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Fidget Toys

Time: 20-40 mins
Topic: Wellbeing, Just for Fun
Location: Inside, Outside
  It’s good to fidget! Here is a fun activity to make your own fidget spinner out of recycled materials. Also, if you want an alternative you can also make a squeeze ball. Fidgeting is something we all do and is not a way of being disruptive but a way for individuals to release excess… Read More »Fidget Toys

Natural Fibre Fashion

Time: 1h +
Topic: Environment
Location: Inside, Outside
Take a look at your clothes to find out where they’re made and what they’re made of - and find another use for stinging nettles

Environmental Survey

Time: 1h +
Topic: Environment
Location: Outside
What can you see, hear or smell in your local area?

Changing Weather

Time: 20-40 mins
Topic: STEM, Environment
Location: Outside, Inside
Build your own weather instruments to find out what's happening to the climate where you are!

Make a Miniature Campsite

Time: 10-20 mins
Topic: Just for Fun
Location: Inside, Outside
Choose a campsite and pitch a tent for your favourite teddy, doll or lego figure

Bug Hotel

Time: 20-40 mins
Topic: Environment
Location: Inside, Outside
Build a bug hotel for spiders, woodlice, beetles, bees and more

Pride Parade

Time: 40-60 mins
Topic: Equality & Inclusion, Identity & Culture
Location: Inside, Outside
Make a miniature Pride Parade to celebrate the LGBTQI+ community

Journeys to school

Time: 20-40 mins
Topic: Just for Fun
Location: Outside, Inside
Find out how children around the world travel to school then create a map of your school journey using pictures and symbols.

Hedgerow Soup

Time: 20-40 mins
Topic: Environment
Location: Outside
Make a healthy soup with the stinging nettles you find in your hedgerow!

Make Your Own Biodiversity Area

Time: 1h +
Topic: Environment
Location: Inside, Outside
Take action to improve the biodiversity of your local area at whatever scale you can.

Children’s Rights Treasure Hunt

Time: 20-40 mins
Topic: Human Rights
Location: Outside, Inside
Create a treasure hunt and get thinking about the UN convention of the rights of the child

Track and Trail

Time: 10-20 mins
Topic: Cooperation, Environment, Just for Fun
Location: Outside, Inside
Learn the signs for laying a trail and then set one up for others to follow