Red cabbage litmus paper

Make your own litmus paper to test household substances and see whether they are acid or base.

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Marblized paper

Create beautiful papers while you learn why oil and water don’t mix.

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Paper Chinese lanterns – 2013 – Year of the Snake

Make these paper lanterns decorations to celebrate 2013, the year of the snake.

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Snakes & Ladders games

3 vintage Snakes & Ladders games to assemble and play.

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Static electric snake charmer

A fun experiment using static electricity to make a tissue paper snake come alive!

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Box Kite

Build a box kite inspired by Australian inventor Lawrence Hargrave. A perfect project for the summer holidays.

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German Zoolological Garden – Part 3

Collect the 3rd and final part of our beautiful Zoological Garden. Find the first two parts in The Treasure Box.

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Cupcake paper rose

Make a simple paper rose using a pipe cleaner and cupcake patties.

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Play dough

A simple recipe for soft homemade play dough. Use your dough to model your own characters or inventions.

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Tissue Paper Rose

Make a simple tissue paper rose.

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Origami rabbits

Easy and quick paper rabbits.

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Finger knitting

All you need is a ball of wool, your hand and a bit of practice!

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French knitting – scarf

Make a winter scarf with a cardboard tube French knitter.

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Paper snowflakes

A lacy decoration for walls, windows or a special card.

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Papier mache lace bowls

Make colourful paper bowls with cutout lace.

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Thread art

Thread up a card of your own artwork.

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Mini marshmallow catapult

A mini fling-thing for mini battles.

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Mix and match fashion cards

Create your own style and recreate the designs from the Faith Fashion Fusion exhibition.

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Mother’s Day – Handy felt pouches

Hand stitch our easy soft felt pouches as a handy gift for your mum.

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Gift Boxes

Make your own decorative gift boxes.

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Healthy living placemat sets

Print out our fruit and sport themed placemat sets.

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Orange pomander

Orange and clove pomanders keep moths out of your wardrobe and make lovely Christmas decorations.

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Oddbod mini mobile

Choose 5 odd creatures to mix and match and make a little mobile.

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Zoolological Garden

A replica of a children’s toy, called the Zoolological Garden, from the 1860s.

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Mini space mobile

Assemble a mobile featuring an alien, a satellite, a rocket, a spaceship and an astronaut.

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Zoe paper doll – The 80s

Dress 3 new Zoe paper dolls in retro outfits from the 80s.

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Loco No.1 paper model

This paper model of the Powerhouse Museum’s Locomotive No.1 is a wonderful weekend project.

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Children’s Theatre

This model is a mini replica of a German children’s theatre complete with actors and scenes.

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Bookplates & bookmarks

Make your own bookplates and bookmark featuring objects from the Powerhouse Museum’s toy collection.

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Magnetic fishing game

Make a magnetic fishing game. This is an original design featuring Australian marine animals living in Australian rockpools.

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Australian paper animals

Build 4 paper models of Australian native animals; a bilby, a galah, a kangaroo and a Tasmanian tiger.

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Zoe paper doll – Dress up

Dress Zoe as Cleopatra, Mary Poppins or in an Issey Miyake dress from the Powerhouse Museum’s Collection.

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An outback farm

Assemble a replica 1920s Australian outback farm model from the Powerhouse Museum’s Collection.

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Four French paper dolls

These 4 French paper dolls and their costumes are replicas of originals from the Powerhouse Museum collection.

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Zoe paper doll – Space

A Zoe paper doll and 3 paper outfits; an alien, a space princess and an astronaut.

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Felt jewellery

Fashion a bobbly bracelet or a novel necklace with colourful felt balls you’ve made yourself.

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