinghamshire #forestschoolnotts #outdoorplaynotts #outdoorplaygroupnottingham #outdoortoddlergroup #nottsparents #outdoorkids #sensoryplaynotts
🪵 It's been a LONG time coming! Hello sun and warmer weather!! 🌞 🪵 (well for this weekend at least!) Comment SUN if you agree!!
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🌳 May 1st was traditionally the first day of the year that children were allowed to go barefoot! We celebrated May Day today @boots_and_brambles with our annual Barefoot Walk! 🌳👣
🌳The children built the walk over the course of the day using different woodland textures🌳
👣"I'm not putting my feet in that" "I don't want dirty feet" were the cries we heard from some!
👣🌳 But by the end of the day nearly all the children had a go, some started off in wellies, then went in their socks, then barefoot ... ending up with the "Ultimate Barefoot Walk Challenge" completing the course barefoot and blindfolded! 👣 With many children returning again and again, testing out the course from start to finish and in reverse. We had lots of discussions about the different textures and sensations! 👣
At the end of the day one of the children who had been reticent to try the walk at the start of the day, exclaimed "I NEVER knew a Barefoot Walk would be SO much fun!" #muddyplayideas #forestschool #forestschoolideas #iloveforestschool #forestschoolnottinghamshire #outdoorplaynotts #notallclassroomshavefourwalls #forestschoolfun #forestschoolleader #forestschoolprovider #sensorylearning #learningthroughnature #woodlandclassroom #MayDay #maydaytraditions
A day full of outdoor parties in our beautiful woodland at Boots & Brambles Forest School
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🐣 🐰 There's LOTS going on at Boots & Brambles Forest School this Easter! Join us in our beautiful woodland site in Tollerton for lots of outdoor fun over the Easter Holidays! 🐣
🐣 Monday 1st & Tuesday 2nd April 10.30-12 - Join us for our Easter Family Sessions! Open to all ages! You don't have to have attended a Boots & Brambles session before! Join us for lots of woodland play, our Easter Mud Kitchen, nature eggs and campfire treats!
🔥Wednesday 3rd April 10-3 - Calling all Bushcraft Warriors! Join us for our full day Holiday Club! Use tools⚒️ build dens ⛺️ learn to light your own campfire 🔥 and develop your Bushcraft skills! Open to children age 6+ - you don't have to have attended a Boots & Brambles session before!
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🌦🌨🌬 A little "Hello" from me and shout out to my fellow Forest School Leaders/Outdoor Educators/anyone working outdoors at the moment! 🌨🌦
(P.S. filmed this yesterday, before another VERY soggy, sleety day! 🤣🙈)
🌳💚 Fancy spending your Monday mornings here? Our weekly Parent & Child sessions take place on Mondays 10.30-12 here at our Boots & Brambles Base Camp in Tollerton! 💚🌳 We have no upper or lower age limit and offer sibling discount (pre-walking siblings attend for free.) Sessions can be booked as individual sessions or as a block. All sessions include hot drinks for adults, hot chocolate and biscuits for little ones! Book via our website www.bootsandbrambles.com 🌳💚
