31 Things to do before you are ten


Here is a list, compiled by a panel of experts and celebrities, of things children should do by the time they are ten. How many have you tried?

1.   Roll down a grassy bank
2.   Make a mud pie
3.   Prepare a modelling-dough mixture
4.   Collect frogspawn
5.   Make perfume from flower petals
6.   Grow cress on a window sill
7.   Make a paper-mache mask
8.   Build a sandcastle
9.   Climb a tree
10. Make a den in the garden
11. Paint using hands and feet
12. Organise a teddy bears' picnic
13. Have a face-painting session
14. Make snow angels
15. Create a clay sculpture
16. Take part in a scavenger hunt
17. Camp out in your garden
18. Bake a cake
19. Feed a farm animal
20. Pick some strawberries
21. Play Pooh sticks
22. Recognise five bird species
23. Find some worms
24. Cycle through a muddy puddle
25. Make and fly a kite
26. Plant a tree
27. Build a nest from grass and twigs
28. Find ten different leaves in the park
29. Grow vegetables
30. Make breakfast in bed for mum and dad
31. Create a mini assault course in the garden

Remember all these should be supervised by an adult.