What games do you play with the kids in the woods?

[dragonbutter]

We usually do a treasure hunt following twigs, stones placed in the shape of arrows to lead to the treasure.

I need more ideas.

My kids are 4 and 18m.

TIA

oh come on!

Hide and seek. Endlessly. But 18 mo is quite tough.

Tree climbing.

Could you get one of those bug viewers?

oh a bug viewer might be good. we have one of those somewhere.

tbh the 18m old quite happily follows his brother, so if his brother is engaged in an activity he'll tag along.

hellooooooooo! is this not controvertial enough?

how about AIBU to not know what the hell to do with my kids once i get them to the woods, and they get a bit whiney if i want them to walk, help me distract them or i'll change their names to 2pac and dre.

contraversial? how the fuck do you spell that word?

We play Blair Witch Project.

snigger

hand painting on the walls of derelict buildings?

Howling from a distance and filming the terror with hand-held cameras. That sort of thing.

okey dokey!

any more wholesome ideas?

leaf/ nut/cone collecting

build dens

look for animals holes/ footprints

Reality is pooh sticks.

i've seen books on amazon about playing outdoors with kids but i can't think what on earth would be in it, and don't want to buy it either.

I used to pretend to see fairies with my youngest when out walking.

Make monsters out of the trees - stick mud on and leaves etc to make faces. Tiny houses and playgrounds for fairies - or animals if not into the little people. Lying in leaves and getting completely covered then leaping out. Bark rubbings. Spotting men texting other men for sex with a stranger.

Hmm. That strike out thing with hyphens didn't work did it?

maybe i'll bump this thread in the morning for the wholesome mumsnetters.
you late nighters are weirdo's

Sit on a log and do different accents. See - I came over here to speak to you!

thankyou.
you have to strike out each word i think.
fairly labour intensive.

DS1 does like to practise his silly walks. That might be good.

oh blimey - too much hard work with the hyphens then. Silly walks are excellent. And lying down looking up at the leaves and branches.

Oh God, I am a bad mummy. We sit on a fallen tree trunk playing trains/aeroplanes/rockets for ten minutes, then I say 'come ON! Let's get a move on, Mummy wants a cup of tea ...'

My DD (3) keeps saying 'shall we head on, then?' Wonder where she got that from?

We rarely get out to woodland but when we do

Hide and seek but paired with adults as I'm terrified of losing one of them

Den building with any fallen branches, dead bracken etc.

Picture making with leaves , stones, branches etc. Our best was an enormous woman with a baby.

We look for animals - we're talking lions, monkeys, alligators which ds loves but dd gets a bit concerned. Looking for fairy houses is great and then once found putting in nutshells, grass, twigs.

scavenger hunt. collect bits eg twig, different shaped leaves, conkers etc and mount onto card. children have to collect one of each thing on their cards to put into scavenger bag. once scavenger bag is full get prize eg small choccie.

stop and go. ds loves this where we shout stop every few minutes and everybody has to freeze and then he or we gets to say go again.

I spy (but maybe more so for the 4 year old)

bump for the more sensible daytime mumsnetters

ps. thanks for replies so far, actually very helpful. well mostly.

We go looking for the Gruffalo - also where he sleeps, what he eats etc. DS1 (3.11) gets SO excited when we pretend to find clues!!