Day 28 we saw deer and celebrated the humble stick

Alfie spotted two deers in the school grounds. A mother and new born fallow deer.                              

Alfie's drawing of the deer

Back at home we all celebrated the humble stick, by thinking up different ways we have used sticks ourselves, and then thought about other things we could do with them too...

1. Hug it
2. Play with it as a sword
3. Collect them 
4. Dance with them
5. Point them
6. Peel them
7. Paint them
8. Make messages with them (like we did yesterday!)
9. Use it like a bat to play sport
10. Make them into a den
11. Make a fire
12. Make a fairy house
13. Make a bug home
14. Make a real house
15. Make picture or a sculpture
16. Draw with them in the sand
17. Use them as an instrument
18. Stir a potion, soup or other brew
19. Make a tower
20. Make them into a split to help mend a broken bone
21. Brush your teeth - like they used to before toothbrushes
22. Make a fence
23. Make a basket
24. As a walking stick
25. To clear a path of stinging nettles
26. As a fishing rod
27. Fix together to make a kite
28. To poke into an ant's nest
29. As a magic wand
30. Make it into a mobile or other decoration 
31. To fix your hair if its long enough
32. To throw for a dog
33. Make into a raft to go on the water
34. Make a sundial
35. Make flag pole
36. As a skewer to cook food on your fire make of other sticks!
37. Knock apples from high up in the tree
38. Make a bow and arrow
39. Dig with it
40. You can carve or whittle a stick 

So many things... if you have any more ideas, leave us a comment...