Things that you can do with Conkers

 

Things that you can do with Conkers

I have added some link(s) of what you can do with Conkers

• Conker Crafts and Activities - Woodland Trust

• 10 Things Your Kids can do with Conkers (getoutwiththekids.co.uk)

• What to do with Conkers.... | The Diary of a Frugal Family

• What To Do With Conkers, Acorns & Hazelnuts - Activities for Kids (familydaystriedandtested.com)

• 15 Conkers Crafts (aka Chestnut or Buckeye Crafts for Fall (redtedart.com)

• Woman's genius hack uses conkers to make washing detergent for an entire year - and it won't cost you a penny - Manchester Evening News

• Simple Ways to Grow Conkers: 13 Steps (with Pictures) - wikiHow

• Conkers (botanicgarden.wales)

• How To Grow A Tree From A Conker – Animal Enthusias Blog (animalenthusiastblog.com)

• Ultimate Guide to Conkers — Peckham Conker Club

I hope you find them useful.

Being Closer to Nature

 Being Closer to Nature

I think that one thing that I love about home schooling is the ability to get closer to nature and to chose what items I use to teach my children and where I buy them from.

One thing that I have always done with my children is to teach them that second-hand is OK to buy despite Covid 19.

I was not brought up to use second-hand and was told to always buy new, but now that I am a parent I am happy to teach.

Reduce

Reuse

Recycle

Upcycle

is the new way to live life.

So one thing that I am looking at doing is to keep some of the things that I teach seasonal and to be more closer to nature and use what we have around use to learn who to live life to the full.

This year we were not really able to do any foraging like we have in the past, so I am going to use the items that I already have around the house and have not done any thing with yet.

What we will do is make then in to gifts for our family and friends and also to decorate the house with.

So please follow us during our gift making session over the next few day(s)

Wednesday 18th November 2020

Wednesday 18th November 2020

I can not believe that we are drawing so close to the end of an other year and the one thing that I can think of is how lucky that I am to still be alive and to be able to watch my children grow each day.

The hardest job I have had to do is to not just take care of myslef because no one else will do that for you, but to take care of my family.

I have used this time to go back to the drawing board and to work on my future goals and who I can hopefully move forward in 2021 and how my children will also.

One of the main things that I have done is go back to basics and I have done this by taking the time to draw up a budget plan and to try and average out my incomings and outgoings over the last 6 months so that I can start planing for the future.

I will add a budget plan link to this blog, if I have not already added one.