Here at Eden Camp, we take pride in our variety of educational and fun activities across our site.
To continue this whilst we’re closed, we are bringing instalments of fun activities for you to do at home!
Our activities are suitable for all ages, and can be downloaded free to enjoy today.
Be sure to show us how you are getting on with the #EdenCampActivity on our social media!
Getting started, here are some brilliant colouring in posters that you can download and print at home!
- Colour The Dambusters
- Colour The Sherman Tank
- Colour The “Duck”
- Colour The Barrage Balloon
- Colour The Tea Wagon
- Colour The Half Track
- Colour The U-boat
- Colour The T-34 Tank
- Colour The Vehicles
- Colour The Hippo Truck
Rainbow Editions
Jigsaws
We’ve put together some Eden Camp themed jigsaws for you to puzzle away at home. Make sure you ask an adult to help cut them out first though!
Propaganda Posters
Here’s some inspiration for our third activity: propaganda posters!
You can draw, use cut outs and scrap paper, household objects or even pose in a photograph! Don’t forget to show us on social media what you came up with – use our hashtag #EdenCampActvity!
- Dig For Victory
- Keep Mum
- Coughs and Sneezes
- Grow Your Own
- Don’t Throw Your Food
- Enemy Uniforms
- Catching the Bus
- Join the WRENS
- Malton Food
Origami Boats
Remember our fantastic U-boat hut? We’ve gathered some origami instructions so that you can create your own boats at home!
New to origami? Don’t worry, start off with an easy traditional boat and make your way up to the submarine!
All you need is paper (and maybe a little patience!).
Build your own Anderson Air Raid Shelter
Help Britain prepare for the worst by building your own shelter! We’ve put a worksheet together with some helpful tips and facts about the air raids.
We want to see your shelters! Put them to the test and video your results. Let us know how you get on our facebook page with the #EdenCampActivities hashtag!
Spot the Difference Answers!
Here are the answers – did you spot them all?
Storytime!
Just like our famous Music Hall, you can create your own stories too!
We’ve added a character board below to help you get started – you can create a comic strip, storybook or even film your own puppet show!
Whatever you choose, don’t forget to show off your amazing creations by posting them on our Facebook page with the hashtag #EdenCampActivities!
Visit the Street At War! ?
We’ve put together some wartime recipe cards for you try at home – everything from a hearty beef pudding to sugarless ice-cream for afters! ??
Perhaps you could even follow our Black Out Scone tutorial made fresh in our PreFab kitchen!
Why not try them out and show us how you got on!
May Day! May Day!
Help us decide these morse code messages and get our troops safely home from behind enemy lines!
- Morse Code Challenge
- Morse Code Answers
- Did you get them right?
Life in the Trenches: WW1
We’ve put some activities together to pass away the downtime in the trenches!
- Make your own Periscope!
- Complete the Soldier’s Sketch
- So how did you get on? Are you in the Army now?
Happy Families
With so much time at home, we’ve put together lots of different family activities and games for the whole family to get involved in.
You can download and print different activities below from a traditional 1940s Happy Families card game, or try your hand at tiddly winks!
Don’t forget to show us your family time by using #edencampactivities on our Facebook page!
- Happy Families 1 & 2
- Chessboard with pieces
- Hopscotch patterns
- Scavenger Hunt
- Tiddly Winks
- Draw the Tractor
- Remembrance Wordsearch
Cap Badges!
Try your reaction time with our own Snap game with Cap Badges!
Or if memory is more your skill, why not use the cards for game of pairs?
Simply print out two copies, cut them out and shuffle!
You can also design your own! We have a template here for to colour in, or start from scratch. Don’t forget to show off your creations on our Facebook page with #EdenCampActivities.
