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Home | Store | Forum | What's New | Contact | About | Terms | Links | Storytime | UNCRC  Home - Setting parent partnerships   Supporting children in all their play and learning environments  Blackberry brambles Fun activities for preschool, home and other early years settings. Explore blackberries, colour sequences, their leaves, scent and what we use them for ..     Activity ideas .. Use blackberries as ink stamps. Squish onto blank paper or pre-cut shapes.   Place green, red and black berries into a water tray and experiment with resistance and force, water colouration and natural dyes.  blackberry leaf outline template   Blackberry fruit outline template   Use black paper circles to build and collage blackberry forms, string and hang to decorate a bramble branched  notice board.   Involve your community and ask local soap makers if you can commission a bar or two of blackberry scented soap. Use them in support of hand washing routines. See how bees play a role in pollination and turning flower blossom into fruit.   Buy a thornless blackberry plant for easier picking, harvesting and growing      and read a berry themed story - links to amazon.co.uk Rufus and the blackberry monster Bramble the brave Blackberry food ideas ..   Blackberry and apple pie   Blackberry and apple strudel   Blackberry and apple crumble   Blackberry and apple smoothie   Blackberry jam on mini scones Credit: With many thanks to Tracey Mallaby for the use of her blackberry photographs ©2007 xx