Fun activities

Building Bridges has made a range of drawing and creative activities, fun activities and puzzles for people to do in their spare time. We made these during Covid lockdown when many social activities stopped and people had more spare time to fill.

You are welcome to request these and then you can print and enjoy them at home.

Download the full list of activities (PDF)
Drawing using coloured pencils of three people sitting at a table, with one girl in the middle and two girls on each side.

Health and wellbeing

  • Cover of easy read document titled 'Know your recycling' with images and labels of recyclable items including newspaper, carrots, glasses, a dress, a green recycling bin, a black trash bin, a brown trash bin, and a yellow recycling container.

    You and your planet activity pack

    All about you and making the planet a better place (6 colouring sheets, a selection of activities, 21 pages).

  • Cover of easy read document titled 'Earn your healthy stars' with a green header and colorful graphics. It has sections for recording exercise and fruit intake, with pink outlined stars to colour in, and small illustrations of people running.

    Healthy Stars activity pack 1

    Earn stars for doing healthy activities (3 pages).

  • A colorful chart titled 'Earn your healthy stars' with activities and fruit intake tracking. It includes a section for recording exercise, represented by stars, and a section for tracking fruit consumed each day, with checkboxes for each weekday. The chart encourages healthy habits with playful illustrations of children running and building bridges.

    Healthy Stars activity pack 2

    Earn more stars for doing healthy activities (4 pages).

Art and design

  • Cover of easy read document titled 'Design a hat and scarf' with a simple outline of a hat with a pom-pom on top and a scarf for designing, featuring the 'Building Bridges' logo with multicolored hands.

    Seasonal drawing pack

    Drawing activities based on the seasons (7 drawings/pages).

  • A t-shirt template with a prompt to decorate it, part of a design activity from Building Bridges project.

    Drawing pack 1

    Show off your drawing and designing skills (8 drawings/pages).

  • A football kit design template with a simple outline of a t-shirt and shorts, titled 'Design a football kit,' featuring a logo 'Building Bridges' with colorful handprints.

    Drawing pack 2

    Show off more of your drawing and designing skills (4 drawings/pages).

  • Worksheet titled 'Draw a full English breakfast,' with a large circle outline for drawing, and the logo 'Building Bridges' with colorful handprints in the top right corner.

    Drawing pack 3

    Show off even more of your drawing and designing skills (5 drawings/pages).

  • Worksheet titled "Mixing Colours" demonstrating color mixing with primary colors black, white, red, yellow, blue, and secondary colors orange, grey, purple, showing the resulting colors when different pairs are mixed.

    Colour mixing sheet

    Learn what happens when your mix colours (2 pages).

  • Recycling poster template with empty space for drawing or decorating, featuring a red border, blue title 'Recycling Poster', and a logo with colorful handprints and the words 'Building Bridges'.

    Recycling poster

    Design a recycling poster challenge (1 page).

  • Colour by numbers activity sheet titled "Join the dots" with an image of a turtle to be completed by connecting numbered dots.

    Join the dots

    Join the dots and colour in the images.

Things to do

  • Cover of easy read document titled 'How to grow cress' showing cress sprouts in a white tray, along with simple illustrated steps for planting cress seeds.

    Cress growing activity pack

    Try your hand at growing some cress (2 pages).

  • Easy read document titled 'Funny Food Faces' showing examples of food face art made with bread slices and toppings, and a person creating a face on a pancake using vegetables and sauces.

    Funny face food

    Learn how to make funny faces with your food (1 page).

Quizzes

  • Cover of easy read document titled 'what am I riddles'

    “What am I?” riddle quiz

  • Cover of easy read document titled 'numbers quic'

    Numbers quiz

  • Cover of easy read document showing white plate with the text 'Healthy Eating Quiz' surrounded by colorful fresh fruits and vegetables, including tomatoes, bananas, cauliflower, and citrus slices, on a white background with a pink border

    Healthy eating quiz

  • A checklist with categories: Well-being, Looking after yourself, Healthy eating, and Well-being. It includes statements about talking to someone, making new friends, and doing activities with others. The checklist provides options to select yes, sometimes, or not true for me, with smiley face icons for each choice.

    Healthy lifestyle quiz

  • A quiz with categories: 'My home,' 'Looking after my money,' and 'Making my money last longer.' It has rating options: 'Yes, always true for me,' 'Usually true for me,' 'Only true for me sometimes,' and 'Not true for me.'

    Financial inclusion quiz

Request activity packs

If you’d like any of the activities listed above, simply fill out our request form and we’ll send them to you via email.

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