Exploring Nature

Commemorate Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee year in a creative, planet friendly way.  Add to the Queen’s Green Canopy initiative by encouraging children to plant a seed to grow a tree, with everything you need in this comprehensive kit.

The Cottage Garden Den Kit is the gift of adventure!  Everything you need to create a den in the great outdoors, including a purple tarpaulin, packed into a sturdy haversack.

Brilliant den kit for outdoor adventure and escapades!  

Enjoy hours of simple outdoor fun building dens with this brilliant set.  The sturdy canvas bag is full of kit including tarpaulin, groundsheet and camouflage netting, rope and tent pegs with lots of adventure accessories to capture the imagination and inspire outdoor escapades.

Set up camp - indoors or outdoors -with this 9 piece camping and adventure set with brilliant realistic effect battery powered lantern and stove from the Learning Resources Let's Pretend range.

The amazing Camping Projector is a campfire nightlight, starlight projector and image projector with 24 images! 

Explore nature up close with the magnifying Bug Viewer!

Live Butterfly Hatching Kit enables you to see caterpillars mysteriously transform into chrysalises then hatch into beautiful butterflies.

BUTTERFLIES ARE NOT SENT OUT BETWEEN SEPTEMBER AND MARCH AS IT IS TOO COLD FOR THEM.

Robust children's binoculars with built in compass for added adventuring!

A sea-scope with built in flashlight, thermometer and ruler for underwater viewing and investigating!

Magnificent 20x – 40x magnification illuminated microscope, see the world close-up, perfect for exploring out and about, as hand-held with a lanyard to keep it close at all times!  Requires 3 x LR44 batteries, included.

Brilliant device to turn a mobile phone into a microscope with up to 30 times magnification!
See below for video!

A wide viewing periscope with LED light for night exploration.

A refracting telescope with x 12 magnification, a sturdy metal focuser and comfortable soft eye cup.  A great way to explore the surface of the moon, search the night sky or study nature close up.

The build the perfect habitat to observe bugs close up, complete with bug catcher and illustrated, fact-pact activity booklet.

Create a home for solitary bees and other insects with this easy to build kit.  A satisfying project to build a wooden bee hotel using wood, dowels and glue, all contained in a neat tin that also contains a fascinating fact sheet.  The perfect Gift in a Tin.

Use this simple kit to build your own window bird feeder, great fun for adults and children.  This enjoyable project creates a feeder that attaches to the window so you can feed and view birds from within your own home.  All wood, glue, window suckers and instructions included in a neat tin.  A perfect Gift in a Tin.

Build a wooden insect hotel for the garden and watch how the insects inhabit it!

Assemble and paint a wooden bird house with your child.  Pre-cut and pre-drilled pieces of wood to screw together and decorate with the paint and brush supplied.  Simple assembly but younger children will benefit from adult help.  Requires a cross head screwdriver for assembly.

Lend nesting birds a helping hand by foraging for nesting materials and learning about the needs of garden birds with this educational set.  Fill the cage with twigs,  moss and supplied materials, using the kit to provide the needs of your local birds.

Encourage a fascination in the world of botany by making your own herbarium, a visual record of plants you have collected, identified and pressed, resulting in a wonderful piece of natural art to treasure for years to come.

Learn all about four ancient art styles and use them to create fascinating designs on fabric using nature as your muse.  Everything you need including plant colouring, charcoal, wax and fabrics.

Encourage the joyful pastime of potion making in the great outdoors with this thoughtfully assembled set.

Two colourful lengths of cordage and guide to learn 6 essential knots and their uses, contained in a hessian drawstring sack. Adult supervision recommended.

The latest model of our serious two-way radios, with a 4km range, requires 6 AAA batteries, not included.

After a good soaking, sit Mr Grasshead in his pot and feed with water and he will grow a wonderful head of grassy hair you can even trim with scissors!

Explore for metal objects and even buried treasure with this easy to use Digital Metal Detector.

Build an ant habitat and observe their fascinating life.

Hatch your own live Aqua Dragons from hibernated eggs and watch them grow in their specially designed underwater world

Project photos of animals in the wild onto walls and ceilings with the powerful torch projector.

Hands free LED torch, attached to adjustable elasticated head straps for exploring in the dark (or night time reading!).

Grow your own herbs, salad and vegetables in a greenhouse you construct using the components in the set.  Also includes organic seeds, peat discs, pots, tools, full instructions and recipes to use your home grown produce.

Useful Night Mission Goggles with powerful twin LED light beams, retractable scope with 2 x magnification lens and adjustable strap.

A night vision torch with bright red LEDs to illuminate objects without disrupting your eyes’ natural adaptation to the dark.

Red Pull-along cart, with metal tray and plastic wheels.

Attract, feed and observe birds with this easy to fix bird feeder.  The large portal with one-way mirror allows you to observe the birds without disturbing them. Supplied with Garden Bird Guide.  Bird food not included.