30 days wild - wild cards for Father's Day

30 Days Wild takes place in June. It is run by The Wildlife Trust and encourages people to perform "a random act of wildness" every day in June. This can be something as simple as taking a moment to have a cup of tea outside in your garden. They hope by reconnecting with nature we will feel happier and healthier.

With Fathers' Day coming up, I was inspired to do some "wild art" cards.

I really enjoyed making these. I wandered around our garden collecting petals, grasses, etc. I grouped them into colours. It was very relaxing noticing all the wonderful things that grow in my garden...no thanks to me! I remembered doing it as a child - collecting fallen blossom, rose petals, grasses. What a shame that grown up life seems too busy to have a few minutes to yourself just mucking about.

I had cards ready set up with sticky backed plastic to stick the petals to. I started one for my dad, so little E could see what the idea was.

Little E was very excited when he saw all the colours. Then, as I expected, poured all the bowls onto his card and smashed them down! "I'm done, mummy!" It was very funny and demonstrated my son's usual method of handling things!

I then put a layer of sticky backed plastic over the top to seal it.

Sadly, although I had experimented and thought they would survive, the petals really faded and the cards were looking a bit sorry for themselves on the actual day. If you do this, I suggest you make them as fresh as possible. Big E still thought it was a lovely idea. :)