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GLASGOW LIFE
Communities and Libraries
Early Years, Children and Families Team
SUMMER HOLIDAY ACTIVITY PACK
Hi Everyone, Take a look at what's inside!
It’s us again - still missing you, hopefully we will get On this day 31st July:
out to see you soon and perhaps even during the Page 2 Introduction and contents Pages 14 -15
Harry Potters Birthday
summer holidays,
Page 3 Busy Bee Paper Craft Pages 16 -18 Suncatcher
We have created a SUMMER HOLIDAY PACK for Page 4
On this day July 1st:
Page 19 Magic Potions
you, full of fun and varied activities for children International Joke Day
and families that you can enjoy together and that Page 5 Cereal Box Piñata Page 20
On this day 4th August:
National Play Day
will not cost lots of money to do.
On this day 4th July: USA On this day 4th August:
Page 6 Page 21
Independence Day National Playday 2021
There are lots of fun things to do including some
challenge days where you can find out information Page 7 Clothes Peg Catapult Page 21 Cabbage rainbow experiment
about special days during the summer. Page 8 Rainbow 3D Model Art Page 22 FREEZE dance party
On this day 8th July:
We would love to get feedback from you about the Page 9
International Maths Day
Page 23 Chalk Trail challenges
activities you liked the best so we have created a
Healthy Chicken Nuggets Cotton bud daisy craft
special sheet where you can either answer some Page 10 Page 24
questions or draw us a picture and hand it into your Page 11
On this day 29th July:
Page 25 Solution page
Global Tiger Day
local library.
Wild World Heroes Summer
UEFA Euro’s Cup 2020
Please see information on page 23 and 24
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Reading challenge 2021
Slow Motion Sensory IMPORTANT
We wish you all a safe and happy holiday break and Page 13
Chillout bottle
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Your opinion counts
hope you have a great time whilst keeping to
Government guidelines for the time. Some of these activities can be enjoyed out and
about in your local parks and woodland areas if not too
From all the staff in the Glasgow Life crowded - keep safe, keep socially distanced
Communities and Libraries Team and enjoy the fresh air.
Page 2
Busy Bee Paper Craft
You will need:
• Yellow card
• Black card
• White card or paper
• Black felt pen
• Red felt pen
• Scissors
• Glue stick
How to make:
1. Draw and cut 2 circles from each of your 3 card pieces - any size you like but, all 6 circles should be the same size.
These are for the body and wings.
2. Cut out two stick shapes and a small pointy ‘tail’ from the black card. These are for the antennae and the sting.
3. Cut two tiny circles from the white card ready for the eyes and two little heart shapes (or any shape you wish)
ready for the finishing touch on the antennae.
4. Glue the body first by sticking the yellow and black circles together so that they overlap. Start with black so that the last
full circle visible is yellow.
5. Cut white circles in half and add two halves stuck to the back of your bee, straight edge up, for wings.
6. Add black stick shapes and tail/sting - again glue these to the back of your bee.
7. Stick your yellow hearts or other shape you have made onto the antennae tips and your small white circles to the top
yellow circle.
8. Finish off by adding black circles to eyes, maybe some eyelashes and a big red happy smile!
TIP: Why not make a few in different sizes and make a big family of bees, otherwise known as a HIVE of bees!
Page 3
What Day is it Today?
1st July—International Joke Day
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Make a Cereal Box Pinata
What you need:
• Large empty cereal box (any cereal box will
work)
• Wrapping paper
• Sticky tape
• String/twine
• Screw driver
• Crepe paper, stickers for decorating (optional )
Who doesn’t LOVE a pinata??? Shop bought pinatas can be expensive however, you can
make your own for pennies using material you most likely already have. Here is how:
1. Fill your cereal box with your pinata goodies (individually wrapped sweet, small toys
etc). Close the box using the tabs. You don't want to close the top too securely because up-
side will be downside and this will be the bottom of your pinata and you want it to eventual-
ly open when it is hit.
2. Wrap your cereal box with wrapping paper. Again, when wrapping over the open end (i.e. now
your bottom) secure it with only a few small pieces of tape so it will eventually open.
3. Using a screw driver (make sure a grown up does this part!) poke a hole on 2 sides of the top
of the pinata (the closed end). Thread a piece of string in one hole and out the other. This is
what you will use to hang your pinata. Make the hole on the side where the string was coming
out a bit bigger so it is easy to thread it through.
