Games and Puzzles

Make fortune-tellers from the pretty-patterned paper. 20 fun forfeits to hide under the flaps.

24 sheets of pretty paper (20 x 20 cm), together with 192 stickers.

Age suitability: 6 - 10

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Twenty origami shapes to make, two boxes and eighteen sea creatures.

18 sheets of origami paper, 1 sheet of stickers, 2 pre-cut sheets and a booklet of instructions.. 

Each model takes about ten minutes to make.

Age suitability: 7 years plus.

Twenty sheets of origami paper with which to make paper planes, and a cardboard and elastic launcher with which to make them fly.

Age suitability: 6 years plus.

Creagami is an Italian take on the ancient Japanese art of Origami. You make these wonderful 3D sculptures but the actual paper folding is really straightforward.  The pieces of paper are pre-cut and include fold lines.

Creating the sculpture is a two stage process

For the first part of the creation, you fold the pieces of paper.  They are about 6cm long and the folding process always follows the same five easy moves.  Yes it is a bit fiddly but really not too bad.  As you have to fold 113 of these pieces, just switch the brain off and get into the rhythm. It is strangely therapeutic and the whole family can help.

The second stage, where you assemble the structure from all the folded pieces you have already made, is where it gets more complicated and you will need to follow each step carefully in the video. Each triangular piece slots into the back of another so there is no glue but you do have to watch exactly how to do it.  Step by step though you will build the ladybird.

Age suitability: 7+.  Adults will also enjoy it.

Make a fish, a dolphin, a shell and a seahorse.

24 sheets of 20 x 20 cm shiny, metallic paper. 8 different prints so, for example, you can make 3 fish using one type of paper, 3 with the other.

Clear instructions!

Age suitability: 7 - 13 years.

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