Portable Playscheme Activities
Nature Activities
Wooden Wind-chimes
Equipment: Piece of wood (in your Activity Bag) Beads – lots (in your Activity Bag) Wool – 4 lengths (in your Activity Bag) Bells...
Sun Catchers
Equipment: Construction paper (in your Activity Bag) (any color is fine, we used black just to make the colors easier to see) Sticky Bac...
Porcelain Flower Pots
Equipment: Small Porcelain Pot (in your Activity Bag) Deco Pens (in your Activity Bag) Acrylic Paint (optional) Paint Brushes Plastic Tab...
Nature Lanterns
Equipment: Tissue paper: (in your Activity Bag) You can try any colour, but we used white. Glue– We used crafting glue. Flowers- Try bo...
Grass Head Person
Equipment: Knee pop sock (in your Activity Bag) Grass seeds (in your Activity Bag) Compost for stuffing (in your Activity Bag) Small pla...
Bird Feeder
Equipment: Wooden craft sticks (about 40) (in your Activity Bag) String or wool (in your Activity Bag) Glue (Glue Gun (Hot Glue) wo...
Craft Activities
Tissue Paper Painting
Equipment: Colorful tissue paper cut into squares (in your Activity Bag) Canvas (in your Activity Bag) Water in a spray bottle White cra...
Straw Weaving
Equipment: Three or four plastic straws (in your Activity Bag) Yarn scraps (in your Activity Bag) Masking tape Scissors Large needle (op...
Rainbow Salt Jars
Equipment: Paper Coloured Chalk (in your Activity Bag) Salt (in your Activity Bag) Small Glass Jars (in your Activity Bag) – I hi...
Pom Pom Creatures
Equipment: Wool / Yarn (in your Activity Bag) Google eyes (in your Activity Bag) Felt (in your Activity Bag) How to make a Pom Po...
Juggling Balls
Equipment: Coloured balloons x3 (in your Activity Bag) Rice (in your Activity Bag) Small Bowl Spoon Cling film or use the bag your rice...
Jewellery Making
Equipment: Beads (in your Activity Bag) Elastic Rope / Craft Rope (in your Activity Bag) Scissors Step One: Measure out the length or rop...
Glass Jar Tealight Holders
Equipment: Clean, dry glass jar Deco Pens / Permanent markers (in your Activity Bag) Before colouring your jar, wash it in hot soapy wate...
Finger Knitting
Equipment: Wool/Yarn Instructions: Start by tying a slip knot near the end of the yarn. Leave yourself about 15 centimeters (cms) of ya...
Dream Catchers
Equipment: Wooden Hoop with small ring for hanging (in your Activity Bag) Needle (in your Activity Bag) Washi Tape Yarn (in your Activity...
Friendship Bracelets
Equipment: Embroidery thread (in your Activity Bag) Cardboard circle (in your Activity Bag) Pencil Scissors Glue (optional) Instru...
Tie Dye T-Shirt
Equipment: T-Shirt 1 Tye Dye Bottle Elastic Bands Instructions: Protect the work surface with a plastic tablecloth or trash bags. ...
Science Activities
Straw Rockets
Equipment: Rocket template (in your Activity Bag) Two straws for your Rocket. One with a larger diameter (circle) than the other (in yo...
Salt Painting
Equipment: White glue (PVA) Table salt (in your Activity Bag) Watercolour paints (in your Activity Bag) Card (in your Activity Bag) ...
Paper Spinner
Craft up a few really fun spinners–You spin them and they hum! It’s super fun and most things, you probably already have around the h...
Ninja Stress Balls
Equipment: Balloons (in your Activity Bag) use bright colours for the ninja mask Scissors Sandwich bags (in your Activity Bag) Flour or...
Lava Lamps
Option 1 Equipment: Glass Jar (in your Activity Bag) Vegetable oil Water Food colouring (in your Activity Bag) ‘Fizz tablet’ (Antac...
Galaxy Jars
Equipment: 3 colours of acrylic paint in small pots (in your Activity Bag) Glass Jar with Lid (in your Activity Bag) Cotton balls Glitt...
Flextangles
Equipment: Card Template Pen Markers Scissors Glue Tape (optional) Template Download Step 1: Read the Template instructions! Step ...
CD Balloon Hovercraft
Equipment: Old CD (in your Activity Bag) Card or paper (in your Activity Bag) Balloon (in your Activity Bag) Markers Glue stick and hot g...
Bubble Snakes
Equipment: Bottle Scissors * Elastic band (in your Activity Bag) Flannel, face cloth or an old sock (Sock in your Activity Bag) Bubble mi...
Storecupboard Activities
Recycled Wind Chimes
Equipment: String Colorful beads or buttons Clear plastic cup or pot / small water bottle Markers, crayons, stickers, etc. (for decoratin...
Balloon Rockets
Equipment: Balloon Wool or String (cut to about 2 Metres) Straw Tape Scissors 2 chairs Clothes Peg (optional) Instructions: After ...
Homemade Water Colours
Equipment: 1/2 cup of baking soda 1/4 cup of vinegar 1 tsp. sugar 1/4 cup cornstarch 1-2 drop of food colouring Instructions: Mix ...
Below is a list of equipment used in all of our activities, if you have some extra equipment at home – why not try making other crafts as well as the ones in your Portable Playscheme bag!
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