4. Decorate the pinata as desired. Add crepe paper, stickers etc. onto the top and bottom on the
pinata. Create fringes on the crepe paper by folding it and cutting vertically.
5. Hang your piñata outside or inside if space allows, and have fun hitting it open!
Page 5
What Day is it Today?
July 4th is American Independence Day!
Did You Know?
This holiday celebrates the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, which declared independence
from the Great Britain and its king. Only John Hancock actually signed the Declaration of Independence on
July 4th 1776. All the others signed later.
Activity Time!
In America, to celebrate Independence Day - people love to watch big firework shows all around the country.
Using whatever art supplies you can find such as coloured chalk, crayons, pencils, paint, glitter, scrap paper,
can you create a firework picture?
If you need some inspiration here are some ideas!!!
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Clothes Peg Catapult
What you need
• Clothes Peg, wooden or plastic
• Block of wood
• Milk or juice cap
• Gorilla Glue or super glue
• Markers or Paint
How to make
1. Glue your clothes peg onto the centre of a small block of wood with the
sides and edges sanded down to avoid splinters when handling.
2. Glue the milk cap to the top of clothespin near the edge of the “closed” side (the end that pinches the
clothes!) of the clothes peg.
3. Use markers or paint and decorate your catapults – Can be done before or after adding the clothespin
to the block.
4. Once dry, the fun begins! Grab small objects that can be launched without causing harm to people,
walls or floors. You could use mini-corks, but mini-marshmallows, pom-poms and rolled tight foil would
work too.
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Rainbow 3D Model Craft
You will need:
• Construction paper/card in colours of
the rainbow + a white sheet of card
• Cotton balls
• Scissors
• Glue
• Duct tape/strong sticky tape
How to make:
1. Cut strips of colourful paper. You will need 7 different colour strips, one of each colour if
you want to make a true rainbow. Cut two big cloud shapes out of white construction pa-
per/card.
2. Glue the strips in the correct order on one cloud – glue them at the middle of the cloud. (the
Colour order is purple, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange and red or the other way
around). Secure with duct tape. Glue on the other cloud on the other end of the rainbow
paper strips. Secure with tape.
3. Fold the strips of paper along the edge where it is stuck with the duct tape/strong sticky
tape, this will make it way easier to arch the rainbow later on.
4. Apply glue generously on the cloud (glue sticks are easier but white school glue/PVA would
work great as well). Add cotton balls. Be sure to add the cotton balls on the part of the cloud
that is under the rainbow as this will make it hold it’s arched shape.
5. Do the same on the second cloud.
Page 8
What Day is it Today?
Today is 8th July– International Maths Day
There are many fun facts about maths - see if you can answer them and some of the riddles below!!
2. When Lucy was 6 her sister was
half her age, Lucy is now 40, how
old is her sister now?
6. How many months of
the year have 28 days?
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Healthy Chicken Nuggets
What you need:
• 500g chicken tenderloins/breast fillets
• 1 cup plain flour
• Salt (onion and celery salt gives that Southern
fried chicken taste!) and pepper.
• 1 egg
• 120ml cup skimmed milk (or whatever you have)
• 200g cornflakes (crushed)
• Baking tray
• Wire rack - makes them more crispy.
• 3 bowls
• Sauces/dips of your choice.
How to make:
1. Preheat oven to 180°C.
2. Cut chicken into bite-sized pieces.
3. Set out a crumbing station by putting the flour and salt and pepper in the first bowl, the egg beaten with the milk in the
second bowl and the crushed cornflakes in the third bowl.
4. Roll the chicken in the flour a few pieces at a time. Dip into the milk and egg and then roll in the crushed cornflakes.
5. Lay these on a wire rack with a tray underneath - or directly onto a non stick tray. Greaseproof paper here would be
Page 10What Day is it Today?
Today is July 29th– Global Tiger day
Tigers love to swim and are one of the few Big Cat
species that enjoy being in water!
How Many questions can you get right about Tigers?
Q1. What is the scientific name for Tigers?
A. Panthera Pardus B. Panthera Leo C. Panthera Tigris D. Panthera Onca
Q2. Which Tiger species is considered to be the largest?
A. Malayan B. Sumatran C. Bengal D. Siberian
Q3. True or False? Tiger stripes are also found on their skin?
