Outdoor craft ideas for entertaining toddlers by @that.makes.six

Cardboard flower press

What I love most about this is that it’s re-usable and you can make so many of them in different sizes. My oldest daughter Isabelle is nine and she makes a much bigger one simply made from a bigger box.

You want to cut two pieces of card - I find thicker corrugated card you usually get in parcels to be best. Make one a couple of centimetres smaller then fold them in half creating your book shape wedging the smaller in the middle.

For the area in-between each piece of card you need some type of paper - parchment paper, baking paper, newspaper, tissue paper, pretty much anything will work. You can glue it down if you’re worried about little hands tearing it or it is blowing away, but simply folding it will work too.

I poked a hole on the back page and tied a long piece of string through. You could use twine, ribbon or even a shoelace – really anything you have to hand. When you’ve picked your flowers or leaves simply pop in your book, close and wrap the string around tightly. Leave for a few days and ‘ta da’ pressed flowers. The options are endless for things you can then do with them.