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Picnic Party: nature walk

Last weekend was Sunnyboy's birthday picnic party. After we'd eaten the picnic and handed out the nature walk gift bags we set off on a nature walk around the Country Park.





First we stopped at Hall's Pool for some pond-dipping,



then we walked around Dickerson's Pit and met a smartly dressed "wild animal" handing out gifts for the nature walk gift bags.













Each nature walk gift bag had a little card that said You will need: a stone, a stick, a leaf. We used the leaves to do leaf rubbings with crayons and we used the sticks for a game of Pooh Sticks on one of the bridges between the lakes. At the end of our walk we decorated the stones with marker pens to take home in the gift bags as a memory of the day.

Picnic Party: invitations and nature walk gift bags
Picnic Party: food (and summer recipe links)
Picnic Party: nature walk
and Picnic inspiration on Pinterest

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More Nature Study inspiration on Pinterest.


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Picnic Party: food (and summer recipe links)

Last weekend was Sunnyboy's birthday picnic party. We met up with our guests in the play area at the Country Park,



then we walked through the woods and set up the picnic in a more secluded spot.



The picnic food included french sticks, a selection of cheeses, humous, carrots, cucumber, celery, cherry tomatoes, grapes, bread sticks, twiglets, peanuts, savoury biscuits and crackers, crisps, malt loaf, iced buns, snowballs and iced gem biscuits. We also had a basket of apples from the tree in our garden.





For drinks we had lemonade, apple and blackcurrant squash, orange juice, apple juice and water. I used two tins to put drinking straws and cocktail umbrellas in, and covered the tins with pages from the same old atlas that I used to make the nature walk gift bags.



It was a very hot day and we chose a shady place to eat our picnic.



Sunnyboy's cake was decorated with toy bugs and six candles.









After the picnic Sunnyboy put on his bow tie and performed two magic tricks, then we handed out the nature walk gift bags and went for a nature walk.

Picnic Party: invitations and nature walk gift bags
Picnic Party: food (and summer recipe links)
Picnic Party: nature walk
and Picnic inspiration on Pinterest

48 summer recipe links from the Summer Carnival:

Boba Tea ("Bubble Tea") at KidWorldCitizen
Raw lettuce soup at Poco Mountain Girl
Floral cream cheese with chives at Home Baked
Blackberries at Home Baked
Apple and Blackberry Jam at Home Baked
Blackberry and Apple Curd at Home Baked
Lammas Loaf at Home Baked
Apricot Curd at Home Baked
Home-made Ice-lollies at Home Baked
Lavender Shortbread at Home Baked



Cherries at Home Baked
Easy Fruit Pavlova at Home Baked
Raspberry and basil cake with cream cheese icing at Home Baked
Mini Quiches at mamacook
Make ice cream in a bag at mamascout
Elder flower cordial at The shed and beyond
Blueberries at The Educators' Spin On It
Sunshine Fruit Plate at Little Wonders' Days
Banana Split Bites at All Things Beautiful
Baby Bel Umbrellas at All Things Beautiful



Graham Cracker Ice Cream Sandwiches at Plain Vanilla Mom
Cloud Cupcakes at All Things Beautiful
Watermelon Waffles at All Things Beautiful
Watermelon Pie at All Things Beautiful
Caterpillar and Watermelon Sugar Cookies at It's a Cookie World
Healthy Ice Cream at We-Made-That.com
Fourth of July Party Food at The Cheapskate Mom
Berries and Chocolate Tea Time at All Things Beautiful
Watermelon Slushie at All Things Beautiful
Watermelon Shark at All Things Beautiful



Butterflies for Lunch at All Things Beautiful
Fruit Smoothie Popsicles at Raise A Boy
Edible Mini Mint Garden at All Things Beautiful
Homemade Ice Cream at Crafty Moms Share
Ladybug Cookies at All Things Beautiful
Making Butter at A Moment In our World
Straw....berry fun at Time to Craft
4th of July Pudding Pops at We-Made-That.com
Summer Solstice Celebrating and Feasting at Love in the Suburbs
Baking Cookies in a Shoebox at No Doubt Learning



Smores on a Stick at We-Made-That.com
Edible Sand, Watercress Sandwiches and more at All Things Beautiful
Ice Cream Mini-Bites at Little Homeschool Blessings
The Beach Birthday Cake at Little Homeschool Blessings
3 Ingredient, No-Bake Cookies at The Good Long Road
Pinkalicious Pancakes at We-Made-That.com
Smores Cone at We-Made-That.com
Healthy Pizza Bites at We-Made-That.com



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