Creative Activities for Kids and Families

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...

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...

Paper 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 ...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

Download our free templates to make your own figures from Grayson Perry’s epic series of tapestries, The Vanity of Small Differences.  

As 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...

In the National Football Museum's collection we have several football pennants on display from famous matches involving England, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Dick, Kerr Ladies and more. In this short craf...

Join LSO Music Director Sir Simon Rattle and musicians from the London Symphony Orchestra for this online concert, suitable for families and carers with children aged 5+.

Join Rachel Leach and musicians from the London Symphony Orchestra for our online, interactive Sound Explorers concert based on the popular children’s book Olivia Forms a Band by Ian F...

This activity celebrates three black female astronauts who have made, or will be making, history:

On 21 June 1948, the ship HMT Empire Windrush carried nearly 1000 passengers to Tilbury, UK. Among the passengers were:

A porthole is a round window on a ship. Sailors often spent many months at sea, away from their homes and families

Diwali is the Hindu festival of lights and is also celebrated by Sikh and Jain communities. The word Diwali means 'rows of lighted lamps'.

We often transform our home to celebrate festivals and occasions. This Diwali, create your own decoration to hang up at home.

Inspired by a small statuette of Nelson in the Museum's collection, think about your own identity as you create an identity box.

Create your own puppets inspired by the puppets in the Museum's collection. 

This is a fun way to make new Christmas decorations, and recycle old Christmas cards!