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  • Making Sounds at Home: Tin can-o-phone

    Create unusual metallic sounds by adding a small amount of water to a tin can and giving it a tap!

  • How to make a self-watering planter

    Raid your recycling bin to make these self-watering planters – they're great for low-maintenance indoor plants. 

  • How to make scented bath bundles

    These homemade bundles use oats, dried flowers and essential oils to create a soothing, sensory bath time experience.

  • How to make worry dolls

    Worry dolls are traditionally used to offer comfort in times of stress. You confide your worries to the doll, place it under your pillow, and sleep on it, and the doll is said to take the worries away.

  • How to melt and pour your own soap

    It’s surprisingly simple to personalise your own soap!

  • Create your own short story

    Learn how to create your very own story in just three steps in this creative storytelling workshop! It’s easy, and you can use BSL, writing, drawing or videos – whatever suits you best.

  • Make your own felt

    Felt making is a great tactile activity, this way of making it is easy and you can create some fun patterns and textures. This…

  • How to make textured balloons

    Use kitchen ingredients like rice, couscous, flour or water to easily make these textured balloons for a fun sensory activity.

  • Making Sounds at Home: Fizzy pop drum kit

    Create a set of drums using clingfilm and fizzy pop! This is one of the sessions in a series ‘Making Sounds at Home’ by Tom Peel. 

  • Build a terrarium

    Get creative with nature and build your own terrarium by following this step-by-step video.