making charcoal

Forest school was loads of fun today - we made a paint pallet of different colors which we found in nature

Blue from bluebells

Green from grass

Brown from mud

purple from a flower

black from charcoal

orange from a stone

yellow from dandelions

Red from a leaf!

We also made charcoal by cutting logs with a special tool, putting them in a tin and burning it over the fire

We had fruit kebabs whilst we were waiting

And when the charcoal was ready we made pencils with it using elder wood.

I think charcoal is something we are going to explore further!

Afterwards Acey went to Thursday fun club at the local church where they learned first aid.