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Face trace

Trace a photo of your face to create a simple drawing of yourself.

Pixel by numbers

Match numbers to colours! Fill the squares and watch the picture appear.

Pixel art

Create your own pixel art masterpiece.

Mindful colouring

Colour these beautiful patterns to help you relax.

Busy bounce

Just have fun!

Dog and Cat's classroom workout

Exercise along with Dog and Cat.

Street scene

Create a scene and make it animate!

Wardrobe

Dress the baby!

Colouring sheets

Seven scenes to colour and print from our Colouring Book game.

Body boggle

Stretch the characters to create your own crazy creatures!

Sound garden

Tap the objects in the garden and build up different layers of sounds.

Line up: Colour in repeat patterns

Worksheet: complete the colour sequences.

Custom cars

Make a car for the chicken!

Music mixer

Drag the monsters up and down to change their volume.

Colliding cogs

Fire a cog and listen to the results!

Singing squares

Make matching pairs and groups. Listen to the results!

Bobble beat

Create matches to generate rhythms.

Bouncing beat

Drop the Noisy Things from different heights to create a bouncing beat.

Monster grid

Place monsters into the grid to create a tune.

Colour choir

Colour them in to make them sing!

Shape up

Trace the shapes!

Alphabet tracing

Practise forming letters.

Line tracing

Practise forming line patterns.

Number tracing

Practise forming numbers.

Shape tracing

Practise forming shapes.

Finding feelings poster

Use these posters to help discuss how each other is feeling today.

Pixel art: pictures to copy

Printable activity.

Bubbles - shapes

Pop the matching shapes and colours!

Pretty Things: Paint party

Create amazing paint effects!

Pretty Things: Growing garden

Make shapes and patterns grow.

Pretty Things: Spin and shake

Create swirly patterns!

Pretty Things: Wonder wheel

Touch or click and hold down the mouse on the spinning canvas!

Pretty Things: Chop and change

Chop and change a picture to make a new one.

Pretty Things: Pretty patterns

Create instant colourful patterns!

Pretty Things: Lively lines

Create lines and shapes that animate.

Pretty Things: Sandscape

Pour sand onto trees and ramps. Watch it fall!

Pretty Things: Busy blocks

Drop blocks, build towers and then explode them!

The gardener

Water the flowers to make them grow!

Snowflakes

Make a snowflake.

Traditional tales: Colour the picture

Colour and print pictures from our traditional tales.

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