• Wild World

    30 Minutes | All | Indoors

    Make animal masks to wear in a game that tests your knowledge about endangered wild animals around the world.



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    Wild World

    30 Minutes | All | Indoors
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    You will need

    • Paper plates
    • String
    • Scissors
    • Hole punch
    • Craft materials (for example, tissue paper, pipe cleaners, stickers)
    • Activity sheet or design your own
    • Post It Notes

    Activity Sheet 1
    Instructions

    1. Learn about endangered animals
    2. Gather your friends or family for this activity
    3. Ask everyone what they know about endangered animals
    4. Everyone should try to explain what it means to be endangered, and share some examples of animals that are endangered
    5. Ask everyone playing to explain what endangered animals are, and introduce the tiger, amur leopard, mountain gorilla, and polar bear
    6. Take your PostIt Notes
    7. Write an endangered animal on the PostIt Note - i e tiger, amur leopard, mountain gorilla, or polar bear
    8. Put the PostIt Note on your chosen person's forehead
    9. This person should now ask questions, to try and work out what animal they are
    10. You can adapt this game to play on Zoom
    11. Out someone in a breakout room, decide what animal they will be and write it down
    12. Bring the person back from the breakout room and resume the game where the person starts to ask questions to work out what animal you have given them
    13. Gather the things you need to make your mask
    14. Make masks
    15. cut eyes and mouth holes in a paper plate
    16. You should try and make sure they match up to your face!
    17. Use a hole punch to punch one hole on each side of the mask
    18. If there isn’t a hole punch, an adult should carefully pierce the card with scissors — it may be best to do this before the activity
    19. Decorate their mask to look like their animal
    20. Draw, colour, or use craft materials to decorate your mask
    21. We’ve also included some ‘Animal mask templates’
    22. You could stick these to the paper plates or print them on card instead
    23. Tie string to one of the hole punched holes
    24. Measure how long the string needs to be to hold the mask to your face, then cut it and tie it on to the other hole punched hole

    Safety

    • Always remain aware of your surroundings and follow local COVID-19 advice, including the Hands / Face / Space / Ventilation guidance.
    • If you’re meeting online, check out the advice on using Zoom and other popular digital platforms and the guidance on being safe online.
    • To help others do activities safely over Zoom, check out the example risk assessments and remember to make sure those taking part understand any care that needs to be applied.
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