Exciting things to do at Wildchild Festival!
Things to do
Get wild and creative with a variety of different activities for all the family. Make a cake at the Great Birdy Bakeoff, get hands on with tools in our Construction Zone and learn some bushcraft skills at our Forest School.
Perhaps you’d like to challenge your family to an Obstacle Course, play in the Giant Sand Pit or get creative with some natural printmaking? There will be lots of different creative and nature themed activities that will help you to work towards your Get Wild badge, click here for more details about our celebration badge!
Wildlife Discovery Area
Location: Riverside Walk
Time: All day
Find out about our conservation projects, take part in fantastic Wildlife activities and shhh you might even catch a glimpse of some native creatures!
Life beneath the Surface
Location: Riverside Walk
Time: All day
Take a close up look at the creatures that live in the River Trent. Staffordshire Wildlife Trust ecologists will be on hand to help you identify and observe live creatures freshly caught from (and to be safely returned to) the river.
Get Wild Badge
Location: Lower Park Bank
Time: All day
This year we are running the Get Wild badge for the first time, an exciting challenge where you need to complete 50 wild activities in 2019 to earn yourself a badge. The Get Wild station will have a variety of exciting nature based activities for you to have a go at while being able to work towards your badge. Join us to Get Wild and sign up for your chance to earn a badge.
Construction Zone
Location: Lower Park Bank
Time: All day
Build your own creation using real tools and materials. We provide the equipment and you provide the ideas and the skills. All we ask is that you create safely and our staff will be on hand to show you techniques to use the tools appropriately. Dens, ships, cars, balancing toys, musical instruments – the possibilities are endless. Just bring your ideas (and at least one adult to follow your instructions!)
Wilder Staffordshire Wishing Tree
Location: Lower Park Bank
Time: All day
Come and get dressed up as a woodland creature and make a wish for the future of Staffordshire’s wildlife. Hang it on your local wildlife charity’s wishing tree and we will use your suggestions to inform our future startegies at Staffordshire Wildlife Trust.
Photo credit: Helena Dolby
Giant Water Slide
Location: Upper Park Bank
Time: All day
Join us on Park Bank for our biggest, water slide yet! Suitable for children and their grown ups, how soggy will you get? (we recommend waterproofs or a change of clothes!)
Yoga Squirrels
Location: Temple Lake/Badger Wood
Time: Various times
Try out our brand new Yoga Squirrels activity, stretch, meditate and get in touch with nature. There will be regular taster sessions throughout the day at the Quiet Space Tipi.
Artist activities
Location: Across the site
Time: All day
Dancing, drumming, sculpture, painting, natural crafts and lots more activities will on offer on the day and included in the price of your ticket.
Children of the Forest
Location: Badger Wood
Time: 12pm and 1pm
Look out for the performance of the Children of the Forest, an exciting art commission created by Jo Loki with Redbrook Heyes Community Primary School. Plus create some nature inspired artwork yourself at Jo’s workshop at 1pm.
WildChild Festival Map
