'A beautiful and inspiring book, bursting with practical suggestions which will appeal to every child’s imagination. Reading it, I wanted to rush out to my nearest wood immediately!'
Julia Donaldson, author of
The Gruffalo
Who doesn’t love a stick? The universal toy for children and adults alike, sticks can provide endless opportunities for outdoor adventures, creative play, woodcraft and conservation.
Packed with 70 ideas and projects,
The Stick Book
will give you loads of inspiration for
using the wonderful, free and all-natural toy: the stick.
As The National Museum of Play (New York) pointed out when they put the stick in their National Toy Hall of Fame, 'It can be a Wild West horse, a medieval knight's sword, a boat on a stream, or a slingshot with a rubber band …' A stick can be anything you want it to be. This book will give you loads of inventive ideas for spending
quality time outdoors
with your children – from the
adventurous
to the
magical
,
getting creative
to
playing games
making music
building bug hotels
. Try your hands at:
Making a DIY tent or den
Creating a woodland monster or magic carpet
Wild weaving or making your own natural wind chimes
Playing capture the flag or a woodland mapping game
Making a bird feeder or bug hotel
With
70 ideas and projects
, there will be something for every little adventurer, dreamer or budding ecologist in
. All you need to get started is … a stick!