Activities for kids
A range of creative ideas, craft activities, videos and online learning resources to bring our museums and galleries into your homes
Make & Do
Minibeast activities
Created by Leeds City Museum. Various resources.

Get stuck in to the wonderful world of creepy crawlies and minibeasts with our range of videos and activity sheets to download.
The Joy of Small Things
Created by Leeds City Museum. Facebook videos.

Have a go at some of our teeny craft activities inspired by the collections at Leeds City Museum using our video tutorials on facebook.
Mummification activities
Created by Leeds City Museum. Various resources

Find out about the Ancient Egyptians with our range of mummification activities, inspired by the Ancient Worlds gallery at Leeds City Museum.
Design your own crown
Created by Temple Newsam. PDF download (17.9MB).

Use our template to design your very own crown fit for a King or Queen. Add some materials from around the house!
Make an Anglo Saxon shield
Created by Temple Newsam. PDF download (2MB).

Design and make your very own shield suitable for all little warriors!
Create your own Sakura
Created by Lotherton. YouTube video.

Create your own Sakura (cherry blossom) using recyclable materials.
Create your own flick book
Created by Leeds Industrial Museum. PDF download (3MB)

Make a moving image inspired by the early years of film making and the collections of Leeds Industrial Museum’s Media Galleries.
Craft and create a magic key
Created by Temple Newsam. PDF download (3MB).

Take inspiration from the original inventory of Temple Newsam to create a key from household materials.
Patterns and shapes with textiles
Created by Temple Newsam. PDF download (29MB).

Make bright and beautiful decorations inspired by textiles of Temple Newsam.
Sew and weave a wooly sheep
Created by Temple Newsam. PDF download (18.4MB).

Make a wooly friend inspired by our springtime babies at Home Farm and the collections of Temple Newsam House.
Make your own Roman Mosaic
Created by Leeds City Museum. YouTube video.

Create your own Roman style mosaic at home with Emma from Leeds City Museum.
Print with fruit and veg
Created by Leeds City Museum. PDF download (0.2MB).

Create interesting shapes and patterns using every day food items.
Carve a banana dolphin
Created by Leeds City Museum. Youtube video.

Find out how to make a dolphin from a banana! Follow our video tutorial and get stuck in.
Mindful Creatives
Mindful Creatives: The Lady of Shalott
Created by Leeds Art Gallery. PDF download (3MB).

Mindful colouring-in activities inspired by John William Waterhouse.
Mindful Creatives: The Return of Persephone
Created by Leeds Art Gallery. PDF download (4MB).

Mindful colouring-in activities inspired by Lord Frederic Leyton.
Mindful Creatives: Dawn Souvenir of the Alps
Created by Leeds Art Gallery. PDF download (3.1MB).

Mindful colouring-in activities inspired by Gustav Doré.
Mindful Creatives: Blue Still Life
Created by Leeds Art Gallery. PDF download (1.5MB).

Mindful colouring-in activities inspired by William Scott.
Mindful Creatives: Interior with a Chinese Screen
Created by Leeds Art Gallery. PDF download (2.5MB).

Mindful colouring-in activities inspired by Francis Wall.
Mindful Creatives: The Sognefjord, Norway
Created by Leeds Art Gallery. PDF download (2.9MB).

Mindful colouring-in activities inspired Adelsteen Normann.
Mindful Creatives: Island in the Sun
Created by Leeds Art Gallery. PDF download (2.5MB).

Mindful colouring-in activities inspired by Mary Lord.
Mindful Creatives: Anemones and Lemons
Created by Leeds Art Gallery. PDF download (2.5MB).

Mindful colouring-in activities inspired by Patrick Heron.
Mindful Creatives: Penn Ponds in Winter
Created by Leeds Art Gallery. PDF download (2MB).

Mindful colouring-in activities inspired by Andrew Sabin.
Art at home
Creative colouring in
Created by Temple Newsam. Facebook post.

A weekly colouring in session from Temple Newsam with changing themes each week. Share your creative skills with us on Facebook!
Colouring in sheets
Created by Abbey House Museum. PDF download (0.8MB).

Have fun colouring in an object from Abbey House Museum and a morning scene from Kirkstall Abbey.
Home Farm colouring in
Created by Temple Newsam. PDF download (8MB).

Have fun with Home Farm colouring in sheets, featuring our favourite farmyard friends and machinery found on the farm.
Sculpture colouring book
Created by Leeds Art Gallery. PDF download (10MB).

A colouring book of drawings by young people from Bankside Primary school, selected by each class during workshops inspired by sculptures in the Leeds art collection.
Artwork colouring book
Created by Leeds Art Gallery. PDF download (9MB).

A colouring book of drawings of artworks made by young people from Leeds. See how looking at artworks can inspire drawing, and how drawings of them can inspire new art.
Create a poem with Khadijah Ibrahiim
Created by Leeds Art Gallery. YouTube video.

Sketchbooks of sculpture words and drawings by Reception children from Stanningley Primary have been used by Leeds’ poet Khadjiah Ibrahim to make this poem about their visit. Create a poem of your own inspired by the art you can find in your home.
Games and quizzes
Mix & Match Mill Terms
Created by Thwaite Watermill. PDF download (1MB).

Match the mill terminology from Thwaite Watermill and show off your knowledge of the mill space during your next visit.
Thwaite Watermill Putty Challenge
Created by Thwaite Watermill. PDF download (2MB).

Reorder the boxes to learn all about how putty was made at Thwaite Watermill.
The History of Thwaite Watermill
Created by Thwaite Watermill. PDF download (2MB).

Take on our chronological challenge and uncover the story behind the historical site of Thwaite Watermill.
Thwaite Watermill rock challenge
Created by Thwaite Watermill. PDF download (0.6MB).

Match the rock types found at Thwaite Watermill to their description and uses.
Really wild art trail and bingo
Created by Lotherton. PDF download (0.7MB).

Create a wild piece of art using things you find. Go on a Spring nature hunt to complete our Really Wild Spring Bingo!
Weekend creative challenge
Created by Lotherton and Wildlife World. Resource folder.

A weekly creative challenge using an animal from Wildlife World or a museum object as subjects.
Teaching and learning resources
Recovery Curriculum

Discover our range of free teaching resources to support your school’s recovery curriculum and find out more about our virtual Arts Award Discover package.
Leeds Curriculum
MyLearning resource.

Teach and learn across the primary curriculum through the wonderful city of Leeds.
Prehistory
MyLearning resource.

Explore the stone age through to the iron age and beyond with MyLearning.
Science
MyLearning resource.

From natural science to geology, explore the MyLearning science resources.
Museum from Home resources
Created by Leeds Discovery Centre. Online resource folder.

Use our Museum from Home videos on Youtube and additional teaching resources.
This little piggy activity sheet
Created by Abbey House Museum. PDF download (0.08MB).

Five storytelling and craft activities based around a little clockwork piggy made in Germany in about 1935.
Cybermen activity sheet
Created by Abbey House Museum. PDF download (0.1MB).

Seven fun activities based around one of Dr Who’s scariest enemies – the Cybermen!
Miss Maude had a dolly activity sheet
Created by Abbey House Museum. PDF download (0.1MB).

Learn about the materials used to make dolls and take part in activities to learn more.