It’s mid-year and it’s holidays. If you’re stuck indoors because it’s too hot, too cold, too wet, too much UV, try these educational at-home activities that you can build yourself as a DIY subscription kit.
If the holidays feel like they are dragging out, pack up these activities into old shoe boxes or cloth shopping bags, and ‘deliver’ them once a week so there’s new things to do. You could ‘deliver’ a different themed kit each week, or select activities from each type of kit to bundle up for variety.
These activities are a little bit different to the usual craft at home, and some include special ingredients that you may not have on hand. So prepare these in advance for novel and fun activities at home these holidays.
The DIY subscription kit: STEM
Activities
This kit contains instructions for six science, maths and technology based activities, loosely themed around space and the universe including:
- Salt Crystal Decorations
- Edible Sugar Swords
- Crystal Growing
- Potato starch bio-plastic
- Plant-based colour changing indicators
- Augmented Reality colouring in
Grab the list of items for this box here.
Download all the instruction cards below.
The DIY subscription kit: cooking
Activities
This kit contains instructions for five food based activities that are themed around space.
- Galaxy cupcakes
- Space Cookies
- Dessert eaten in space
- Astronaut’s favourite dinner
- Doing the food shopping
Grab the list of items for this box here.
Download all the instruction cards below.
DIY subscription kit: craft
Activities
This kit contains instructions for six craft based activities that are themed around night time and winter.
- candle making
- making candle clocks
- smelly plaster apes
- fingerprint greeting cards
- fake snowball fights
- colourful chalk paint
Grab the list of items for this box here.
Download all the instruction cards below.
DIY subscription kit: puzzles
Activities
This kit contains instructions for five puzzle and game based activities that are themed around the outdoors and winter nights.
- outdoor orienteering
- treasure hunts
- soma cube puzzle
- giant puzzle book
- night time fun
Grab the list of items for this box here.
Download all the instruction cards below.
What free things can we do these holidays?
Also check out 100 unique, free activities to do that are screen free. This huge list includes cheap activities like clearing out your pantry to make potions, baking challenges and making your own walking puzzles for exploring your neighbourhood or city in a fun way.
Download all the subscription kit instructions in one booklet
Download the bumper booklet of over 20 holiday activities for all the STEM, cooking, craft and puzzle activities.
You can make up your own DIY subscription box in one big box. Or, select the activities you know your child will like and bundle those into weekly packs with a couple of activities each week so the fun is spread over the whole holidays.
Just pop your email address in below and a copy of all the instructions and the puzzle booklet will arrive straight to your inbox.