Q4. In 2016 the World Wildlife Fund announced a special occurrence what was it?
A. Oldest Tiger B. Albino Tiger C. Tiger Population Increase D. New Species
Q5. True or False? The majority of tigers are Scared of water.
Q6. Which of the following does not have the tiger as their national animal?
A. South Korea B. Thailand C. Bangladesh D. Malaysia
Q7 True or False? The vast majority of the world’s tigers are located in India
Page 11Euro Champions 2021
The Euro Championships will take place
from 11th June to 11th July 2021, they For the first time ever the competition will take
were supposed to take place last year place across different countries, including
but were postponed due to the some Group Games that will take place in
Covid-19 pandemic Hampden Park in Glasgow. The final will be
taking place at Wembley Stadium in England
For the 1st time since 1998, Scotland has
qualified for an international competition, This is a very special Euro Championships
this was in the World Cup, the last time as it marks the 60th anniversary of
they played in the Euros was in 1996 the competition.
so 25 years ago!!
Make a Flag to support your Team
What team are you going to support during the competition? Why not make a flag? See how to here...
• You will need a some paper, coloured pens or other art materials to decorate and a straw
• Pick a the team that you want to support and draw their flag (all the teams that are in
the competition are on this page), then colour in or decorate it, it will look even better
if you draw the flag on both sides of the paper.
• Once you have finished drawing your flag stick your straw on the shorter side with
some sticky tape and now you are ready to wave it when the team is playing.
• You may be supporting more than one team so - more flags for you!
Page 12Slow Motion Chill Out Sensory Bottle
You will need:
• Clear hair gel
• Warm water
• Jug for mixing
• A tall clear bottle—any bottle that your objects can fit through the top
• Lego - 2 stud bricks
• Fine glitter
• Lightweight plastic beads or other small plastic objects as you wish
• Super Glue or Duct Tape to secure lid (optional)
How to make:
1. Combine 1 part hair gel to 6 parts warm water. Let the mixture cool completely and settle.
2. Pour half gel/water mix into the bottle.
3. Add a little fine glitter, your Lego bricks and any other chosen objects. Push the bricks below the surface to
remove any air bubbles.
4. Fill the bottle right to the very top with the remaining mixture.
5. Put on lid, shake vigorously and test your bottle. If the bricks fall too slowly, empty the mixture back into the jug and add a
little more warm water. Cool and re-test. If the bricks fall too quickly, empty bottle again, mix in a little more hair gel. Let it
settle and then re-test.
6. Once you are happy with the flow of your sensory bottle, secure the lid – a waterproof glue or wide, clear packaging tape
will help to keep it secure from curious little fingers.
Flip your bottle and take slow, deep relaxing breaths as you watch … as you will see, it’s quite mesmerising!
Page 13What Day is it Today?
July 31st - Harry Potters birthday
FACTS
• Harry Potter shares his birthday with the writer of the books - JK Rowling
• The Harry Potter books are set in a school called Hogwarts and there are four houses - Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and
Slytherin
• J K Rowling wrote a lot of the books from a little café in Edinburgh, in fact a lot of inspiration is taken from places in Edinburgh in-
cluding a street in which Diagon Alley is based on.
• Ever want to take a visit to see the real Hogwarts Castle, well rumour is that is in remote Scotland, however it may be impossible to
see as it is invisible to muggles (non magic people), though you may be a wizard or a witch so it may not be a problem for you.
• Despite the children at Hogwarts living away from their parents, they can still get into trouble if they have done something wrong,
their parent can send them a letter called a howler.
• Each of the houses in Hogwarts is represented by a different emblem. For Gryffindor it is a Lion, for Hufflepuff it is a Badger, for
Ravenclaw it is an Eagle and for Slytherin it is a snake.
CHALLENGE– On the Next Page you will be sorted into your Hogwarts house according to what month
you are born, there are also some activities for you to complete. Page 14What is YOUR Hogwarts House?
When Students come to Hogwarts they are sorted into their houses by the sorting hat.
You can be sorted according to the month that you are born.
January April
July February March
June
November May August
October
Septem- December
Challenge: Work out which house you are in according to your birth month, after that here are some
creative activities for you to complete.
1. Make yourself a Wizard Cape. You can do this by using a black bin bag and using coloured pens and paper of your
house colours, create your unique house cape. If you are a Gryffindor it will be red and yellow, if you are Hufflepuff it
will be yellow and black, if you are Ravenclaw it will be blue and yellow and if you are Slytherin it will be green and
black.
