Indoor science and crafts when you can't get outside

Download and print the colouring pages for a quiet and calming activity that kids and adults can try at home. 

Find out how to make a very easy folded paper jumping frog.

Follow our instructions to make animal and other natural history inspired paper snowflakes.

With 10 free templates for you to download and print.

Making Sun prints is a fun activity that can turn leaves and flowers into simple but distinctive artworks.

Create a colourful caterpillar and grow your own food all in one activity.

If you can't get out to the beach to find fossils, why not make your own ammonites instead?

Cross-stitch your very own dodo.

Cross-stitch your very own giant squid.

Cross-stitch your very own nudibranchs.

Making these reusable food wraps will help you reduce your single-use plastic waste.

Here are three ways to reduce plastic waste during the festive season.

Learn how to create a cartoon T. rex. Plus find out how palaeoartists draw dinosaurs.

Follow these simple origami instructions to bring back this famous dinosaur in paper form.

It's time for this baby dinosaur to break out of its shell.

If you're a fan of Dippy the dinosaur, this activity is for you!

These unusual biscuits make it look like dinosaurs stomped through your kitchen.

Take our quiz to find out which dinosaur you're most like - could it be the terrifying T. rex or the placid Plateosaurus?

How well do you know your dinosaurs? Take our quiz to find out.

In this activity, children design and draw a bird to live in a particular habitat, chosing suitable body parts from a template.

In this activity, children make and decorate tie-on dinosaur feet to wear.

In this activity, children choose specimens for their exhibition, then sketch and describe them.

In this activity, children make bird cakes and learn about birds' diets.