Learn Family fun activities Join in with our craft and learning activities for the holidays. Summer holiday activities With the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games about to start enjoy our activities and games for all the family. Click on the images to download the resources. Contents Animal Paralympic Games Paralympic Park and Heritage Centre maps, trails and tours Paralympic mascot jigsaws and draw-a-long Paralympic jigsaws and game Paper crane making and game Animal Paralympic Games Have a go at this digital jigsaw from Sporting Heritage. Click here to access the jigsaw on the Sporting Heritage website Take a Paralympic Heritage trail or tour The Paralympic Games takes place in Tokyo this year but in the beginning it was held at Stoke Mandeville. Come and visit the Paralympic Heritage Centre at Stoke Mandeville, Buckinghamshire, during the summer holidays and use the trail to explore Stoke Mandeville Stadium and find out more about the history of the Paralympic Games. Or you can visit us virtually by following our virtual, video and widgit tours here. Colouring in map If you were organising the Games at Stoke Mandeville what would your Paralympic Park look like? Colour in the different areas of the map and why not draw in your athletes too? (Suitable for all ages). Click on the image to download a pdf. Paralympic mascot jigsaw Cut along the lines to make a jigsaw of Mandeville the Paralympic mascot from London 2012. Do you know what the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic mascot is called? Find out here: https://www.paralympic.org/tokyo-2020/mascot. (Suitable for ages 3 years and up). Click on the images to download a pdf. Draw a Paralympic Games mascot Mandeville was the London 2012 Paralympic mascot. Draw your own Mandeville mascot in this draw-a-long with Illustrator, Jess! (Suitable for ages 8 years and up). Create your own jigsaws Glue the picture to some cardboard, (a side of a cereal box is perfect for this). Let it dry and then carefully cut along the lines. Test yourself with one or all 3 of our jigsaws. Why not time yourself to see how fast you can put them together? (Suitable for ages 5 years and up). Click on the images to download a pdf. Jigsaw activity game Test your speed and agility against a stop watch or opponent. (Suitable for all ages). For this game you will need: one or more NPHT jigsaws depending on how many people are competing. two markers, (you can use water bottles or rolled up socks). a stopwatch (optional). To play: Place two markers in a straight line 20m apart. Put the pieces of your chosen jigsaw next to the furthest marker. On “go” travel as fast as you can from the starting marker and collect one piece of the jigsaw. Return to the start with the jigsaw piece and leave it there before travelling back to collect a second jigsaw piece. Continue collecting the jigsaw pieces one by one until all the pieces are at the start. To finish the game put the jigsaw together to make a complete picture. Use a stopwatch to time your first attempt then try again and see if you can beat your time or why not compete against a partner and see who finishes first? Record your scores and let us know how you got on. We love to see you getting active! Post your results and photos here: [email protected] Paper crane making Celebrate the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Summer Games by making your own paper crane. Find out the story behind why paper cranes are important to the Tokyo Paralympics. How to make your paper crane Spot the Paper Crane You can pause this film clip and zoom in to check for cranes. Hidden in this video of the Paralympic Heritage Centre are paper cranes (birds), your tasks are to: Find the origami cranes. How many are there? (Don’t include the paper tree or fruit!) How many Paralympic Games have taken place since Tokyo 1964? More information can be found here: paralympicheritage.org.uk/timeline Find and name two items on display relating to Tokyo 1964 or 2020?Watch our video tour here: paralympicheritage.org.uk/Event/heritage-centre Email your answers to [email protected] Additional family fun activities Sharing our Treasure Explore objects in our Paralympic collection with Shaun Finegan, volunteer at the National Paralympic Heritage Trust Storytime with April Storytime for children under 5 read by April Byrne, volunteer at the National Paralympic Heritage Trust, with BSL interpretation by Marie Biswell. Highlights from 2020 Photos from our family fun day in February half term