2. To be the best Witch or Wizard you can be you will also need a Wand. You can easily make one by using just the
right stick you could find in your garden or when you are out and about in your local park or woods. Make sure if you
do so you always take an adult with you. Give the stick you choose a bit of a clean and remove any sticky out bits.
Add paint, glitter, tin foil or jewels as you wish to make it uniquely yours.
3. Every wizard has an animal that they can change into for example Harry Potter’s is a stag, Professor Dumbledore’s
is a Phoenix, What animal would you like to be if you got the chance?
Once you have decided, can you draw a picture of it ?
Page 15Suncatchers
What you need:
4. Hand over the bits of tissue paper
• Scissors
and start filling in the sun in any col-
• Suncatcher templates
our or design you like.
• Tissue paper - multi colours
• Transparent contact paper
• Masking tape 5. Once happy it’s complete, take
• Hole punch and string another piece of contact paper,
(for hanging up your creation) carefully remove the backing paper
and slowly layer it on top of the
How to make: completed sun, sticky side down.
You're creating a little contact paper
1. Cut the tissue paper into little sandwich with the sun between the
squares, rectangles and triangles two sticky sides.
or you can rip the tissue paper Tip: start sticking this sheet from the
into little pieces. top and slowly attach until the sun
template is fully covered. You can
2. Tape the sun template to a table
leave the backing paper in place
with small pieces of masking
and peel it off bit by bit as you go.
tape.
5. If you want to, you can now trim
3. Cut a piece of contact paper to fit your sun and hang it in a window. It
and then carefully remove the back of looks so lovely when the sunlight
it. Tape the contact paper on top of the hits it! It really does look like
template sticky side up. stained glass. Would look good in
your garden or on a balcony or, why
not make some and hang randomly
in outdoor spaces? Page 16Page 17
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Page 18Magic Potions
What you need:
• Bicarbonate of soda (a few tea spoons)
• Small amount of water around 2 tea spoons
• Few splashes of washing up liquid
• Few drops of food colouring—any you like!
• White vinegar
• Glass jars
How to make
These magic potions are easy to make! All you
have to do is add all your ingredients into your jar
then lastly add your white vinegar and watch the
magic happen.
You can experiment with different food colour-
ings, add in different things like glitter or pom-
poms to make it look more exciting.
Page 19What Day is it Today?
August 4th National Day for Play: Summer of Play
Here is a classic game for you to play
needing very little preparation.
Sticks
The object of this game is to place one foot in each space and clear the sticks while not touching the sticks. If you touch
the sticks or do not clear the out side stick you lose a life. It is up to you how many lives people start with.
For this game you will need three sticks or skipping ropes, whatever you prefer.
To set this game up place one stick down and at either side of the stick place the other two sticks
just like this. For the first round place the sticks with just enough room to fit one foot in.
After everyone has been through once you move the two outside sticks to make the space bigger.
Same rules apply. Keep moving them and challenge your jumping skills. The middle stick never
Foot
Foot
gets moved - sticks or rope not moved by your feet or a life lost!
Enjoy!
Page 20Cabbage Rainbow Experiment
What you need:
• Cabbage leaves
• Glasses or jars
• Food colouring – a varied selection
• Spoons
• Paper towels
How to make:
1. Begin by filling a glass or jar 1/3 of the way with cold water, using one
glass for each colour of cabbage leaf that you wish to make.
2. Add several drops of food colouring to each glass and stir until combined. Then place individual leaves of cabbage
into the glasses about a quarter way up the stalk.
3. It is now time to observe the glasses over the next few days and record any changes.
4. As kids observe the jars they will notice that the leaves of cabbage begin to change colour.
5. You can try using different plants and vegetables.
Chat about the science bit with your family: https://www.dummies.com/education/science/how-plants-get-water-and-
nutrients/#:~:text=Plants%20absorb%20nutrients%20and%20water,that%20are%20above%20ground%20level.
This website explains the whole process and you can learn about how, what and why the food we eat,
the flowers and trees we enjoy keep themselves in our world.
Think: How should we help them to continue to survive?
Page 21Freeze Dance Party
What you need:
• Cones
• Music player
• People!
