Woodland Adventures Inspired by Viking Life
Take the Viking topic into the woods with KS2 Forest School: Vikings, a hands-on outdoor learning resource from The Muddy Puddle Teacher® designed for woodland environments and Forest School sessions.
Through campfire storytelling, rune carving, longship building and settlement creation, pupils explore how Viking communities lived, travelled and survived. These activities combine historical learning with practical outdoor skills, helping children develop resilience, creativity and teamwork.
What’s Inside the Pack
This Forest School resource includes activities organised into three key areas:
Fire Circle Learning
Children gather around the fire circle to share Viking sagas, explore how fire was used in longhouses and cook simple foods such as flatbread over embers while discussing Viking life and survival.
Tool Skills and Woodland Craft
Pupils practise safe tool use while carving Viking runes into wood slices, creating shield designs and building miniature longships using natural materials.
Child-Led Exploration
Children build Viking villages in the woodland, follow exploration trails and take part in trading role play using natural materials.
The Muddy Puddle Teacher® Outdoor Toolkit
Activities use simple outdoor resources including:
Coloured ropes for trails, maps and exploration zones
Bamboo canes for building structures and longships
Clay for artefacts and small-world Viking scenes
Hoops for games and sorting activities
Cones and loose parts for imaginative play
These tools help transform woodland areas into immersive Viking exploration spaces.
Why Teachers Love This Pack
Encourages curiosity about history and exploration
Builds resilience, creativity and teamwork
Supports Forest School and outdoor learning programmes
Reduces planning time with ready-to-use activities
Engages pupils through hands-on experiences in nature
Perfect For
Forest School leaders
KS2 teachers
Outdoor learning coordinators
Schools exploring the Viking topic through nature-based learning
Discover the Vikings in the Forest
With KS2 Forest School: Vikings, children explore the world of Viking explorers through storytelling, building and woodland adventure.
Because sometimes the best Viking journeys begin in the forest.
