Create your own butterfly mosaic using small tiles or beads. Don’t forget to glue them down!
Craft
Build your own 3D butterfly life cycle using our free resource to represent the egg, caterpillar, chrysalis and butterfly. Why not display your life cycle on leaves or hang them from branches in your garden?
Craft
Create a butterfly painting; paint spots and stripes to create one wing of a butterfly and then fold your paper in half to print your pattern
Craft
Create a designer den. Draw, paint or collage what your ideal den would look like. Where would it be? What would be in it? How would you decorate it?
Craft
Create a sculpture showing one of the rights of a child, according to the UN Convention on the Rights of a Child (UNCRC). Find a child friendly version of the convention at: savethechildren.org.uk.
Craft
The world record for the most number of pancake tosses in 1 minute is held by Australian Brad Jolly, who notched up 140 flips in 60 seconds… see how you compare
Games
Build boats from different materials and see how well they float
Craft
Match words to their dictionary definitions in a game of pairs
Games
Reduce your waste and limit the amount of pre-packaged foods you buy. Can you find local places to bring your own tubs/containers?
Food
Find out what food your favourite animal eats
Food
Make some edible animals with foods of your choice. Why not try your hand at fruit and vegetable carving?
Food
Palm oil is impacting the habitats of many animals, making some like orangutans endangered. Find out which foods contain palm oil and try shopping sustainably. Can you find suitable alternatives?
Food
Create your own hot dog/food concession stand and attend an event to raise money for your unit/charity
Food
Giraffes are one of the largest (in size) pollinators. Find out which foods rely on pollination
Food
Giraffes can eat up to 34 kilos of leaves per day, make a leafy green soup of your own
Food
Make your own curly hot dog snakes, wrapping bread dough around a hot dog on a skewer then cooking over a fire. Use olives for eyes!
Food
The average camel can drink 200 litres of water in 3 minutes. Find out how much water you should be drinking and record your daily intake for a week. Did you do better or worse than you thought?
Food
Flamingos get their colour from the food they eat. Find out what they eat and see if you can cook something up with them
Food
Raise awareness of bullying and/or self harm. e.g. take part in antibullying week. What can we do to help prevent these things occurring?
Other
Superheroes always know how to defend themselves. Try some self-defence or martial arts
Other
So you may not be able to fly but you can be creative in how your travel through space. Try learning Parkour
Other
Some superheroes can breathe underwater, try scuba diving
Other
Learn what instruments are commonly used in Irish folk music, learn how to play them or have a go at making your own and playing some traditional music
Other
Making sure your car is ready for winter is important to avoid accidents. Invite your local mechanic to your unit to find out how to check your car is winter ready and learn some basic vehicle checks
Other
Find out about the story of St. Andrew and how he became the patron Saint of Scotland. Tell the story in your groups using different methods i.e. song, dance, drama, freeze frames
Other
Watch Toy Story/Toy Story 2/Toy Story 3/Toy Story 4 or any other film you can think of with toys/teddy bears in
Other
Think about someone who’s not as fortunate as you at Christmas. Why not raise money as a unit to purchase a goat/similar from Oxfam
Other
Get an advent calendar for your unit and have a different person or group open the doors each week?
Other
Bees have personalities. Find out what type of personality you have by taking a personality test
Other
Visit a natural history museum to find out more about dinosaurs and T-Rex in particular
Other
T-Rex teeth were serrated and conical for piercing and gripping. Find out what each of your teeth are designed for an how to look after them best
Other
The largest T-Rex was estimated to have been 43 feet long and weigh 7.5 tons. Make a line of shoes 43 feet long
Other
Jump through your own flaming hoop. Tie ribbon tissue paper onto a hula hoop then try jumping through without touching the flames. Crash mats may be needed for a soft/injury free landing!
Games
Play a game of Quidditch either field or table
Games
Collect plastic bottle tops and use them to play noughts and crosses or four in a row
Games
Superheroes rely on super senses. Have a go at an obstacle course relying on your different senses i.e. blindfolded, feet tied together, hands behind your back
Games
Some superheroes are super bendy and stretchy. See how flexible you are with the loop the hoop game
Games
Play a game of ‘Pin the Beard on the Leprechaun’
Games
Rhyme and song is important in Welsh culture. Play a famous playground rhyming game e.g. 'Oranges and Lemons’
Games
Break the enigma code - race to decode messages i.e. using your code wheel
Games
Play some chopstick games i.e. how many sweets can you transfer from one bowl to another using only chopsticks
Games
Have a whiskey barrel rolling race (a roly-poly race to you and me!)
Games
Lions are characterised for bravery, strength and leadership. Demonstrate these skills by organising and leading a game of choice
Games
Find out which foods help build muscle and make a meal using some of them
Food
Gather different varieties of the same food (e.g. apples), rate them by how tasty they look. Which looks best? Blindfolded, taste them all. Which one tasted the best? Was it the same as the one that looked the best? What is the moral of the activity?
Food
Make and decorate shamrock shaped biscuits
Food
Disguise food to look like another dish i.e. white chocolate spaghetti
Food
Crabs are known as decapods as they have 10 legs. Make 10 crab dishes or decorate 10 cupcakes to look like crabs
Food
Bake a hedgehog cake and decorate with flaky chocolate bars for the spines
Food
Learn where marshmallow comes from, particularly gelatine then have a go at making your own marshmallows
Food
Create a T-Rex sculpture from the popular twig shaped savoury snacks
Food
Make a T-Rex skeleton collage using cotton buds
Craft
Build a robot or have a go at junk modelling with your waste instead of throwing it away
Craft
In small groups make a suit of armour using recycled materials
Craft
Design and/or make an enrichment toy for an animal/pet
Craft
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