Autumn Planner 2021 Here’s three months worth of activity ideas for everyday adventures. We’ll be featuring these activities on our social channels and we’d love to see what you’re getting up to. So let’s get connected, share the fun and experience #AdventureForAll! Find us on Facebook and Twitter @PawprintFamily and on Instagram @Pawprint_Family October November December 4th - 10th - Black History 1st - 7th - Diwali/Bonfire Night 1st - 25th - Advent Challenge Month • Paint a firework picture using a method of your choice. • Create your own version of Chris Ofili’s 29th Nov - 5th Dec - Christmas Turner Prize winning painting No Woman, • Dip your own toffee . No Cry (1998). • Toast marshmallows and make them in to Challenge (NEW - Oct ‘21) • Cook your own piri piri chicken from s’mores. • Make an advent wreath with candles. Mozambique. • Complete our free Gunpowder Plot Maze • Create a star tree topper. • Make your own Top Trumps cards with resource. • Enjoy a 12 course meal to represent the inspirational Black people. Use our free • Know how to use sparklers safely and 12 apostles. resource template to help you. make a video for others to watch. • Have a game of J is for Jesus. • Make a TV news bulletin about Black • Put on a nativity play. History Month and find out about the 8th - 14th - Remembrance Day careers of Sir Trevor McDonald and Moira 6th - 12th - Christmas Stuart. (Black) • Discover some new books that include • Design a medal for a soldier who served in Challenge (NEW - Oct ‘21) inspirational Black characters. the British West Indies Regiment or fought • Create a hanging reindeer decoration. for Britain to recognise their sacrifice or • Bake some Rudolf nose cake pops. contribution. • Roll some reindeer poo chocolate truffles. 11th - 17th - Autumn Challenge • Bake your own sweet fig rolls from Egypt. • Have an antler ring toss. • Try God’s Eye Weaving with sticks you’ve • Grow your own herbs as used by Mary • Watch a Christmas movie featuring collected on an Autumn walk. Seacole in the Crimean War. reindeer. • Taste test different varieties of apples • The first black serviceman to receive the while blindfolded. Victoria Cross was William Hall of the • Create an edible bonfire using sweet Royal Navy. Have a game of Battleships. 13th - 19th - Elf Challenge treats and piping icing flames. • Plant your own black poppy seeds and • Make your own Elf on the Shelf. • Complete an Autumn themed word search. find out when and where to plant them • Bake little ‘Elf Hat Kisses’. • Try the ‘Match Box Challenge’. and how to look after your seedlings. • Tell someone a joke to make them laugh and share more with friends. • Meditate and take some time for your ‘elf! 18th - 24th - Halloween 15th - 21st - • Collect old toys and games and donate • Carve a pumpkin or go back to Halloween’s • Make your own using our free them to a local hospice/charity. roots and carve a turnip. resource. • Decorate gingerbread men with skeletons • Create your own . or turn them in to witches/ghouls. • Make your own jam known as 20th - 26th - Carol Singing • Have a go at bobbing or another in (NEW - Oct ‘21) traditional Halloween game. • Share a card game with friends or family. • Decorate a jam jar or lantern. • Write an acrostic poem or prayer for lost • Read the Hanukkah story of the recovery • Make your own figgy pudding from the souls. of and the re-dedication of the carol “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” • Read or write your own ghost stories and . • Name that tune. share with friends. • Play a game of carol Pictionary. • Go carol singing in your local area. 22nd - 28th - St. Andrew’s Day 25th - 31st - Day of the Dead • Design your own building and create an • Paint your face with a sugar skull design. architectural model like Charles Rennie 27th - 2nd Jan - New Year • Make a butterfly memo peg or a set of Mackintosh. Challenge wings for yourself. • Discover how haggis is made. • Create your own photo booth and props. • Cook a chilli con carne or another • St. Andrew was a fisherman, make a fish • Mix your own mocktails. traditional Mexican dish. dish or learn how to fillet a fish. • Complete the New Year’s Resolutions • Play Pirinola using our free template to • Host your own talent show. download from our website. make your own spinner. • The telephone was invented in Scotland, • Write a letter of gratitude. • Watch a film about Day of the Dead. try different methods of communication. • Sing Auld Lang Syne and write a poem to welcome in the New Year.

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