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Pi Day Bracelets and Necklace
Pi Day Necklace or Bracelet
  • Age groups
  • 5-7
  • 8-11
  • 12-15

To celebrate Pi Day, we're showing you two different ways to make a necklace or bracelet that will help you memorise the digits of pi. Wear yours on Pi Day, or make one to share with a maths loving friend.

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Geometric Heart
  • Age groups
  • 0-4
  • 5-7
  • 8-11

A simple but fun maths activity perfect for Valentine's Day. Create a geometric heart out of squares and triangles, and learn about patterns, fractions and multiplication along the way.

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Magazine Number Hunt
  • Age groups
  • 5-7
  • 8-11

Dig out your old magazines, and challenge them to a magazine number hunt! See how many different numbers you can find, then sort them in ascending order. Or do a shape hunt instead and create a collage out of all the different shapes you can find.

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Shape Mice
  • Age groups
  • 0-4
  • 5-7
  • 8-11

Celebrate Burns Night with our fun shape activity, in honour of one of Robert Burns' most well known poems, 'To a Mouse'. Cut out shapes of different sizes from coloured paper or card, and arrange them to create mice. What other shapes can you use? How about a pentagon or a hexagon mouse?

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Maths Makes Art
  • Age groups
  • 0-4
  • 5-7
  • 8-11
  • 12-15
  • 16+

In a series of four videos, children demonstrate how mathematical principles including symmetry, tessellation and 3D shapes, can be the basis for a huge range of art and craft projects. Cubic chickens, cat portraits, stained glass windows, stencils, a birthday card for your granny…

The videos are made with children in mind, but are suitable for all ages - try for yourself!

Created by Anne McNaught and Johanna Hall

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Preview 2 Circles Into Square
How to turn two circles in to a square
  • Age groups
  • 5-7
  • 8-11
  • 12-15
  • 16+

It's time for a little geometry magic! Children will love this geometry paper trick - first you can impress them with it, and then they can impress their friends.

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Preview Origami Hexagon
Origami Hexagon
  • Age groups
  • 8-11
  • 12-15
  • 16+

How to fold an origami hexagon out of a sheet of A4 paper! You could write a letter inside your sheet of paper first, before folding it up.

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Preview Numerical Doodles
Numerical Doodles
  • Age groups
  • 5-7
  • 8-11
  • 12-15

Numerical doodles are a fun way for children to gain more confidence in recognising and naming numbers. Older learners can also still have fun getting creative. Try your hand at recreating our doodles, or create your own - what can you turn each number in to?

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Preview Triangle Puzzle
Triangle Puzzle Brain Teaser
  • Age groups
  • 8-11
  • 12-15
  • 16+

In this video, we show you how to make a fun geometric brain teaser. You will need a square piece of paper, a ruler, a pencil, and a pair of scissors. Then find a willing volunteer to solve the puzzle. It's not as easy as it looks!

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Preview Tower of Hanoi
Tower of Hanoi
  • Age groups
  • 8-11
  • 12-15
  • 16+

Time to get your scissors & paints out to create your own Tower of Hanoi puzzle - and then of course you'll have to solve it! But don't worry, we've included the solutions at the end of the video. You can try it with 3, 4 or 5 discs.

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Geometric Dot Grid Drawings
  • Age groups
  • 5-7
  • 8-11
  • 12-15

Pencils at the ready! Using dot grid paper to create pictures, connect adjacent dots vertically, horizontally or diagonally to create geometric drawings.

If you don't have any dot grid paper, you can download and print off some for free via the link below. Or you can use graph paper and connect the corners of the squares instead.

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Preview Geometric Bat
Geometric Bat
  • Age groups
  • 5-7
  • 8-11

Here's a simple but fun geometric puzzle activity to set up for kids, either as a non spooky alternative to Halloween or for bat lovers all year round. Cut out shapes from black paper and challenge kids to create a bat out of them.

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Christmas Countdown
Christmas Countdown Activities
  • Age groups
  • 0-4
  • 5-7
  • 8-11
  • 12-15
  • 16+

Check out our Countdown to the Christmas Holidays, for a seasonal mix of puzzles, games, arts and crafts, and more!