*Make sure to exercise good judgment when dressing for outdoor conditions and partaking in any physical activity. Who says it has to be sunny out to have a good time? Check out the authors' site for more fun activities and challenges. On a snowy day, make toffee lollies by pouring hot toffee on to deep, clean snow. You could make fine threads of toffee to look like crazy hair or whiskers. To make a crazy edible mask, pour toffee in a mask shape and then push a lolly stick into it before it sets.The mixture will set immediately, but you can add as many layers as you wish. Slowly pour the toffee over the ice to make patterns or pictures. Remove the ice slabs from the trays and lay them flat on the ground. Carefully take the small pan or jug of toffee outside.Ask an adult to pour some toffee into a small pouring pan or Pyrex jug (a small container with a spout will ensure you have better control when pouring the toffee).Simmer for at least 10 minutes until the toffee reaches the hard crack setting stage (when dripped into ice-cold water, it forms hard toffee and long threads.) Add a teaspoon of vinegar and 4 tablespoons of golden syrup. Gently heat 400g/14oz of caster sugar in 100ml/3fl oz of water on a cooker until the sugar has completely dissolved. The next day, ask an adult to help you make toffee.Leave them outside to freeze overnight and make ice slabs. On a cold evening fill some large trays with water.Toffee ice sculptures are a delicious snack and can serve as an outlet for creativity. You’ve played in the mud and fed the birds, so now it’s time to treat yourself. Add tunnels, secret rooms, dark dungeons and deep moats, and make little mud and stick knights to defend the castle against invaders.”ģ. “Mold sticky mud into crazy imaginary fortresses and palaces, using stones and sticks for the structure and other natural materials to add details such as windows or flags. If you have a vivid imagination, and aren't afraid of getting dirty, venture outdoors and build mud castles after a rain storm. Smear the bird food mixture on to a branch of your chosen tree or spread it over a stick and hang the stick from the tree.”Ģ. Find a tree in your garden, at the park or at school - somewhere you can keep an eye on. “Food: Mash up some melted lard with bird seed.

The Wild Weather Book by Fiona Danks