The Great Watership Clean Up (Activity/Game Idea)

Faced with a tough amount of cardboard to pick up? Turn it into a Watership Down game - one all CITV Watership Down fans did when they were asked to clean up.

All you need is a bin bag and a big imagination. Pretend your favourite Watership Down characters are helping you clean up the wreckage after a massive tsunami strikes the down - give them each a task to do, and when it gets too difficult, call on another friend, sometimes from outside the down, to help.

When the work is finished, stop for a break and a toast to good work and teamwork!

Changing The Plot

If reading the same old story is becoming tiring and boring, and you find that writing book reviews is getting as dusty as an old library shelf, here's something you can do to spruce things up a bit.

All you do is CHANGE THE CHARACTERS AND SETTINGS! I did it two times: last night, and early this morning.

Now, last night since I had gotten used to Thunderbirds Are Go (2015) at last, I had changed Andy to Parker, the giant evil duck to a giant evil pug and Andy and Mel Gibbons to Scott, Virgil and the rest of International Rescue - the CGI versions who are so evil we don't even know what's going on! BOOOOOOOO!!!

And this morning, I changed Daisy into me, her mum into Lady Penelope, and all her friends into my favourite characters plus the school into T T Retro, as we try to ponder and discuss why T T Retro is more fun than any average shop in the high street it's set up in.

And tomorrow morning, everything will change. It's a completely random activity where you can do whatever you like with a boring average story, so anything can happen...

...unlike Saturday Mash Up constantly having Strictly stars appear as guests and no one else. [CENSORED]!

Lion King Paper Plate Lion

Granny and Lancelot have been to Africa, so while Lance, Nick and his Baskerville Wolf have gone off to find a new home due to his old one falling into a sinkhole, he has given you a craft to do during your detox time, courtesy of Simba and Nala. Now's your chance to make his old friend!

https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/the-lion-king-paper-plate-lion-craft-activity-t-tc-1738780113

Operation: Dirty Laundry

Ever think dumping the laundry into the bathroom is a bit of a bore? Not anymore!

Cleaning is go! (And fun too!)

Next time you are tasked with something as boring as cleaning out the laundry and dumping it into the bath or into the washing machine or tumbledryer, pretend it's an International Rescue mission. You are part of the team, and you, Brains, Alan and Tin Tin are tasked with cleaning out three piles of dirty laundry: these belong to three characters. The Hood, Virgil and Scott.

Now don't tell anyone, but some of Scott's laundry includes his stinky and wet underwear. Virgil has the same amount of laundry too - and The Hood? Well living in the jungle for his whole life meant his clothes smell terrible! Yuck! However, with a lot of effort and hard work, we can use Thunderbird 3 to dump all the clothes into the wasteland we call the bathroom so that all the washerwomen can do their work on them.

High five yourself for doing that mission, but when turning it into a Thunderbirds adventure....

Wait for it....

Anything can happen in the next half hour!

Tin Tin - What To Do When You're Cranky

Super Survey

Word Of The Day Activity #4

Make a castle out of old cardboard boxes and, with a few pretend swords and costumes, pretend you're either a king, a queen, a princess or a brave knight!

Word Of The Day Activity #3

Spend the day doing weird things outside your daily routine, such as have ice cream for breakfast or do some roller skating indoors

Word Of The Day Activity #2

Spend a sick day watching Power Rangers Time Force with your favourite snacks, a comfy blanket and a few vintage Power Rangers Time Force toys.

Word Of The Day Activity #1

 Research Native American culture and listen to music of the tribes

Washing Dishes

Try washing the dishes slowly by hand. Let the warm water run, focus on each plate, each movement. It’s a gentle way to ground yourself while pushing through the feelings.

