Things You Can Do With Conkers This Autumn

So it's officially autumn, the leaves are changing colour and the conkers are falling. If your children are like mine, their pockets and school bags will come home bulging every day and you'll have more conkers than you know what to do with! I thought I'd put together some ideas I've come across for activities you can do to put these autumn chestnuts to use, from home decor to craft activities.

Autumn Home Decor

Make a feature out of conkers in your home this Fall with these seasonal ideas.

Make a conker wreath

This autumn mobile is lovely

Make an autumn centrepiece

Decorate your conkers

Conker Games

Have fun without spending any money with these autumn activities.

Learn the traditional conker game

Play noughts and crosses

Crafts

Keep the children occupied and put their conkers to use with these autumn craft ideas.

Make a chestnut worm

Or how about conker spiders?

You can even weave a conker spider web

If you fancy some messy play you could try conker paint rolling

Make conker comets

Mix playdough and chestnuts

Learning with Horse Chestnuts

Educate and entertain all in one with these activities.

This autumn sensory tray is great for babies and presschoolers

Improve their fine motor skills by practicing picking up and balancing conkers.

Learn to count with chestnuts

Do science experiments with conkers

For more seasonal ideas you can follow our autumn Pinterest board.

Some supplies for your activities: