Craft Downloads - British Council - LearnEnglish Parents



	SNAKES AND LADDERS Make a dice and counters to play all kinds of board games. Here's a snakes and ladders board to get you started. Choose a brightly coloured board or one in black and white for your child to decorate themselves Dice and counters (121 KB) Snakes and Ladders colour (165 KB) Snakes and Ladders black and white (165 KB)

	Craft downloads

On this page you will find lots of things to make and do to help your child practise English, and have fun at the same time. You can use these resources to develop your child's understanding and enjoyment of stories and songs found on www.britishcouncil.org/kids. You could also use the resources on this page to help your child develop their own ideas, and make up their own stories and songs.

BIRTHDAYS
Follow the instructions to make a fun pop-up birthday card.
Print card (934 KB)

BUGS
Make a spider mobile.
Print mobile (898KB)
Create your own exciting insect world.
Print scene 1 (1.2MB)
Print scene 2 (785KB)
Print insects (394KB)

CHINESE NEW YEAR
Make a lantern and a colourful paper dragon to decorate your home for Chinese New Year.
Print lantern (263 KB)
Print dragon (486 KB)

CHRISTMAS
Things to make for Christmas and winter.
Make your own snowman. (259KB)
A snowflake to decorate your home. (111 KB)
Make and decorate a Christmas tree. (191 KB)
More Christmas craft ideas (168KB)

FAIRY TALES
Goldilocks and the Three Bears: Masks and a script for you to act out the story with your friends.
Print a Goldilocks mask (9KB)
Print a Daddy Bear mask (6KB)
Print a Mummy Bear mask (6KB)
Print a Baby Bear mask (7KB)
Print the play (77KB)
Little Red Riding Hood: Finger puppets to help you tell the story, or invent your own version of this fairy tale.
Print finger puppets (69KB)

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
Have fun making and playing these musical instruments.
Make a shaker (546KB)
Make a drum and a guitar (511KB)
Make a flute (438KB)

PIRATES
Print some pirate masks. Who is the fiercest pirate?
Pirate face 1 (122KB)
Pirate face 2 (99KB)
Pirate face 3 (99KB)
Pirate face 4 (106KB)

SEASONS
Print something to do for every season.
Spring. Make a flower hat. (372KB)
Summer. Pack your holiday suitcase. (115KB)
Autumn. Make a leaf decoration. (73KB)
Winter. Make a snowman.(259KB)

TIME
What's the time? Make your own clock!
Print clock (99KB)

using craft based activities with children

Teachers and parents can find tips for using craft based activities to help children learn English on the British Council/BBC website Teaching English.

More Craft downloads

Kizclub.com offers lots of craft downloads and other learning resources for younger children. Things to make include puppets, cards and seasonal decorations.

how to see the resources on this page

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