Collecting Conkers
Every autumn we have a little tradition where we put on our wellies, go to our local park, kick leaves and collect conkers. It is honestly one of my favourite days of the year - we have so much fun and the girls remember it year after year.
We collected an amazing 127 conkers this year so all we need to do now is find something to do with them! I have made a little Pinterest board of ideas but if you have any others please let me know! At the moment I'm leaning towards making a conker wreath.
The London Mum says
ooo I was wondering it was conker season yet- guess I know what I'll be doing with the little man at some point this week!
Daniella says
I collect conkers to keep the spiders away! I have them dotted all over the house.
Jenni - Odd Socks and Lollipops says
I haven't seen any conkers this year! obviously we need to get out and about a bit more!
Astrid says
I love collecting conkers too! There are many cool crafts you can make with them, like making animals out of them with the conkers as the heads and bodies and toothpicks for the legs. (Btw my English is failing me today so I had to look up what conkers are. Hope I got it correctly.)
Emma Page says
Oh my days, she looks so happy! Penny is slightly too young for this this year, but looking forward to running through the fallen leaves for sure x
Sarah Bailey says
Oh gosh - you really know Autumn has arrived when conkers start falling. I used to love looking for them as a kids. x
Helen Dickinson says
I remember collecting conkers as a child. I can not wait to start taking Maxwell in the future. Such a fun family adventure.
Laura Hartley says
Great pinterest board!! I'd never considered using conkers as decoration but looks like they work well. Conkers tend to go a bit try and dull after a while though and I'd be really disappointed if that happened to a conker decoration I'd made 🙁
Rachel says
And of course having conkers in the house is meant to keep the spiders out, or so my Grandad used to tell me x
Sally Akins says
I love conker collecting, it's ages since I went with the boys and I guess they won't want to now. Fab photos, enjoy using all those conkers! x
Renna says
Love conker collecting. I love the different ideas of how to use them!!! Ours usually end up scattered around the window sills hoping the spiders don't crawl over them. Haha
Charlotte says
I thought it would be too early for corkers. Will have to go on a conked hunt soon!
Emma T says
The conkers on our tree aren't anywhere near falling or being ready to get the conkers out yet. Might have to check this weekend, otherwise the dogs'll run off with them before N gets there.
Kacie Morgan says
I loved collecting conkers when I was younger, our school had a big conker tree and everyone enjoyed shaking it!
kerry says
That sounds like a great Autumn tradition! I always rememeber collection conkers when i was a kid and I'd love to take my daughter to do the same however I haven't seen any yet x
Catstello says
Oh I remember doing this when I was younger, how fun!
Aimee says
God this brings me back to my childhood eBay great memories they are making and a wreath sounds amazing can't wait to see photos.
Ickle Pickle says
Oh how fab - we only seem to find squashed ones! Did you know conkers are a great spider deterrent? They don't like the smell. Can I have your 127 please!!? Kaz x
Katie says
A conker wreath sounds great for an autumn craft. You might need to think of a few more ideas being as you have so many though!
Jacqui @ Mummy's Little Monkey says
Conker. When you say the word over and over it sounds REALLY strange. Conker. Conker. Conker. Anyway, I digress! I have never taken the girls conker collecting. We've got a lovely wooded area near us - I'll have to head down there in the next few weeks and see what we can find! x