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Printables, crafts, outdoor missions and quiet games. Every one lists what you need, how long it takes and anything to watch out for — so you can decide in ten seconds whether it fits the afternoon you are actually having.
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Learning games2–4 yearsThe Waiting Game
A two-minute game that quietly teaches patience, disguised as a competition about who can notice the most things.
10 minPrintable
Crafts4–6 yearsBuild a blanket den that actually stays up
The engineering behind a den that survives more than four minutes. Involves pegs, and a surprising amount of geometry.
45 minSafety notes
Crafts4–6 yearsDraw your own treasure map
A proper map, aged with a teabag, with an X that leads somewhere genuinely worth going — like the biscuit tin.
30 minPrintableSafety notes
Outdoor4–6 yearsGarden bug safari
A twenty-minute expedition to find six small creatures, look at them properly, and put them back exactly where they were.
25 minPrintableSafety notes
Printables4–6 yearsFirst-day feelings cards
Twelve printable cards that help a child point at a feeling when they cannot yet find the word for it.
15 minPrintableSafety notes
Printables2–4 yearsColour in Waffle
Eight colouring pages of Waffle being various degrees of unhelpful. Free, printable, and reprintable forever.
20 minPrintable