Play ideas and resources for kids
As part of our Festival of Play season, we offer loads of ideas for games and activities on the themes of outdoor play and circus fun to keep your kids occupied.
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Find out more about Eden's thinking on wild and imaginative play on our Mud Between Your Toes website.
Outdoor play ideas and information
- How to build a den (includes a video)
- How to play Capture the Flag
- How to make toys from trash (includes videos): guest blog by Arvind Gupta, renowned toy inventor and science educator from India
- Build a water assault course
- Make your own board game (includes a simple Eden Project board game)
- Make a tie-dye t-shirt with natural plant dyes
- Play equipment at the Eden Project
- Wild Days Out family adventures
- 20 things you can make with a cardboard box
- Outdoor painting with a difference
- How to make origami water bombs
- How to make music with a blade of grass