I’m sure most of you are already inundated with conkers! There are some great places to go collecting them in Wharfedale & Craven! This weekend try something different…1. Play the traditional game of conkers we all remember from our childhood!
2. Make a conker snake or caterpillar. As well as been great fun these are also a great way of helping children with their number bonds to 10 as they can move the conkers up and down on the string.
Either skewer or drill a hole in the conkers, children can then use their fine motor skills threading the conkers on the string. One thing to note conkers are hard to stick things to so I would recommend the eyes that have peel back stickers or super glue.
3. Practice counting with conkers. Mix it up and put down the numicon. Sort the conkers into a line from the smallest to largest, practise counting in 2s and 5s with conkers or simply put them in the numicon patterns and add away. The kids will have great fun with the conkers and won’t realise it has an underlying maths focus!
4. Paint with conkers. This is a bit like marble painting but with conkers! Get a baking tray put a sheet of paper in the bottom, squirt different colours of paint in the tray and roll the conkers around to make pretty conker pictures!
5. Conker games. Why not add a bit of fun into some traditional games with the use of conkers. e.g. Conker & Spoon race or Conker Boules – place an object like a large stone and see who can get their conker the closest.
6. Conker puppet family. Act out one of your favourite stories with conker puppets.
7. Conker decorating. Decorating conkers is like decorating eggs at Easter – see how much glitter they can get on the conkers and themselves!!! There are lots of ways to decorate conkers and suitable for all ages, you could also try conker printing with flat conkers.
8. Fend off spiders. It’s the time of year when spiders make an appearance, apparently placing conkers around the house on windowsills keeps the spiders away.
9. Conker jewellery. Drill holes in the conkers and you can make a necklace or bracelet. You could even use the leftover conkers from the paint with conkers for a decorated bracelet!
10. Make conker animals. Let your child’s imagination run wild, get out the craft box, playdough or use other autumnal materials like acorns, leaves sticks and make your favourite conker animal.
11. We had so much fun with our conkers we had to add an extra! Halloween themed Conkers!
We hope you have great fun doing lots of different activities with your conkers!
Why don’t you join the Wharfedale & Craven Mumbler Chat Group and share your creations with other Mumblers!
