Fun and Games

CORONAVIRUS INFORMATION PAGES

Fun and Games

Chichester Festival Theatre
David Walliams’s The Midnight Gang and the Chichester Festival Youth Theatre production of Beauty and the Beast will be the next productions to be streamed online from Chichester Festival Theatre. Especially suitable for family audiences from ages 7 up, both will be available on CFT’s website for 30 days, starting with The Midnight Gang from 30 April and then Beauty and the Beast from 21 May, and will be free to watch.
https://www.cft.org.uk/news/the-midnight-gang-and-beauty-and-the-beast-to-be-streamed-online-from-cft?fbclid=IwAR26GfReLbqgno0WTIcIOyRbfXwpWnG9B_nRfZauvQZSmK0ouaxZYbhuV5s

Edinburgh Zoo
Watch some of the animals live at Edinburgh Zoo through their live cams:
https://www.edinburghzoo.org.uk/webcams/panda-cam/

Great Ormond Street Hospital Power of Play Hub
Created by the Play Team at GOSH with lots of activities, games news and child friendly information about Covid-19.
https://www.gosh.org/power-of-play-hub

Jamie Oliver
Fun recipes to try with your children.
https://www.jamieoliver.com/features/category/get-kids-cooking/?fbclid=IwAR14ilXG85oPd2iqgPfJiFx0G27GaEhYkswpprjIYgRHDE-9F6xgo_j3Qgk

Jacquie Lawson cards
Beautiful e-cards to send to friends and family. You need to pay an annual subscription to use these but if you are sent one, you can reply for free. Also available from the site are the Curio Collection and English Garden which contain lots of fun games, colouring and interactive activities.
These are free for the next 30 days using the codes below.
https://www.jacquielawson.com/
Activate English Garden – activation code GJDQB-ZTYJ-BZZJ
Activate Curio Collection – activation code UBBYJ-QTDK-BZZX

Marwell Zoo webcams
https://www.marwell.org.uk/zoo/keep-in-touch/webcams

McDonald's Family Fun Hub
From creative activities to interactive play, board games to eBooks, plus football skills videos to help keep your kids active, there’s hours of fun to entertain the whole family.
https://www.mcdonalds.com/gb/en-gb/family-hub.html?fbclid=IwAR370AcdF5UR0eu-pM_Twz-8aQhpuJNFgC_w1CLsYeoXGpYLoiJMQMpcUQY

Playmobil
Lots of fun Playmobil themed activities to play online or print out. Online store for all merchandise.
https://www.playmobil.co.uk/play/play/

Playmobil videos
Two helpful videos explaining Coronavirus using Playmobil. Other stories available through the YouTube channel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyUh-b2q9MA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DlOGKpMNs4

Lego
Browse products and fun videos and interactive games.
https://www.lego.com/en-gb/kids

Under Fives Resource Guide
Funded through Wellspring and the Lottery's 'Awards For All' , Chris North put together a booklet of some activities and resources that can be used as starting points for play and learning with preschool children (or any child!). You can also open and download a PDF version of the booklet here.

OTHER IDEAS

Baking
Follow a recipe with an adult to bake cakes or biscuits and then decorate. Yum!

Build a den
Ask an adult first! Use cushions, pillows and blankets to build a den. Then use your imagination to let your den become anything you’d like it to be! Is it a castle or a dark and gloomy cave? Make sure you tidy up afterwards!

Make a pizza
Choose your favourite toppings and make a pizza. You could use a ready made pizza base, a muffin sliced in half or half a baguette. You could even follow a recipe and make the base from scratch too!

Make your own board game:
Design and then make your own board game! Your game could have any theme you like! Will it be like snakes and ladders, monopoly or will you set questions to answer as you travel the board? Play your game with your family!

Make a treasure hunt
If you have a little brother or sister why not make a treasure hunt for them around the home? You could make clues for them to solve or make a map with a route to follow.

Target games
Make your own target games! You could try rolling golf, beanbag targets or bowling!