Green Magpie Spring 2022

Spring 2022

CRAFTS! Outd GAMES o activ or fun ities

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The Scrapstore Birmingham The green choice for craft resources

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Dear Green Magpie friends, Welcome to the Spring edition of the magazine for creative young minds!

‘Bring it on Brum!’ is a programme that is helping Birmingham’s children, young people and their families have active, fun-filled and healthy school holidays. Part of the government’s new nationwide Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) Programme, ‘Bring it on Brum!’ is the biggest scheme of its kind in the country, and Birmingham City Council and their delivery partner, StreetGames, are really excited to bring it to YOU! The Spring HAF Activity Pack is filled with arts and crafts, cooking ideas and lots of sports and games to ensure a ‘fun-filled and creative time’ for young people that cannot access face-to-face provision over the Spring school holidays. In partnership with Birmingham PlayCare Network the contents of this magazine and pack has been created with their philosophy at the core… championing the child’s right to play!

This magazine will provide you and your child with guidance on how to complete various activities/crafts and provide ideas and games to get creative and make use of the equipment included.

Please enjoy having a go at some of the activities included but REMEMBER small children will need to be supervised and older children might need a little bit of help.

So, this Spring, why not give play a go, try not to worry about what the end product will look like, remember it’s the process children go through that is the most important part of play.

We have also created an online portal packed with free ideas and resources to keep the whole family busy, with indoor and outdoor games, quizzes, dance, nature trails, park activities, food videos and so much more. We believe that everyone deserves a good break and that school holidays are better when there’s a great choice of things to do.

Our website is now ready so read on and check out www.BringitonBrum.co.uk Share your creations and follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram at @BringitonBrum.

#BringitonBrum If you have any questions at all please do not hesitate to get in touch.

Our email address is: Birminghamholidayactivities@streetgames.org.

You will need: •

Spoon

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Card / paper

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Scrap material

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Pipe cleaner Buttons

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A sharpie pen

Did you know that: •

A rabbit’s teeth never stop

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Rabbits perform an athletic leap known as a ‘Binky’ when they are happy.

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A baby rabbit is called a kit, a female is called a doe, and a male is called a buck.

Step by step:

Challenge yourself!

Step 1: Cut out dress shape (as above) from paper or fabric

Step 2: Fold dress in half and pass spoon handle through hole.

Twist pipe cleaner around neck of spoon for arms.

Use an egg or scrunched up paper and place it in your spoon. Holding the handle only, race with a friend around obstacles. Try not to drop your egg! Who can reach the winning line first?

Practice your bunny face here: Step 4: Secure dress around waist with cord or ribbon. Stick on ears and draw a face.

Step 3: Cut out ears from white card (remember to leave extra card to stick on to spoon).

Share your designs on #BringitonBrum Scan to watch our YouTube tutorial!

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Paper Scissors Colouring pencils

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Some Jellyfish glow in the dark!

Lots of jellyfish have bioluminescent organs which emit blue or green light. It is typically activated by touch. The light might help to attract prey or warn predators.

Challenge yourself: Paint your CD with some coloured acrylic paint.

Allow to dry.

Using an opened-out paperclip, scratch design onto the CD. Decorate as you wish.

Step by step:

Step 1: To make tentacles, cut 3 rectangles from coloured paper. Then cut into strips (not all the way – leave paper joined at the top) Curl the strips around a pen. Stick them onto the bottom of your CD.

Step 2: Cut out some other shapes from card for different parts of the body.

Make some google eyes using white card and cut out.

Stick everything together and hang with some string Scan me

Spell as many words as you can using the letters:

Bioluminescent Share your designs…..…

Who can play?

Age 5+

How many can play?

This game requires 4 people

Two Players hold the rope, one player is the skipper. Start with the rope on the floor, wiggling it back and forth. Sing the rhyme whilst the skipper jumps either side of the rope.

“Fishes in the water, fishes in the sea, They all jump up with a 1, 2, 3.”

What you will need: Long skipping rope

When the rhyme is finished raise the rope and gently swing it from side to side. Repeat the rhyme and skip over the rope. Stop when the skipper makes a mistake.

