Free family activities · Ages 4–8

A little forest adventure,
wherever you are.

Innie and Fati find wonder by noticing small things and helping their friends. Try these original activities with a grown-up, before or after reading The Enchanted Forest. You don’t need to own the book to join in.

1. Make a woodland friend

You need paper, crayons, and your imagination.

1. Draw an animal who lives in your imaginary forest.
2. Give them a name and something they love. Perhaps a fox collects funny leaves, or a squirrel tells terrible jokes.
3. Choose one small problem your new friend has. Did they lose something? Are they worried about trying something new?
4. Draw a second character who helps. What do they do together?

A question to share: Can asking someone for help be a brave thing to do?

2. Take a listening walk

With a grown-up, visit a familiar outdoor place. A park, a garden, or a short walk near home can be an adventure.

1. Pause somewhere safe and listen quietly.
2. Find three different sounds. What might be making them?
3. Notice two different textures without disturbing plants or animals. You can look instead of touching.
4. Choose one thing to remember. At home, draw it or describe it to someone.

Stay with your grown-up. Leave plants, mushrooms, and animal homes where they belong. Never pick or eat wild mushrooms.

3. Build a kindness trail

Cut out or draw three paper leaves. On each one, draw a kind thing you could do today: help put something away, listen to a friend, or invite someone to join a game.

Put the leaves in a small trail at home. Each time you try one of your kind ideas, add a little star to that leaf. This is a way to notice kindness together, not a race.

A question to share: Which kind action would your woodland friend appreciate most?

Keep the adventure going

Meet a girl, her loyal dog, and a woodland that needs its friends in Innie & Fati: The Enchanted Forest, by Przemysław Perłowski.

These activities are original companion material created for this website. You may print this page for family or classroom use. This page does not reproduce the book.