Forestry England have created some Christmas Family Forest Activity Ideas to help keep you busy over the festive season.  

Decorate festive pine cones - Decorate pine cones to create a mini Christmas tree, or paint a pine cone robin to get in the festive spirit.

Create a twig star - Ditch your plastic tree-topper in favour of a lovely handmade stick star with this guide. The perfect ornament for your family Christmas tree.

Forest artwork - Make forest artwork with branches, pine cones and leaves collected on your forest adventure.

Natural wreath - Get the family together to make your very own Christmas wreath for your home.

Gruffalo winter - Help the Gruffalo match the snowy footprints to each of his animal friends!

Visit the Forestry England website where you can download and print the activity sheets.  

If you can't get out to the forest, take a look at the Forests at Home section which has lots of ways to enjoy the restorative benefits of the forest in your own home.