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Teens
Learn a song, the internet is full of ideas for any instrument, percussion or voice. Perform to your favourite people, you may inspire yourself to write your own music.
Tip #542
Tens
Wrap tin foil around stars cut out of card board. Stick them to your bed room ceiling. Write a story about a rocket trip into space.
Tip #460
Teens
With the help of an adult make your kitchen into a small pop-up restaurant for one night. Design a menu and decide on prices. Invite some guests.
Tip #512
Tens
Ask and adult to cut two pieces of fabric for you, thread a needle and sew them together, you could make a cushion for your teddy
Tip #521
Teens
Find out about explorers like Shackleton, Columbus and Tim Peake. Make their incredible journeys into a board or computer game.
Tip #490
Tens
Make a paper aeroplane. Give it a camouflaged design. Set a new world record for longest paper plane flight.
Tip #543
Toddlers
Use straws to blow watery paints around a piece of paper. How do the colours and shapes make you feel?
Tip #456
Tens
Google the founder of GoPro – Nick Woodman. He made his money from his hobby of surfing. What’s your hobby?
Tip #471
Tens
Make some gift tags for birthdays and Christmas. Cut up some card into interesting shapes, draw a picture on it and attach some ribbon or string. You could try and sell them
Tip #559
Toddlers
Wrap up a small prize with lots of layers of newspaper. Start a game of pass the parcel.
Tip #498
Teens
Find a piece of polystyrene. Use a table knife to carve into it and make a sculpture.
Tip #487
Teens
Ask at a hardware shop for some screw eyes. Screw them into the bottom of corks to make key rings – that float!
Tip #482
Teens
Plan an adventure, perhaps a cycle ride to raise some money for charity, get an adult to help you – be an inspiration.
Tip #532
Tens
Using sticks or corks and string or rubber bands build a small raft. Float it and see how many pebbles/stones it will hold.
Tip #528
Teens
Go to an old people’s home and play board games with them, it may be fun and you may gain some helpful tips as well as entertaining the residents.
Tip #539
Tens
Organise a bake off in your area to raise some money for a local charity, you will all enjoy sharing the cakes afterwards.
Tip #508
Teens
Do some research on inventors… who is your favourite? Try your own inventions, share on social media.
Tip #541
Toddlers
Find empty boxes, bottles and tubs. Turn them upside down to make a musical instrument. Teach yourself how to play the drums.
Tip #525
Teens
Learn how to sew or knit, you tube have great lessons, charity shops are full of knitting needles, wool and cotton, you could knit an easy scarf or make a bedspread made from scraps of material.
Tip #551
Tens
Find out about Australian Aboriginal art. Try and paint in a similar style. Write a poem about your painting.
Tip #468
Toddlers
Cover your bedroom walls with fish made from painted paper plates. Make your room look like an aquarium.
Tip #466
Teens
Customise a piece of clothing, sequins, buttons or fabric paints can jazz up old clothes, and you can create something completely unique
Tip #569
Teens
Smile and be happy! It shines and puts you on top of the crowd, people will remember who you are.
Tip #465
Teens
Collect some jam jars. Pick some berries and ask and adult to help you make jam. Make labels. You could sell it at your local shop.
Tip #553
Toddlers
Make your own playdough. Use glitter and food colouring to jazz it up a bit. Get out the rolling pin and cutters and see what you can make.
Tip #530
Toddlers
Print out some colouring sheets from online and invite some friends around for a colouring party
Tip #519
Tens
Pass the drawing - Use people or animals as a theme and firstly draw a head. Fold the paper over and pass it on. The next person will draw the torso ... the next will draw the legs, then the feet, etc. Unfold the paper at the end to see your crazy creation.
Tip #567
Tens
Fold a piece of paper in half four times. Cut small shapes into the edges. Unfold and see what you have made.
Tip #496
Teens
Have a stand-up comedy hour - Take it in turns to tell your best jokes and make everyone laugh.
