SuitabookThe Stick Book: Loads of things you can make or do with a stick
Fiona Danks
- Reading
- Choose one low-equipment project first, read it together, gather materials, and agree boundaries for the setting. Return to more technical activities only after checking their specific instructions.
- Themes
- Making and imaginative transformation: The book uses sticks as raw material for characters, animals, wands, pencils, toys and other projects, alongside opportunities to invent games. Making and imaginative reuse are treated as central possibilities for outdoor play and creativity.
- Outdoor knowledge and practical action: Activities include adventures, bushcraft, woodcraft, conservation, shelters, a miniature raft and outdoor games. The book presents outdoor activity as a way to engage with natural surroundings through practical doing; its treatment of conservation and environmental limits is not fully clear.
- Worth knowing
- Before starting, look through each chosen project for extra materials, tools, fire, throwing or projectile elements, and decide which steps need close adult involvement rather than independent experimentation.