Try Your Hand at Milk Craft and Churning Butter
Craft
Make Your Own Recycled Instruments for a Carnival Procession
Craft
Toast a marshmallow over a t-light and enjoy a s’more in your den
Food
Collect old plastic milk bottles and build yourself a recycled igloo den
Food
Try foods from countries where Save the Children are working around the world i.e. Brazil, Columbia, Peru, Libya, Egypt, Lebanon and Greece
Food
If you had to leave home suddenly and you only had one meal left, what would you choose and why? Make it and share it with friends, family.
Food
Children around the world are starving. Try fasting for a day, just drinking water.
Food
Collect 100 items to donate to your local food bank
Food
Find out about breastfeeding and the alternatives
Food
Find out about what a balanced meal is and cook a meal for family and friends
Food
Design a placard campaigning about one of the rights of a child
Craft
Build a fairy den in the woods with twigs and leaves
Craft
Make/decorate a cushion cover, pillow or blanket to go in your den
Craft
23% of children in England don't reach the expected level of language development by the age of 5. Create a resource to help younger children read/write
Craft
Create your own design fairy-lights as lighting for your den
Craft
Make some bunting to decorate your den or alternatively a flag to go on top. How might your den look different in different countries around the world?
Craft
In 17th Century ‘Bride Pie’ was more common than cake. Baked with a glass ring inside, whoever found the ring was said to marry next. Make your own pie, sweet or savoury
Food
Have a go at baking Lavash flat-bread, given to newly married couples in Armenia
Food
Cook up some canapes. No cooking facilities? There’s plenty of cold options available think smoked salmon blinis and melon balls!
Food
Make a wedding cake on a budget! Can you create a multi-tiered masterpiece with only £10?
Food
Some Moroccan weddings last for seven days. Brides prepare themselves for the festivities with a relaxing milk bath. Make your own bath soak or bath ‘bomb’ for your own lazy soak
Craft
In Japan, brides were originally painted head to toe in white to declare her maiden status to the Gods. Try your hand at face painting
Craft
Wedding rings symbolise infinity as the circle has no beginning or end. Try silversmithing and make a ring
Craft
Lace is traditionally used on wedding dresses. Try your hand at lacemaking
Craft
Try your hand at carving and create a Welsh Lovespoon
Craft
Create your own table centre or flower arrangement
Craft
Make your own wedding favours, traditionally a bag of 5 sugared almonds to represent the 5 blessings of; health, wealth, happiness, long life and fertility
Craft
Try your hand at henna designs which are a tradition in Indian weddings
Craft
Create your own wedding outfits i.e. toilet paper wedding dresses
Craft
In the Staffordshire area? Invite Sisters Against Plastic to your meeting to find out more about their story!
Other
Write to your local Member of Parliament and campaign for change
Other
Create a mosaic in your community using recycled materials such as used bottle tops, old tiles and broken bottles. Remember to take care as some items may be sharp
Other
Complete a recycling quiz or word search
Other
Set up an eco-council or recycling club to benefit your community
Other
Visit your local recycling plant and see what happens to your waste
Other
Find out some facts and figures about recycling or watch a video
Other
Visit your local tip and find out what you can recycle there
Other
Set up a specialist recycling point at your school or local meeting place. Find out more at: www.terracycle.com
Other
Find out what you can recycle in your local area. Not happy about the range of items you can recycle? Write to your local councillor
Other
Find out what the different recycling symbols mean and what the differences are between all the different types of plastics
Other
Use old greetings cards to make jigsaw puzzles
Games
Find and play an age-appropriate, online game about recycling
Games
Recycle and old favourite and play a game that you haven’t done for ages!
Games
Make your own marble run from items in the recycling bin. How far can you get your marble to travel?
Games
Use old pizza delivery boxes and make them in to your own, homemade game of battle ships
Games
Play a game of corners with each corner representing a different recycling bin. Call out items and get the group to run to the bin they think that item goes in
Games
From a range of objects, see how quickly you can find the recycling logos, identify the type of plastic and sort them in to the correct groups
Games
Make a game from recycled materials and pitch to a panel of judges, Dragon’s Den style
Games
Have a relay race to see how fast you can sort the waste in to the correct recycling bins
Games
Blind taste foods with their plastic-free alternatives. Can you taste the difference?
Food
Use all your cereal dust (the bits that get left in the bottom of the packet) to make cereal bars or crispy cakes for a plastic-free snack
Food
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