How to play:
1. Pick a leader
2. Players line up standing 6 feet apart from each other.
3. It's time for a dance party! But it's not an ordinary dance party it's a
FREEZE dance party.
4. The facilitator is the freeze dance leader. When the leader starts dancing everyone can dance!
5. When the freeze dance leader stops dancing all players freeze and stop dancing.
6. If a players are caught dancing when they should be frozen they do five jumping jacks, squats, or lunges or sit out un-
til next round - last one standing could be the next leader.
PLAY: REP IT OUT
Easy: The freeze dance leader says "freeze,” and stops dancing.
Medium: The freeze dance leader does not say “freeze,” but stops dancing.
Hard: The freeze dance leader rapidly switches between dancing and freezing to trick players.
Page 22Chalk trail challenges
Try this as a creative fun challenge for you, your family and friends. Using coloured chalk,
or plain white chalk rather than paints or sprays means there is no damage to pathways or
pavements so all good fun!
Here are some examples for your
ideas. You can copy these or why
not make your own challenge trail
with a group of friends and family?
Hop to it - or spin, or jump, or sing!
You choose…
Page 23Cotton Bud Daisy Craft
What you need
• Cotton buds
• Card
• Scissors
• Glue
• Yellow play dough
• 2 Green pipe cleaners
• A4 Card—any colour
How to make:
1. Start by cutting a handful of cotton buds in half.
2. Roll a chunk of yellow play dough into a ball with your hands.
3. Once you have formed your balls, flatten them slightly between your palms.
4. Press the cotton bud halves, at the cut end, into the play dough around the outside to form the petals.
5. When finished, poke a green pipe cleaner into the side of your play dough to form Daisy’s stem.
6. Use the remaining piece of pipe cleaner to form a leaf and glue it all on to your piece of card.
7. You can now add designs of your own to decorate the background of your picture if you like - but looks
just as good without this.
Page 24Solution Page
How did you do?
Check your answers to the jokes and challenge pages in the pack.
(after you have worked them out of course!)
International Maths Day challenge
1. You would need to make 3 cuts to the cake.
2. Lucy’s sister would be 37 years old.
3. They would be the same, a Kg (kilogram) of
anything weighs the same.
4. The 3 numbers are 1,2,3 (1+2+3=6 and
1x2x3=6)
5. You can only take 5 once from 25 after that
you would be taking it from another number
e.g. 20
6. All months have 28 days, most have more
but they all have 28
7. You would be able to buy 26 pencils and have
1p change left (3.00-60p (2notepads)=2.40.
2.40 ÷ 0.09 = 26.66. 26.66 x 0.09 = 2.39.
2.40—2.39=0.01(change).
8. 8. You would have 3 apples as that’s what
you have taken. Page 25The Summer Reading Challenge run by the Reading Agency and Scotland's libraries takes place each year.
This year children aged 4-12 can take part by visiting any of our re-opened libraries or take part online.
The challenge starts on 19th June and finishes on 14th August - you and your friends and family can sign
up and join in at any time from this date, but don’t leave it too late to make the best of your challenge activities!
The challenge is to read any 6 books (including e-books) over the holidays borrowed from your
local library or - you can pick your own target as this year we're all about reading for pleasure
so pick a challenge that works for you.
This year's theme is Wild World Heroes and the Reading Agency have teamed up with
WWF for this year's challenge.
Not a library member yet? Cant get to a library ? Want to know more?
Not a problem - all help, access and information is available at your fingertips here:
www.glasgowlife.org.uk/libraries/summer-reading-challenge
Even if you are getting to the library, the website offers you lots of activities and opportunities
along the way so—take a look and meet the
Wild World Heroes!
Page 26FEEDBACK FORM
We would love to know what you think about the activities in this pack so it would be great if you could please answer
the questions below. There is also a space for your grown up to write something too.
On the back of this page we would love you to draw us a picture telling us what the favourite thing you have done
during the Summer holidays has been, once you have finished you can hand this page into your local library or e-mail
to: CommunitiesNorthWest@glasgowlife.org.uk
The Activities in this pack are (circle or tick which one is your opinion)
Good Fun Some ok, some not so much Nothing interesting for me
My MOST Favourite thing was; My LEAST favourite thing was;
Adult Comments: Please tell us your thoughts on this pack and what your child/children have enjoyed and learned.
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Please draw us a picture of something you have enjoyed most about the summer
Page 29left blank for back of drawing sheet for feedback
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