The following activities are suitable for all ages, although younger children may require some supervision.

   

All of the activities listed below have been used during exhibitions held at the Shire Hall Gallery in the past.  There is always plenty to do!  Why not try your hand at making a fairy wand or a pirate's treasure chest?

 Make a Cheeky Monkey Mask (PDF document, 21KB)

 Make a Flip Book (PDF document, 452KB)

There are Children's Colouring-in sheets for this exhibition.

 Make a Body Sculpture (PDF document, 161KB)

There are Children's Colouring-in sheets for this exhibition.

 Make a Pinhole Camera (PDF document, 44KB)

 Make a Pinhole Camera 2 (PDF document, 134KB)

 Make a Pop-up Penguin (PDF document, 66KB)

 Make a Pop-up Christmas Tree (PDF document, 35KB)

 Make a Mobile (PDF document, 56KB)

 Make a Folded Fish (PDF document, 115KB)

 Make a Fish using Found Objects (PDF document, 161KB)

 Make Folded Stars (PDF document, 213KB)

There are Children's Colouring-in sheets for this exhibition.

 Make a Lightbox (PDF document, 38KB)

 Make a Lightbox 2 (PDF document, 49KB)

 

 Make a fairy wand (PDF document, 100KB)

 Make a pirate's treasure chest (PDF document, 142KB)

 Make a Bookmark (PDF document, 212KB)

There are Children's Colouring-in sheets for this exhibition.

 

Located inside the Shire Hall building in Stafford are the former Crown Court and Magistrates Court.  These courtrooms were used between the end of the eighteenth century and 1991.  The activities below show the clothes that would have been worn by policmen, judges and barristers.  Why not cut out Fred and dress him in these outfits?

 Cut out Fred (PDF document, 80KB)

 Dress Fred as a...Policeman (PDF document, 163KB)

 Dress Fred as a...Barrister (PDF document, 153KB)

 Dress Fred as a...Judge (PDF document, 186KB)

There are Children's Colouring-in sheets for the Courtroom.

 

The activities below show the clothes that would have been worn by Ladies in the 18th and 19th centuries.  Why not cut out the Ladies and dress them in the outfits?

 18th century lady, cut out and stand (PDF document, 44KB)

 18th century costume colouring-in sheet (PDF document, 37KB)

 19th century lady, cut out and stand (PDF document, 37KB)

 19th century costume colouring-in sheet (PDF document, 23KB)
 

All of the activities listed below are things that you can make and do for Christmas.  You can make a Christmas Angel to put on top of your tree, or a stained glass star to hang in your window.


 Make a Christmas Angel (PDF document, 15KB)

 Make a Christmas Cornucopia (PDF document, 20KB)

 Make a Christmas Cracker (PDF document, 43KB)

 Make a Christmas Bead Wreath (PDF document, 12KB)

 Make a Christmas Stained Glass Star (PDF document, 34KB)

There are Seasonal Children's Colouring-in sheets.

 

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