Level: Medium Length: 30 - 60 minutes Overview: Finish the phrases. Materials: Paper, printer or a pen, scissors. How: Choose some interesting phrases and print them off (or write them out). Cut the phrase in half. Allow participant to match the phrases. A leopard cannot…change its spots. Revenge is a dish…best served cold. An apple
Level: Medium Length: 30 - 60 minutes Overview: Block printing and stamping to make beautiful cards. Materials: Card, inks, sponges, stamps/wooden blocks. How: Choose your desired piece of card. Sponge an even layer of ink onto your stamp. Turn stamp upside down onto your card and push down firmly. Admire your beautiful creation. Addition: Make
Level: Easy Length: 30 - 60 minutes Overview: Imprint curious objects into icing that can then decorate a cake. Materials: Ready to roll icing, rolling pin, icing sugar, food colouring, cling film, cake, objects to press in - coins, small ornaments, stencils, doilies, etc. How: Warm the icing in your hands. Sprinkle icing sugar onto
Italian National Day Level: Easy Length: 30 minutes Overview: Create your own pizza flavours for Italian National Day. Materials: Pizza bases, a variety of toppings. How: Apply tomato passata to the pizza base and cover with your favourite toppings. Cook in the oven. Enjoy the delicious flavours of Italy... Buon appetito! Addition: Set the scene
Level: Medium Length: 30 - 60 minutes Overview: Marking on a map where people are from, to inspire conversation. Materials: Large map of the UK and further if you have participants for anywhere else, drawing pins or marker pens. How: Ask people to locate their birthplace with a pin on the map. Discussion of birthplace,
Level: Medium Length: 1 hour Overview: Create beautiful canvases to connect together. Materials: Canvases (you can also use paper/card), paints. How: Choose a theme - flowers, birds, nature. Draw the outline of the image, with the canvases together. Then each participant can paint their canvas individually. Connect the canvases back together to see the full picture. Display
Level: Medium Length: 1 hour + Overview: Personalise your own deck of playing cards. Materials: Pens, pencils, card, scissors. Optional: Stamps, stickers. How: Cut card into 52 equal sized playing cards. Label cards with their suit and number on one side. Decorate the labelled side of the card using illustration, stamping or stickers. Enjoy a game
World Oceans Day Level: Medium Length: 30 - 60 minutes Overview: Create a group or individual collage using scraps of patterned paper for World Ocean Day. Materials: Large sheet of paper, scraps of patterned/newspaper, pencil, scissors, glue. How: Draw the outline of a fish on a large sheet of paper. Participants can cut or tear up paper
Level: Hard Length: 1 - 2 hours Overview: A fun dance session for everyone to take part in. Materials: Music, various props (feathers, hats, scarves etc.), tea and cake. How: Use a wide selection of music from the 40’s to the 00’s and a range of props. You can start the tea dance with a seated
Level: Medium Length: 30 - 60 minutes Overview: Create beautiful three-dimensional bird and butterfly decorations. Materials: Inkjet Printer, acetate for inkjet printer, scissors, stapler, acrylic paints. How: Print 2 copies of each bird or butterfly onto acetate. Cut out the whole of the first copy and just the wings of the second copy. Participants can colour