Doing More - Slomo's Pet Monkey

- Pretend you're caring for a stuffed toy monkey like it's a pet monkey

- Snap like a crocodile

- Wiggle your arms and legs and make monkey sounds

- Hiss like a snake

- Move slowly with quick legs like a terrapin

- Roar like a lion

- Eat honey the same way a bear does

- Decorate your bedroom to look like a jungle

- Go on a hunt for animal soft toys

- Eat a banana or two

- Try 'Andy's Wild Workouts' on iPlayer

- Make a tea fit for an animal

- Read jungle animal-themed books

Doing More - Flying Game

- Pretend to fly an airplane

- Play with an airplane toy

- Look up local airports online

- Watch videos of planes doing loop-de-loops

- Play a Flight Simulator game

- Pretend to run your own airport

- Go for a tour around your local airport

- Research how a plane works

- Research the history of planes

- Put on a VR airplane game

- Search up all kinds of unusually designed planes around the world

- Do some airplane crafts

- Make an airplane out of rubber bands and toilet rolls

Games To Play With Real Life Dog Unicorse

- Don't brush your teeth for an entire day

- Sleep in

- Eat messily

- Sneak chocolate cookies after breakfast

- Read stories

- Listen to heavy metal

- Party with disco lights

- Have a raucous tea party

- Play burger shop

- Draw Unicorse's house

- Stand on your head

- Make rude faces

- Scream out your favourite song

- Blow raspberries and make rude noises

- Make a mess of the place

- Juggle biscuits

- Slide down the banister

- Do skateboarding indoors

- Have a pillow fight

Zelda's Guide To Taking It Easy

• If your tummy feels funny, take a nap

• Drink some ‘special tea’

• Lounge on the sofa and take a nap

• Count your fingers and toes

• Do some drawing

• Save hard tasks for later

• Blow bubbles in the garden

• Play with a fidget toy

Playtime With Muffin, Socks, Mousse, Sailor & Custard

• Pretend to be a member of Cat Squad on an exciting mission

• Do a handstand

• Set up your own cosy reading nook

• Make friendship bracelets

• Play the drums

• Enjoy a Rainbow Paddle Pop

• Play ‘Honk’ like Socks once did with her daddy Stripe

• Make a pile of books hot cocoa goes great with

• Gather all the kids in the playground for a dance party

• Listen to your favourite band and rock out!

• Play a game of ‘Keep The Balloon Off The Ground’

• Mash up your favourite foods to create a new recipe

• Have a snuggle under the covers

• Tickle someone’s toes

• Stamp out your worries and fears!

• Pretend to be a princess for the day

Bingo & Dougie: Quiet Time

• Think about what kind of games Dougie can play with the kids while Bingo gets some well earned rest

• Put your feet up with a mug of cocoa

• Watch something gentle on TV

• Put work to one side and save it for later

• Imagine your favourite characters are there to pamper you

• Have a warm bath with lavender bath foam

• Have an aromatherapy session

• Book a spa appointment

• Do yoga or meditation

• Visualise a beautiful place in the world to calm music

• Watch some of your favourite videos on Youtube

• Mute the TV and add new dialogue to the characters

• Enjoy a refreshing, cool Summer drink

• Enjoy some time outside in the garden

• Go to your room and have a private dance

Bluey's Picnic

• Have either breakfast, lunch or dinner outdoors

• Look up pretend play food online

• Search up the perfect food to bring to a picnic

• Make a butterfly kite

• Make beautiful butterfly wings

• Search up fun facts about butterflies

• Watch the Maisy episode ‘Picnic’ and afterwards, research fun facts about donkeys, butterflies and rabbits

• Search up picnic ideas for babies online

• Search for best places for a picnic

• Make a butterfly mobile

• Blow bubbles outside

• Hunt for butterflies on my next walk

• Pick flowers in the meadow

• Make and paint some clay butterflies

• Make butterfly rings

• Pretend to be a butterfly and fly around the room

• Drink ‘nectar’ (lemonade)

• Draw and colour some butterflies

Story Time

• Read The Lion King and He Man storybooks

• Visit the library

• Host a storytime session

• Draw Furaha’s friends as babies and toddlers

• Read some simple, gentle picture books

• Find some baby storytime sessions in libraries around the world

• Make some edible book cakes

• Have tea like Sophie and her tiger

• Write a menu for The Very Hungry Caterpillar

• Make a clay model of Spot the Dog

• Pretend to ride Thomas The Tank Engine

• Read MLP G3 storybooks

• Read Disney Grolier storybooks

• Search up the benefits of reading to kids

• Balance across a log bridge like Brother and Sister Bear

• Listen to celebrities reading stories on Youtube

• Make a colourful book cover

Nana As A Girl

• Draw young Nana

• Try Cola-flavoured ice cream

• Draw Nana’s family tree

• Pretend to chat with Nana on GChat

• Spritz your room with Lavender or blueberry perfume

• Bake chocolate chip cookies

• List down what Nana liked to do with her Mum

• Draw Nana’s brothers and sisters

• Read old fashioned books like ‘Ballet Shoes’

Bingo & Caramel

• Paint a crib for Caramel

• Make a card to welcome Caramel into Bingo’s family

• Host a pretend family gathering to see the baby

• Look up gifts for Caramel

• Write a letter to Chestnut to help her get used to the baby

• Design Caramel’s nursery

• Write a lullaby just for Caramel

• Draw Bingo’s gender reveal balloon