TIN FOREST ACTIVITIES

Make a Tin Can Forest for Outdoor Pretend Play
Once the tin cans are decorated to look like tree trunks, add a little dirt to the bottom of the tree trunks, and plant a leafy plant! A tree! Combine a few trees, and you have a forest! With lots of leftover sticks and branches, we moved our forest into the sandbox for play! Adding sticks around the forest’s trees made a very woodland area![PDF]
THE TIN FOREST CURRICULUM EXTENSION ACTIVITIES: THEME
for The Tin Forest, she stated, “As long as human beings aren’t getting in the way, plants and animals seem to take over an environment.” Helen makes her home in England. ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR: Wayne Anderson attended Leicester College of Art in England, studying graphic design. He has worked as a freelance illustrator in the field of adver-