50 things to do before you are 11¾

This blog is based around an urge to give my son the sort of childhood that kids had before the advent of computer games; all day children's TV and too many cars on the road to be able to play out. I know a lot of parents who have similar aspirations and want their kids to have an actual childhood. This urge has been reflected in National Trust's 50 things to do before you are 11¾which sets kids the challenge to get out and do the stuff we used to do when kid's TV was only on for two hours per day and we were allowed to roam free.
To date, my son has been able to get to 31and we are going to try to get to the round 50 by the end of the summer holidays.
This is the list:
The 50 Things to Do Before you're 11 ¾
1. Climb a tree
2. Roll down a really big hill
3. Camp out in the wild
4. Build a den
5. Skim a stone
6. Run around in the rain
7. Fly a kite
8. Catch a fish with a net
9. Eat an apple straight from a tree
10. Play conkers
11. Throw some snow
12. Hunt for treasure on the beach
13. Make a mud pie
14. Dam a stream
15. Go sledging
16. Bury someone in the sand
17. Set up a snail race
18. Balance on a fallen tree
19. Swing on a rope swing
20. Make a mud slide
21. Eat blackberries growing in the wild
22. Take a look inside a tree
23. Visit an island
24. Feel like you're flying in the wind
25. Make a grass trumpet
26. Hunt for fossils and bones
27. Watch the sun wake up
28. Climb a huge hill
29. Get behind a waterfall
30. Feed a bird from your hand
31. Hunt for bugs
32. Find some frogspawn
33. Catch a butterfly in a net
34. Track wild animals
35. Discover what's in a pond
36. Call an owl
37. Check out the crazy creatures in a rock pool
38. Bring up a butterfly
39. Catch a crab
40. Go on a nature walk at night
41. Plant it, grow it, eat it
42. Go wild swimming
43. Go rafting
44. Light a fire without matches
45. Find your way with a map and compass
46. Try bouldering
47. Cook on a campfire
48. Try abseiling
49. Find a geocache
50. Canoe down a river

Ironically kids can log on to www.50things.org.uk and create a diary of their adventures. I guess that's just a modern scrapbook, isn't it?


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