Play with numbers. We’re all people but we look different to each other. We can make the same number in lots of ways i.e. 5+2=7 but 3+4=7 too! Start with a whole number, how many different ways are there to get the same result?
Games
Guess the colour from the smells i.e. red (strawberry), orange (tangerine). Blindfolded smell a variety of scents, can you give them a colour? Are there ‘male/female’ smells? What makes you think that?
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Forage for natural foods and make something i.e. nettle tea. REMEMBER! Only pick and eat things you know are 100% safe!
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Create your own wedding outfits i.e. toilet paper wedding dresses
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Try foods from countries where Save the Children are working around the world i.e. Brazil, Columbia, Peru, Libya, Egypt, Lebanon and Greece
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With your T-Rex arms complete make an obstacle course or play some throwing and catching games
Games
The collective noun for a group of elephants is ‘parade’. Make your own elephant masks and parade in them
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Use tartan fabric to make something useful i.e. door-stop or apron
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Play pairs using Scottish things i.e. haggis, bag pipes, whiskey
Games
Find out about the fox food chain and share your findings in a fun way i.e. a play or song
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Watch a fox themed film i.e. ‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’, the animated ‘Robin Hood’ or ‘Fox and the Hound’
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Make fairy cakes (or buy them) and decorate them to look like cats; big or small
Food
Make something with bamboo i.e. a bug hotel
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Make some hedgehog food for the garden using chicken/tuna, potatoes, cooked vegetables and small pieces of fruit including apples, mango or pumpkin- some of a hedgie’s favourite things!
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Use pioneering poles to create something you would see at the circus i.e. a swing, seesaw or Ferris wheel
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Other decapods include crayfish, prawns and shrimp. Cook each of them and taste test…do they all taste different? What are the differences? Which one do you like the most?
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Make your own Scottie Dog door stop using tartan or recycled woollen fabrics
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St. Andrew was a fisherman choose and do one of the following: • Cook a fish dish. • Learn how to fillet and prepare a fresh fish. • Have a go at catching your own fish. • Take a hike to your local fish and chip shop to eat some fish.
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England is famous for the following foods, have a go at making them in teams in your unit: • Fish and Chips • Roast Dinner • English Breakfast
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Learn about some real-life superheroes i.e. Doctors, Paramedics etc.
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Name a real-life superpower i.e. kindness. What makes some people in to real-life heroes? Make your own real-life hero
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Every Autumn, millions of Monarch butterflies migrate across North America to Southwestern Mexico. Map their migration route on a world map and see just how many miles they travel.
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Read The Very Hungry Caterpillar and act out the different scenes. Used our butterfly life cycle resource to make a 3D caterpillar? Retell the story using your curly caterpillar friend.
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Fundraise for the Butterfly Conservation Society. Why not run a race or take part in a sponsored event to help raise money?
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Hatch your own butterflies from a caterpillar or cocoon. Release your butterfly between two to four days after it has emerged from its chrysalis. Letting them go near flowers will encourage the butterflies to remain in your area.
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Discover where silk comes from and how its made.
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Spread your wings and fly like a butterfly on a zip line or take part in some aerial yoga.
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Chrysalis and chill... Wrap yourself up tightly in a warm blanket and watch a film. Why not enjoy a sweet juice drink through a straw whilst you’re chilling?
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Take a trip to a butterfly enclosure and count how many different species you can see. Keep a look out for hungry butterflies feeding on fruit or nectar.
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The Big Butterfly Count 2022 will run from Friday 15th July to Sunday 7th August. Take part by choosing a place to spot butterflies and moths. Count how many you see in 15 minutes and record your results on the Big Butterfly Count website.
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Discover native butterflies of the world and mark their location on a world map. Can you remember where the Queen Alexandra’s Birdwing was found in 1906 by Albert Meek?
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Attract butterflies to your garden by planting butterfly friendly plants. Place your potted plants in spacious, sunny spots of your garden. Butterflies need plenty of room to fly!
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5 species of butterfly have become extinct in Britain over the last 150 years. Use the internet or non-fiction books to find out what these butterflies were called and what they looked like.
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Use a straw to suck up and transfer food from one plate to another. Challenge your friends to a duel and see who can move all of their food the fastest. Why not get messy and try the game with drinks too?
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Flutterby races; cut out a paper butterfly and use a piece of card to waft your butterfly along. How fast can you make your butterfly move? Race your partner to see who has the fastest butterfly.
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Most of a butterfly’s taste buds are on its feet. Cover your eyes and guess the food using only your feet. Don’t forget to wash your feet after!
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Print pictures of butterflies and moths and then sort them into the correct species. Don’t have a printer? Search for pictures in wildlife magazines or draw your own.
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A butterfly’s wings can flap between 5 and 20 times per second. See how many claps you can do in one second. Can you beat your friends?
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Use party horns to make your own probiscus and knock over targets using only your ‘long tongue’. Make the game more challenging by pushing objects over the finish line in a head-to-head race with family
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No matter the meal... Identify blended foods by sucking them up through a straw.
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When a butterfly emerges from the chrysalis, the two halves of its probiscus join together. In two teams, find as many straws of the same colour as you can from around the room and then join them into one long straw. Make the game harder by giving yo
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Butterflies need to be warm to fly. Warm up your muscles ready for take off with a fun aerobics warm up.
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Bake some cupcakes and decorate with pretzels for the wings to create a sweet and salty snack.
Food
Caterpillars love munching on leaves - create your own crunchy salad using vegetables of your choice and serve up as a refreshing lunch.
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Have a go at fermenting some fruit by stirring fresh fruit chunks into fermentation syrup (sugar, water and baking yeast) to make a tasty treat for butterflies in your garden.
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Bake a batch of cinnamon swirl butterfly rolls. Top your rolls with cherries for the butterfly’s body and cherry stalks for the antennae. Don’t forget to decorate your butterfly’s wings with icing.
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Discover and try butterfly pea tea; a tasty herbal tea made from butterfly pea flowers. Enjoy your beautiful blue drink hot or cold.
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Butter-fly! Churn your own butter using double cream, salt and a mixer. Don’t have a mixer? Beat your butter mixture together with a wooden spoon.
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Bake your own butterfly wing cupcakes. Head over to our Butterfly Pinterest board for an easy to follow recipe.
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Put together your own fruit skewers using fruit and sweet treats. For some extra fun, why not read The Very Hungry Caterpillar and put your ingredients on your skewer in the same order, eating each piece as you go along?
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Mix a variety of fruit juices to create your own butterfly nectar. Share your delicious drink with friends and family on a warm sunny day!
Food
Create all of the stages of a butterfly life cycle using different types of pasta
Food
Make a flying butterfly using a paperclip and an elastic band. Check out our Pinterest board for a ‘how to’.
Craft
Create a beautiful crown fit for a butterfly queen.
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Use natural objects from around your garden to create a picture of a butterfly. You could use small twigs, leaves, flower heads or even petals.
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Spin or weave with silk just like a caterpillar does to make its cocoon.
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Design a butterfly friendly garden; think about feeding stations and places for butterflies to rest their wings. Find our garden design resource on the website.
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Create your own butterfly or caterpillar memo peg. Use our free resource to help or stick pom poms on your peg to create a caterpillar.
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Design and build your own butterfly feeding station to hang in your garden. Place your feeder in line with your window so that you can spot any butterflies that flutter by.
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