National Trust: 50 Things To Do Before You're 11 3/4: An Outdoors Adventure Handbook

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Things achieved record web and social media traffic compared to previous NT campaigns. It has also been hugely successful in encouraging participation from Trust properties who have been running events and have permanently changed the way they communicate to visitors. Over 90% of visitors engaging with the campaign at properties in the first year said they would spend more time outdoors as a result. The idea really caught the attention of the media, attracting 131 pieces of media coverage on launch day alone (including 7 TV features) We have done this with a variety of things and failed miserably at all but herbs (which the girls don’t want to eat!) No 42 Go Swimming in the Sea – 50 things to do before you are 11 and 3/4

I feel like there needs to be a trip designed around this task this year. No44 Go Bird Watching– 50 things to do before you are 11 and 3/4I don’t think my kids can say they can ride a horse but they have definitely tried! No49 Find a geocache – 50 things to do before you are 11 and 3/4 We don’t seem to have managed this ourselves so still on the list, but we do have some great tips from another writer aboutFossil Hunting on Charmouth Beach. If your child has autism, you may find that they are motivated by the idea of looking at pictures of themselves over the years. You may find that this is a way of interesting them in the concept of history. Do a Life Expectancy Calculator test. So, how many years have you got left? Write down five things you’d really like to do in that time.

The Fifty Things link is here and below are the ones we have managed so far. So why not get started yourself – loads of them can be done for free! No1 Climb a Tree –50 things to do before you are 11 and 3/4 Other museums will give children the opportunity to develop their awareness of the past, and how things have changed over time. The Science and Media Museum has galleries to explore technology, including Wonderlab where what you see and hear is only the beginning. We must have done lots of this, definitely on the beach but I’m not sure how much of this we have done in the woods or in the fields! Must do more! No25 Make a Grass TrumpetBuy an item of clothing from a charity shop that you really like, but isn’t the sort of thing you normally wear. Wear it. A challenge for the summer definitely. No13 Make a mud pie –50 things to do before you are 11 and 3/4 We also helped crowd source the list of activities from a broad range of practitioners within the Trust. Another of my favourite photos from a photoshoot behind our house but definitely catching a falling leaf!

A safari at night yes, but I don’t think we’ve done a nature walk. No41 Plant it, Grow it, Eat it – 50 things to do before you are 11 and 3/4 Sadly I don’t actually have the photographic evidence but there was a lot of rolling down this hill when we spent the weekend at Timber Festival in 2018. There has definitely been cooking on a campfire on many occasions but the photos are sadly few and far between! We will do more this year as evidence for the list! No48 Learn to ride a horse – 50 things to do before you are 11 and 3/4Helpfully and easily found regularly my neighbours pond! No33 Catching a Falling Leaf –50 things to do before you are 11 and 3/4