Creative Activities for Kids and Families
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The Butterfly Lion Read by Michael Morpurgo
Listen to author Michael Morpurgo reading two chapters each video from his best-selling novel The Butterfly Lion, which was adapted for the Chichester stage in 2019.
7 - 12 yearsAge Friendly -
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CFT At Home: Paper Puppets with Darcy Collins
Join puppeteer Darcy Collins as she shows you how to make a simple paper puppet at home.
5 - 12 yearsAge Friendly -
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CFT At Home: Musical Theatre Dance
In our latest tutorial, our Deputy Director of LEAP Lauren is going to teach you a dance combination to a section of The Cover Is Not The Book from Mary Poppins Returns.
8 - 16 yearsAge Friendly -
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CFT At Home: Stage Combat
Our Youth Theatre Trainee Freddie (with some help from his brother Henry!) demonstrates some stage combat techniques to help you create realistic fight scenes without hurting anyone. Important note: i...
8 - 16 years -
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CFT At Home: Paper Puppet
Join our Youth and Outreach Officer Hannah as she talks you through how to make a simple puppet out of paper. All you need is a roll of wrapping paper or some newspaper, a pair of scissors and some ta...
5 - 12 yearsAge Friendly -
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CFT At Home: Learn the Jitterbug
In the latest LEAP Remote tutorial, our Deputy Director of LEAP and Choreographer of Christmas 2019's production of The Wizard of Oz, Lauren teaches you how to dance the Charleston-inspired Jitterbug ...
8 - 16 yearsAge Friendly -
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CFT At Home: Playwriting
Playwright and Chichester Festival Youth Theatre graduate George Bailey offers some helpful tips and exercises to work through when starting to write your very first play.
11 - 16 yearsAge Friendly -
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CFT At Home: Basic Ukelele Chords
Learn the basic chords C, F and G and put them together to play a simple song as professional singing teacher and vocal coach Holly Aisbitt gives you a whistle-stop introduction to playing the ukulele...
5 - 16 years -
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CFT At Home: Intro to Puppetry
Join professional puppeteer, and Chichester Festival Youth Theatre graduate, Romina Hytten for our latest tutorial and learn how to bring everyday objects to life at home in this puppeteering tutorial...
5 - 12 yearsAge Friendly -
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Weekly Activity Packs
Every Friday we send out our Family Activity Pack, crammed with fun activities for all the family. Each activity pack is on a weekly theme and together we have marked Refugee Week, Passover, Armed For...
5 - 12 years -
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Bird Feeders
Chesterfield MuseumLook after the birds this winter with these simple bird feeders that children can make and hang in the garden.
3 - 10 yearsAge Friendly -
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Cotton Wool Snowman
Chesterfield MuseumA fabulous cotton wool snowman for your children to create.
0 - 5 years -
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Learning at home with the Horniman
Discover activities, videos and learning resources perfect for home learning. Use our learning resources to create at home activities, take part in our home learning challenges, get crafty and make so...
5 - 11 years -
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Paper Beach
East Cliff CreativesPaper Beach is a simple, fun activity for the kids to celebrate the magic of reading. Grab a sheet of A4 paper and a pen and answer the question 'Where does reading take you?'. You can handwrite ...
5 - 16 yearsAge Friendly -
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Sculpture Explorers Activity Pack: Barbara Hepworth's 'The Family of Man'
If you were a sculpture, what might you look like? Download this activity pack to explore one of Barbara Hepworth's most important and intriguing sculptures, 'The Family of Man'. Create your own pe...
8 - 16 years -
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Children's online workshops
Join in online from home with our children’s workshops, devised by our talented artist educators. Suitable for all ages, though preschool children will require assistance from an older child or ...
1 - 16 yearsAge Friendly -
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Kicking Off Your Creativity: What If Women's Football Wasn't Banned?
A special 'Kicking Off Your Creativity'' Christmas special with author of Ultimate Football Heroes, Johnny Ball and Unbelievable Football all about Women's Football and the 1921 FA ban. This is your c...
7 - 12 years -
The YouthPreneur Imagination and Creation Activity Pack
Would you like to help your child discover their passion and potential, while promoting creativity, enhancing their imagination and introducing them to the world of enterprise? If the answer is yes, t...
6 - 14 years -
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Make Your Own Grayson Perry Paper Sculptures
Download our free templates to make your own figures from Grayson Perry’s epic series of tapestries, The Vanity of Small Differences.
4 - 16 years -
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Christmas Calendar 'Match It' Game
Sporting HeritageAs part of the Hidden Histories Illustrated project from Sporting Heritage and artist, Jessica Hartshorn, this free christmas themed resource showcases 24 unusual objects and images from sporting muse...
5 - 16 yearsAge Friendly