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You will need: • Scissors • Paper • Colouring pencils • Pipe cleaner Flamingo:

Step by step:

Butterfly:

Step one: Draw around your hand on different pieces of card – cut out.

Step two: Make feathers using same method as jellyfish tentacles (page 4)

Step three: Draw fancy necks and tails, cut out and glue them together to make your animals.

Challenge yourself: String all your animals together to make some bunting.

Use a CD and some pegs to make a fancy peacock.

Make up your own animal! What will you call it? Where does it live, what does it eat?

Share your designs…….

Join the dots:

Scan to watch our YouTube tutorials.

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Scan me for how to make your own 3 little pigs tutorial

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Instructions: Paste your mask onto a piece of card (Tip: use a cereal carton or packaging from this pack) or use paper template to draw onto card. Cut out and glue or staple where shown. Paint. Tie cord / elastic through holes.

PLAY: What’s the time Mr Wolf?

Make an area for the den where Mr Wolf is not allowed to cross. Mr Wolf then starts walking away from the den with the other players following and calling out “What’s the time Mr Wolf?”

As he walks away, Mr Wolf replies with any time he can think of eg. “2 O’clock”. Mr wolf repeats this until……. …as he lures the players away from the den, he then suddenly shouts “DINNER TIME!”, turns around and chases the players back to the safety of the den.

If Mr Wolf catches anyone before they reach the den, then he/she will be Mr Wolf for the next game.

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Challenge yourself: Scan me to make your own 3 little pigs story adventure out of a shoe box, magazine and scraps of material

Who can play?

Age 4+

How many can play?

8+ and a leader.

What you will need: No equipment is needed.

Players are divided equally into “rats” and “rabbits”.

Players stand in their teams in a line, a few meters apart facing each other. Behind each team also a couple of meters away is their base or home which can be a line drawn out on the playground.

The leader calls out “rats” who then become the chasers and must catch the rabbits before they reach their home. If a rabbit is caught, they become a rat.

The leader calls again and this time it’s the rabbits turn to become the chasers and any rats who are captured become rabbits.

The leader makes sure that no team has too many rats or rabbits otherwise the game will end quickly.

Make: Origami penguin 77

Scan me for video tutorial

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fold some square paper in half

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fold behind on both sides

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Fold on dotted line

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turn over

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fold top over

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Fold and tape wings together at the back

Emperor penguins are the tallest of the penguin species, at 4 feet tall.

The smallest penguin is the Little Blue Penguin at just 16 inches tall.

The fastest penguin is the Gentoo penguin who can swim up to 22 miles per hour!

Challenge yourself:

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Stick your penguin on a foam sticky block, scrunch up white paper and stick it on to make a floating iceberg.

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fold up Pinch beak and pull up gently

WORD SEARCH: Can you find the following words?

BLUE EMPEROR FREEZE GENTOO ICE PENGUIN SEA SNOW WADDLE

Divide 10 small stones into 2 sets of 5.

Decorate each set.

Make a grid of 9 squares with 4 sticks.

2 Players take it in turns to put their markers in the empty squares.

The first player to get a line (up, down or diagonal) wins.

When all 9 squares are full, the game is over.

If no player has 3 in a row, the game ends in a tie.

HOPSCOTCH 1: Standing in front of square 1, throw a stone onto number 1.

2, and landing on square 1, re ua sq er ov p 2: Jum along the squares. continue jumping 2 on a le square, and g n si a n o g le nd 3: Hop on one turn around a , d n e e th h c you rea y. double. When ne on the wa o st r u yo g n ti ollec in come back, c 2, continue r e b m u n onto the row stone square with 4: Next, th e th r e v o ay, hopping the same w ’s line, it a n o . p r ste stone in uare o q s a s ou mis rn.

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Wishing you an active, fun-filled holiday from the Bring it on Brum Team

and Birmingham Playcare Network

Special thanks to all our donors and volunteers who make this possible.

For the resources in this edition, we especially thank:

Our facility is open to the everyone and provides us with an endless supply of resources and materials that are donated by individuals and local businesses to reduce waste to landfill.

Are you a business who would like to donate your CLEAN business waste to help reduce waste to landfill AND positively contribute towards children’s play? contact Pip at Pip@BPCN.org.uk