Tip #571
Teens
Make a bath bomb – use bicarbonate of soda, citric acid, flavourings, colours and glitter! Use as presents or to sell.
Tip #558
Tens
Using a piece of card board design a clock face. See if you can make your clock actually work.
Tip #495
Teens
Learn a new language, there are lots of free apps that allow you to just spend a few minutes a day learning a language.
Tip #537
Teens
Design a new logo for a restaurant, local shop or hotel. Once It’s finished go and ask them if they would like to use it.
Tip #469
Toddlers
Using old boxes build a den. Make a sign with your den’s name on it and invite your friends to share it with you.
Tip #509
Tens
Visit a museum or gallery, look around and see who or what inspires you, see if you can copy some of their work.
Tip #552
Teens
Design your own flyers or business cards. Go into a local office and ask them to photocopy them for you. Use them.
Tip #467
Tens
Organise a race with friends or family. Make some medals or ask your local shop to donate prizes.
Tip #461
Toddlers
Use old tubes and bottles to make a telescope. Look up at the stars. Write a story about a life in space.
Tip #520
Tens
Write a list of your ambitions for this year, next year and for 10 years. Keep the list by your bed. Keep adding to it.
Tip #485
Tens
Learn to touch type, go online and follow a free programme, 5 minutes a day for a month and you will be touch typing!
Tip #494
Tens
Make a time capsule out of an old plastic bottle. Fill it up with objects from today. Bury it.
Tip #534
Toddlers
Decorate milk cartons to look like tall houses. Design and make a street, or a village, or a town or a CITY!
Tip #477
Tens
Go to your local library, read a book and write a review on it, your local newspaper or bookshop may be interested in your opinion and you could be asked to do it again.
Tip #523
Toddlers
Make a mosaic: Collect hundreds of interesting stones or pebbles. Stick them, in the shape of a pattern, into a muddy or sandy patch of land.
Tip #470
Tens
Press some wildflowers between two heavy books and once they have dried, stick them to cards to give to friends.
Tip #562
Tens
Create a family tree. Draw a big tree onto a large sheet of paper and go back as far as everyone can remember with all your relatives on separate branches
Tip #565
Toddlers
Get all your friends to make masks out of paper plates. Give your new characters names.
Tip #464
Tens
Ask the 5 most successful adults you know to give you a piece of advice. Write down their answers.
Tip #459
Toddlers
Make boats from old tubs or fruit juice boxes. Use straws or lollipop sticks and paper to make sails. See if your boats float in the bath.
Tip #564
Tens
Learn how to read music. Lots of charity shops sell second hand instruments, teach yourself how to play.
Tip #536
Toddlers
Use photos of your family or pictures from magazines. Glue each photo to a piece of cardboard. Cut each photo into 2 or 3 simple puzzle pieces and place in an envelope. Take turns selecting a photo puzzle and putting it together.
Tip #575
Toddlers
Paint your thumb, print it onto some paper then turn it into an animal or bird with legs, wings, tails etc!
Tip #573
Tens
Find a large piece of board, google Jackson Pollock and see if you can paint a picture similar to his, see who likes it.
Tip #531
Tens
Use a hammer to bang small nails into an old piece of board. Then wrap string round the nails to make geometric patterns.
Tip #478
Toddlers
Paint pebbles with letters and numbers. Use them to help you learn how to read or count. Or use them to teach someone else how to add, read or count.
Tip #476
Toddlers
Throw a tea party or a teddy bears' picnic. Lay down a blanket and make some snacks.
Tip #568
Teens
Be a photographer for the day. If a friend or family member has a special occasion, borrow a camera and spend the day taking lovely photographs of the occasion, do a good job and they may ask you again.
Tip #504
Teens
Invent a pizza. Take it to a pizza restaurant. Offer to do a small job there in return for them making you your pizza for free.
Tip #457
Toddlers
Draw a picture of your favourite pet or animal. Share your masterpiece online with #heartfelttips
Tip #501