Hold chop stick races transferring as many sweets as you can from one bowl to another in one minute. Maybe have relay races?
Games
Play a pairs game using the signs of the Chinese zodiac
Games
Make something using mandarin orange (a symbol for luck!)
Food
Make dog friendly biscuits for your four-legged friends
Food
Feeling brave? Hold a bush-tucker trial and try different dog foods
Food
Make a dish using red, green or purple foods
Food
Fill your own spring rolls. Make traditional flavours or create your own!
Food
Make rose water flavoured cakes or biscuits
Food
Make 3, 4 or 9 random acts of kindness for your local area. These are Dog’s lucky numbers
Craft
Make a paper plate hand fan or Chinese drum
Craft
Decorate paper lanterns with red, green or purple
Craft
Make and decorate a traditional Chinese hat
Craft
In teams make a sculpture to show one of the characteristics of the Dog. Use basic materials such as Play-Doh or tin foil
Craft
Make a Dog mask using a paper plate or materials of your choice
Craft
Have a go at making a dog sculpture using one of the elements
Craft
Make a Dog sock puppet or concertina dog using paper
Craft
Take a trip to Scotland to visit the home of Robert Burns and see where he got the inspiration for his poems
Other
Find out why Burns Night is celebrated in Scotland, what date it is celebrated on and why that is
Other
Read some of Burns’ poems then use drama or freeze frames to show the stories of them and their meanings
Other
Find out why Robert Burns would never have worn tartan and some other fun facts about Burns Night
Other
Find out what a clan is and then do some research to find out if you are part of a clan. Do you have a family tartan?
Other
Robert Burns famously wrote ‘Address to a Haggis’. Read it then write your own poem to a haggis
Other
Invite someone to bring bagpipes to your unit and have a go
Other
Haggis toss. Throw your ‘haggis’ (bean bag) through a hoop
Games
Highland cow hoopla. Toss the rings to hook a horn!
Games
Play pairs using Scottish things i.e. haggis, bag pipes, whiskey
Games
Make your own Haggis using a traditional recipe. Alternatively: make a sweet haggis with chocolate, oats, marshmallows and fruit.
Food
Make and try your own deep-fried chocolate bars
Food
Make something using traditional Teacakes made by that infamous Scottish manufacturer
Food
Paint/create a portrait of Robert Burns
Craft
Decorate a kilt pin to make a ladies brooch. You could give it as a gift!
Craft
Get tuneful and make your own from recycled materials
Craft
Put together a book of poetry either decorating your own cover for Robert Burns poems or for a collection of your own creation
Craft
Make your own sock puppets and use them to tell a traditional Scottish story or a Robert Burns poem
Craft
Use tartan fabric to make something useful i.e. door-stop or apron
Craft
Design your own tartan and try tartan weaving
Craft
Find out about hibernation and which animals hibernate. Do an activity on this theme
Other
Do some campfire singing around your indoor/outdoor campfire
Other
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