Nature Badge Craft

Here are some ideas for the Meerkat Nature Badge.

Craft

• Task 1: With other Meerkats make a simple bird feeder or plant a small tree and care for it.
• Task 3: With other Meerkats grow cress or grass seeds.

Time: 15 - 20 minutes

This activity can also apply to the Recycling Badge, Task 3

Equipment:

• Potting soil
• Plants
• Empty 2L bottle (Coke etc.) to make the flower pot.
• Scissors, Sellotape, Rulers, and Permanent Markers to decorate.

Method:

1. Meerkats should start by drawing the cutting lines on the bottle.
2. Once the lines are done, cut the top of the bottle off.
3. Before you cut the downward lines, cut a thin strip from the top, this will be the band that you will use to keep the strips in place.
4. Strips are bent outwards and tucked under the band which was cut from the top part.
   1. If the band is not strong enough to hold the strips, use sellotape to secure the strips.

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Resources

• Video link to making the flower pot