Here’s our online archive of fun and family-friendly activities to stave away boredom and stimulate creativity at home.

Keeping active both physically and mentally is incredibly important for our wellbeing and development, so we’ve pulled together some free resources inspired by our past, present and future projects.

 

Let’s Make Pack – Luminarium

Download this pack containing fun, creative activities related to Luminarium, the walk-in inflatable structure brought to Pearson Park by Absolutely Cultured in July 2022. The hands-on learning activities featured in the pack will teach you how to build your own Luminarium, how to make a kaleidoscope, how to mix your own colours and more.

This pack was created by Architects of Air in partnership with The National Festival of Making and has been inspired by the Dodecalis Luminarium.

Early Bods – Winter 2020

Early Bods is a regular sensory learning programme consisting of workshops and resources for under 5’s to explore movement, touch, sound, sight and making. With current limits to physical activities, we’ve worked with locally based artists to develop activities.

Local theatre-makers The Herd have created this season’s free resource inspired by Leo Fitzmaurice’s new show at Humber Street Gallery, Enjoy Civic Life.  We invite you to alter and adapt objects, and explore your world in creative ways just like Fitzmaurice. All you need to take part is a mirror and a pencil!

Early Bods – Autumn 2020

Early Bods is a regular sensory learning programme consisting of workshops and resources for under 5’s to explore movement, touch, sound, sight and making. We’ve worked with locally based artists to develop activities.

These activities have been created by My Pockets. My Pockets are based in Hull and East Yorkshire, they believe that happiness can be found by engaging with the world around us. They hope that people will use the activities to have fun, experiment and be imaginative.

Land Of Green Ginger

In the week beginning 18 June 2018, residents across the city of Hull were gifted the seventh and final Act of Wanton Wonder from the Land of Green Ginger project, initiated in 2017 – a beautifully illustrated, limited edition book.

The book retells the stories of the Land of Green Ginger project and shares how they touched the lives of the people who encountered them.

You can now read the book online!

Made In Hull

Made in Hull was the opening season during Hull UK City of Culture 2017, and now as Absolutely Cultured we’re sharing these creative resources as an opportunity for families to explore Hull’s Great People, Places, Products, Dialect and Art.

This download has five days of activities included, so there’s plenty of challenges in there to keep busy!

(KS1-2)

Poetry Kit

In 2017 we created this kit to celebrate the power of poetry.

As Absolutely Cultured we’re revisiting this resource to share a range of ideas of how to engage with poetry in creative and fun ways.

(KS2-4)

Hello Hull – Issue #3

During 2017 we worked with Studio Anorak to create Hello Hull, a magazine designed as part of the No Limits learning programme.

Along with activities, it features illustrated pages of poems, games and interesting facts about the city.

(KS1+)

Peel Street Park – Swift Project

We started the Peel Street Park project in June 2019, working with volunteers, residents, local organisations and the HCC parks and gardens team. We created and put into place a plan for the park that aims to improve how it serves its local community.

The physical work is on hiatus due to the COVID-19 lockdown, but later we will be working with Yorkshire Wildlife Trust to encourage swifts to nest in the area – as swift numbers are depleting rapidly. In the spirit of this, we have created some swift-related activities!

Resources:
– Bird finger puppets (KS2/3)
– Flying Swift mobiles (KS2/3)
– Swift Fact Sheet (KS2/3)

Hello Hull – Issue #2

During 2017 we worked with Studio Anorak to create Hello Hull, a magazine designed as part of the No Limits learning programme.

Along with activities, it features illustrated pages of poems, games and interesting facts about the city.

(KS1+)

Creative Women of Hull

Hull has produced some amazingly creative women. Use these comprehensives cards to discover more about some of them.

Expand your knowledge further by researching your favourite Hull heroines!

Resources:
– Creative Women of Hull information cards (KS3)

Hello Hull – Issue #1

During 2017 we worked with Studio Anorak to create Hello Hull, a magazine designed as part of the No Limits learning programme.

Along with activities, it features illustrated pages of poems, games and interesting facts about the city.

(KS1+)

Humber Street Gallery

Humber Street Gallery is an Absolutely Cultured project, bringing a vibrant, high-quality contemporary art space to Hull. The gallery’s free programme of exhibitions is supported by a series of talks, performances, screenings and workshops.

Resources:
– Curate Your Own Exhibition (KS3/4)
– Discussion Forum Resources – Women in Contemporary Art (KS4)
– Early Bods Playdough Recipe (KS1)
– Frances Disley – Turmeric dye tutorial (KS2+, with adult supervision)
– It Takes A Village – Learning Pack (KS3/4)
– Liverpool Biennial 2018 – Engagement Pack (KS1/2)

Model City

Model City was an immersive audio installation that took over King Edward Street for half term in February 2020. In this original soundscape by BAFTA award-winning composer Dan Jones, the children of Hull took listeners and passers-by to alternate realities.

Resources:
– Draw a picture or write a letter to Hull children of the future. (KS1-3)
– Design and build a 3D model of your own future Hull. (KS1-3)