Under £5
15 mins
Ages 4+
Fluffy cloud slime
Three cupboard ingredients and the stretchiest slime you'll ever wash out of a jumper.
Crafts and slime
Squishy, sparkly, sticky. The stuff they'll beg to make again.
Under £5
15 mins
Ages 2+
Homemade playdough
Softer than the shop-bought stuff, smells nicer, and lasts for weeks in the fridge.
Free
1 hr
Ages 3+
Junk modelling robots
Raid the recycling, grab the tape and build a robot army. Totally free and endlessly creative.
Free
45 mins
Ages 5+
Homemade jigsaw puzzle
Turn an old cereal box and a favourite picture into a jigsaw. Then race to put it back together.
Free
45 mins
Ages 3+
Wiggly tube snake
Paint a pile of loo roll tubes, thread them on string and pull your snake along. Perfect for sneaking up on Grandad.
Free
20 mins
Ages 6+
Snapping paper beak
Fold one sheet of paper into a beak that snaps open and shut. Add teeth and it's a shark.
Free
1.5 hr
Ages 5+
Papier-mâché piggy bank
A balloon, old newspaper and a bowl of paste become a spotty pig that saves their pocket money.
None of these match that filter yet. More ideas are on the way every week.