Activities

Beautiful embroidery peacock

For more experienced crafters, recreate the stunning peacock design used in the Bromgrove Guild’s stained glass window. The window is part of our County collections at Hartlebury Castle.

Create your own embroidery version! Download the handy instruction sheet here, and the peacock design template here. You can either print the template or trace it – and change the size to suit your project.

Download a colour-in sheet of the peacock, just scroll down to the colour-in sheets section below.

Create your own Japanese story & design a Kimono

Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum holds a small but significant collection of 19th century Japanese woodblock prints.

Design your own Kimono! Open our Kimono pattern worksheet here.

Write your own story based on what you can see! We have chosen 3 examples from our collection which show:

• The  Silk Weaver
• The Letter Reader
• The Hot Cup of Tea!

Open the writing prompts worksheet to get started.

Colouring-in sheet 1 – Girl with Kitten

Colouring-in sheet 5 – Peacock Stained Glass

Colouring-in sheet 3 – Flowers

Colouring-in sheet 2 – Worcester Cathedral

Colouring-in sheet 4 – Stokesay Castle

Make your own Museum

Museums often start with a collection, a group of items which one person is passionate about and are linked in some way.

Create your own collection in a shoe box to become a curator of your own mini museum! The items don’t need to be historic artefacts, they can be items that mean something to you and are linked in some way. For inspiration on how to start collecting, open our How to Make Your Own Collection Box information sheet.

Join our Museum Make-athon on social media

Every week we’ve been sharing creative projects on social media that you and your family can get stuck into at home – using things you might find around the house. Browse some of the examples below, and follow the County Museum, City Art Gallery & The Commandery here on Facebook and Twitter to see new ones every week!

Design your own ration packaging

Fun foam prints

Activities based on the curriculum

Our Learning Team have designed a range of activities based on the curriculum, taking into consideration the new ways students are learning. Teachers can use these in the classroom – keen home-schoolers are welcome to use them too!

Schools and home-schoolers can take part in our Make a Mini-Museum challenge! The best mini-museum will be displayed in the Art Gallery – will it be yours?

Our resources, expertise and Loans Boxes are still available for schools – visit our Learning pages to find out more.

Find more activities from Hartlebury Castle at www.hartleburycastle.com/activities.