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Making pretend cement using shaving foam and sand This is a great messy activity to offer outside. Mixing sand and shaving foam together can create a fun cement giving the children the tactile material to build with. Follow our hashtag #AfternoonActivityTime to follow all the exciting activities that are being

Running play cars through paint to make patterns on paper Could you use your small  world cars during a creative activity? You can use some trays of different coloured paints, encouraging the children to push the car wheels through the paint and then make marks on the paper. Follow our

Watching colours run off skittles sweets This is  fun science experiment that needs very little preparation! Simply place some skittles around the edge of a plate and add some warm water. The children will love watching the colour run from the sweets and mix together to create a rainbow. Follow

Using coloured sand to create a dinosaur land Could you create a dinosaur land using coloured sand and natural materials? The children will love exploring the dinosaur world, using the plastic dinosaurs to stomp through the different materials and recreate imaginative scenarios. Follow our hashtag #AfternoonActivityTime to follow all the

Decorating cardboard boxes Cardboard boxes provide a great large surface to paint on. Children can use their imagination to think of a range of ways to use the cardboard box, it could become a house, a castle, a car or even a rocket. The children can work together to decorate

Creating a rainbow using biscuits and paint Using biscuits and paint the children can create their own rainbow picture. This gives children an alternative surface to paint on and explore.   Follow our hashtag #AfternoonActivityTime to follow all the exciting activities that are being shared on our Facebook page every day

Painting with Ice cubes Ice cubes are a fun alternative surface to paint on! Offer ice cubes in a large builders tray with some ready mixed paint and some paintbrushes. The children will love watching the colours run and mix together as the ice cube melts. Follow our hashtag #AfternoonActivityTime

Recreating Stories Recreating stories is a great way to extend a child’s favourite book. The Three Little Pigs is a fun story to recreate using a builder’s tray. You can add bricks, straw and sticks to the tray and encourage the children to build the little pigs’ houses. Adding puppets

Freezing paint to make paint sticks Using small pots fill them with paint and place a lollipop stick in the middle of it. Place in the freezer overnight. This activity will help children’s hand-eye coordination as well as developing their creative skills. Follow our hashtag #AfternoonActivityTime to follow all the

Riding bike through paint Why not try this creative activity. Children will thoroughly enjoy riding their bike through the different coloured paint,creating patterns as they go. Follow our hashtag #AfternoonActivityTime to follow all the exciting activities that are being shared on our Facebook page every day at 11.30