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Create cultureWild child

Step by step

Pick one of the challenges below and set yourself a clear goal to complete it, either on your own or with others.
When you finish a challenge you earn a Wild Child badge.
Choose a new challenge whenever you are ready for the next one.

The full Wilding activity guide (what you need, safety, variations and questions to wonder about): re-wild.co.uk/g/wild-child/
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Create cultureNature tricks & magic

Step by step

Learn a few simple tricks that nature provides.
For a plantain shooter, pick a ribwort plantain stem with its seed head.
Loop the stem around itself just behind the head, then pull the loop sharply forward so the head shoots off.
For a floating stick illusion, hold a straight twig, such as dogwood, flat against your palm. Hide the index finger of your other hand behind your wrist to hold it, then slowly open your fingers so the twig seems to hover.
For a pine cone weather trick, show a wide open cone, drop it into water, and return an hour later to find it tightly closed.
For a fairy banjo, stretch a blade of grass or a thin stem between your fingers and pluck it to make a note.

The full Wilding activity guide (what you need, safety, variations and questions to wonder about): re-wild.co.uk/g/nature-tricks-and-magic/
Wild Sparks · re-wild.co.uk

Create cultureConker rutting

Step by step

Find the soft spot on the back of your conker.
Place the conker on a flat, solid surface with that spot facing upward.
Grip the conker firmly at its sides with the thumb and finger of your non dominant hand. Using a palm drill held in your dominant hand, slowly drill through the shell and flesh of the conker until the point comes out the other side.
Thread a shoelace or length of cord through the hole and tie a knot at the end to stop it slipping through. Your conker is now ready for a conker duel with a friend.

The full Wilding activity guide (what you need, safety, variations and questions to wonder about): re-wild.co.uk/g/conker-rutting/
Wild Sparks · re-wild.co.uk

Create cultureSkits & plays inspired by nature

Step by step

Gather the group and divide them into smaller groups of three to five.
Ask each group to think of something they have seen in nature, such as a blackbird pulling up a worm, a spider wrapping a fly or a seed growing into a tree.
Give them 10 minutes to turn it into a short play of no more than 2 minutes, using their bodies, voices and any natural props they can find.
Encourage them to think about how each character moves, what it wants and what gets in its way.
Bring everyone back together and invite each group to perform.
After each play, ask the audience what they saw and what they think was happening.

The full Wilding activity guide (what you need, safety, variations and questions to wonder about): re-wild.co.uk/g/skits-and-plays-inspired-by-nature/
Wild Sparks · re-wild.co.uk