50 things to do before you're 11 3/4

50 things to do before you’re 11 3/4

The National Trust have launched a brand new list of things to try before you get to the grand old age of 11 and 3/4. If, however, you happen to be nearly 12 or even a teenager, no one would mind if you joined in too. The boffins in the National Trust have realised that young people really don’t get to experience nature in the same way that children did in the past. Maybe that’s because children your age have too much fun playing on your games consoles, but really, what could be more fun than having a go at these beauties….

Climb a tree
Roll down a really big hill
Camp out in the wild
Build a den
Skim a stone
Run around in the rain
Fly a kite
Catch a fish with a net
Eat an apple straight from a tree
Play conkers
Throw some snow
Hunt for treasure on the beach
Make a mud pie
Dam a stream
Go sledging
Bury someone in the sand
Set up a snail race
Balance on a fallen tree
Swing on a rope swing
Make a mud slide
Eat blackberries growing in the wild
Take a look inside a tree
Visit an island
Feel like you’re flying in the wind
Make a grass trumpet
Hunt for fossils and bones
Watch the sun wake up
Climb a huge hill
Get behind a waterfall
Feed a bird from your hand
Hunt for bugs
Find some frogspawn
Catch a butterfly in a net
Track wild animals
Discover what’s in a pond
Call an owl
Check out crazy creatures in a rock pool
Bring up a butterfly
Catch a crab
Go on a nature walk at night
Plant it, grow it, eat it
Go wild swimming
Go rafting
Light a fire without matches
Find your way with a map and compass
Try bouldering
Cook on a campfire
Try abseiling
Find a geocache
Canoe down a river

You can pick up a free 50 Things To Do Before You’re 11¾ scrapbook from participating National Trust properties. You can find out more by following the 50things link below. Hey – what you doing still sitting in front of that telly?

https://www.50things.org.uk/