Wherever you are this summer holidays, why not give yourself some monster feet or giants boots?  These attracted a lot of attention on the beach and every passer by just had to try them on.  A great photo opportunity.

You could make them out of sand, mud, rocks, sticks, leaves anything that takes your fancy.  Make big boots, dainty silhouettes, emerald green ones or pretty pink petal ones.  See who comes along and tries them on, share your photos with us, up-load them to facebook (Going Wild), tweet them (@goingwildnet) #goingwildnet…….

Let’s start a Going Wild monster foot fashion craze!

You don’t need to go on expensive holidays, you don’t need to spend loads of money on exhausting days out, you don’t even need to go very far from home, and if you live in a town or a city our new book “The Wild City Book” means you don’t even have to make a trip out to the countryside to have fun in the wild world.

In fact you need never hear the words “I’m bored again”.

All you need to do is get hold of one of our books and set off for some wonderful wild adventures.  Our books are packed with practical ideas to tempt children away from screen based entertainment for a few hours, so that the wild world might weave its magic upon them.

And just in case you have forgotten, we have been busy writing books for everyone  so you have a huge choice…Nature’s Playground (for the younger ones), Go Wild (for the wild camping bushcraft types), Make it Wild (for the creative souls), Run Wild (if you have a group of friends you want to play with), The Stick Book (for stick fanatics- isn’t that everyone?!), The Wild Weather book (if the sun doesn’t shine) and the Wild City Book (for all those urbanites)!

There is now no excuse to be bored this summer, step outside and have fun GOING WILD!

The sun in shining and nature’s scents are intoxicating. Why not go on a smell hunt and see if you can make some really smelly potions?  Collect fallen petals, camomile, freshly mown grass, add water then get stuck in squashing and squishing them between fingers or even toes!  Now for the challenge; blindfold your mum, dad, granddad, teacher or friends and see if they can recognise the smells, who is the better smeller?  Make a magic one and see what happens!

With sunshine and showers forecast this weekend, why not make your own treasure hunt or find some gold at the end of a rainbow?!

Do you think these are real eggs or chocolate ones?  Connie made this nest; I think she tricked us and maybe even the birds!

Can you make one like it?  A bird would want a strong frame made from bendy twigs.  They would like it lined with a comfy mattress, such as springy green moss, and perhaps a soft feather pillow.

You could hide your nests in the garden or park to make a chocolate egg hunt with a difference!

Email or tweet a photo of your nests using #screenfree or #goingwildnet for a chance of winning a signed copy of one of our books full of loads of other fun outdoor adventures.

More egg smashing fun! Can you make an Easter egg treasure hunt for your friends?

• The first and perhaps the most fun thing is to blow your eggs.  You will need as many eggs as you want clues.  Make a small hole in the top and bottom of the egg and blow gently over a bowl; you should catch the contents and be able to make an omelet for lunch.
• Next work out where you want to make your trail.  Start at the end and work in reverse order hiding the treasure (chocolate eggs, yum yum??) first.

• Walk a little way, get one of your blown eggs, write a clue on a tiny piece of paper for where you have just hidden your treasure.  Roll the paper tightly and push it through one of the holes .  The only way to get the clue out and read it now is to smash it!  Now hide this egg.

• Walk on and do the same with another egg but this time the clue should lead them to the spot where you hid the last egg.

• Go on laying clues inside eggs until the beginning and write a clue to give to your friends or family.

• They then rush around, reading the clues, guessing where to find the next clue and having fun smashing eggs on heads on route!

If you send us a photo or tweet using hash tags #screenfree and #goingwildnet you may win a signed copy of one of our books!

Here is one of several “screenfree” activities to try over the Easter holidays.

If there are any eggs left after you’ve done your egg rolling, have fun drawing patterns on them using wax crayons.  Next soak them overnight in a mixture of diluted vinegar and food colouring.  In the morning you should have a beautiful collection like this.

If you are worried about them breaking, try hard boiling them first, or make a small hole in the top and bottom of the egg and blow hard (remembering to put a bowl underneath first!) to remove all the contents. These beautiful blown eggs can be used for mobiles or treasure hunts; keep an eye on this website for tips on these things in more challenges soon!

Remember, if you send us a photo of your extremely eggy eggs you may win a signed copy of one of our books.  If you tweetm, use the hash tags #screenfree and #goingwildnet

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Easter “Screenfree” challenge no 11 – Challenge your friends and family to an egg rolling or egg catching competition 

Out for an evening walk to enjoy the increased evening light we came across a group of cub scouts throwing painted hard-boiled eggs down the hill.  Some eggs broke quickly (much to the delight of the red kites which swarmed down to gobble them up!) and others seemed to survive throw after throw.  Much fun being had by all; it felt like the beginning of summer.

How about upping the stakes this Easter?  Why not roll eggs that haven’t been hard boiled?  Or play a game of egg catch.  Can you catch that egg without it breaking?!