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Activity 1 - Make a pine cone bird feeder

Fill your backyard with birdsong. Try this pine cone bird feeder to invite birds such as sparrows, silvereyes and starlings into your backyard.

Activity 2 - How green is your backyard?

Birds and mini beasts such as spiders, moths, beetles, earthworms and stick insects like green backyards. They move in. Some even set up homes. Find out how green your backyard is.

Activity 3 - Track down your backyard pests

Before inviting wildlife into your backyard it’s a good idea to get the invaders out. Make your own tracking tunnel and find out what’s living in your backyard.

Activity 4 - Make homes for lizards in your backyard

More than 80 species of lizard live in New Zealand. We have geckos and skinks, and 33 of our skinks are found nowhere else in the world. Invite these special creatures into your backyard!

Activity 5 - Do a mini beast census

If your backyard has rock piles, wood piles, plants and mulch then mini beasts such as spiders, moths, beetles, earth worms and stick insects, should be running on in. Find out if they have moved into your backyard.

Activity 6 - Build a weta motel

Weta are amazing! They have outlived dinosaurs and are more primitive than tuatara. They've hardly changed in 100 million years. Build a weta motel to bring these special invertebrates into your backyard.

Activity 7 - Make your cat conservation friendly

People like cats. They’ve been keeping them for thousands of years. They’re great company, but cats can hurt our native wildlife. Find out what you can do to make your cat conservation friendly.