I can’t begin to tell you how satisfying it is watching this YouTube channel called Magnet World. With magnets (just like Lego) you can build whatever you want. Check out the various videos here and put in an order to buy the magnetic balls (you can buy them eBay) and have a go at them yourself.
Activities
Download the Space Centre app
The free Space Center Houston interactive mobile tour features audio tour, GPS maps, selfie filters, augmented reality experiences, virtual reality lite and more!
Here are some of the amazing tools and features you get with the Space Center Houston interactive mobile tour:
- Location-Aware Audio Tour: As you walk through the Space Center Houston, location-aware audio stops will tell you about our extraordinary journey into space and the people who got us there. Like…how did the American grandfather of rocket science, Robert Goddard, get kicked out of his hometown? Why did early astronauts bring water guns to space? And why is there so much Velcro on the International Space Station?
- Interactive augmented reality and Virtual Reality Lite experiences:Find Space Center Houston’s Interactive augmented reality experiences around the center. With the Space Center Houston audio tour, you’ll be able to explore the Moon, watch the Saturn V launch, and more, all with the power of augmented reality! You can even bring Space Center Houston home with you! Through Virtual Visits, you’ll be able to see every gallery in 360 degrees!
Find out more about the app HERE and how to download it for iOS and Android
Complete the world’s largest jigsaw puzzle
Grafika is the brand for art jigsaw puzzles – and it offers both works of classical artists such as van Gogh, Monet or Klimt, and works of contemporary artists such as Josephine Wall, Cris Ortega or even François Ruyer.
Grafika breaks all records! Thanks to its 48,000 pieces, “Travel around the world” becomes the world’s largest puzzle in 2017 (see image above)
The new biggest puzzle in the world now has 54,000 pieces !!!
Note: These jigsaw puzzles are not free.
Visit Grafika to find out about this jigsaw puzzle and others in its collection
Learn to play guitar
Learning guitar can often seem slow and frustrating if you’re just starting out. I know from my own experience that you’ll be eager to make progress quickly and start playing songs as soon as possible – after all, that’s the whole reason for learning guitar.
So I’ve put together this short guide that will help you learn some of the easiest guitar chords and apply them to playing songs straight away.
Read Terry Stefan’s instructions and watch his videos on Learn Beginner Guitar Chords Fast from Guitar Signal
Go on a virtual archeological dig
DigVentures in the UK runs lots of archeological events around the country. However, with lockdown it is now offering virtual tours of dig sites as well as other events.
You’ll find a list of their upcoming events at their website along with their dig projects
And here’s a trailer to get you inspired
Take the Big Family Zoom Quiz
Has your household’s conversation dried up during lockdown? Have you run out of things to say to family members during video calls because none of you have actually done anything? Then what better way to pass the time and fill those awkward silences than with a Zoom-based family quiz? If nothing else it’s an opportunity to achieve a smug sense of superiority over friends and relatives, young or old, near or far.
With that in mind, we’ve compiled a BRAND NEW fiendish, formidable and possibly frustrating 50-question quiz, ideal for sharing over Zoom. Once again, it’s all on the theme of “family”, from royal dynasties and sporting siblings to fictional factions and family pets.
It’s designed to challenge all ages, and it’s multiple choice, so everyone can have a go.
You can find the Big Family Zoom Quiz on The Telegraph
Get into tie-dying
Ordinarily, when you think of tie-dye you probably think of 90s ravers or children under 10, but there’s nothing ordinary about the time we’re living in.
Since lockdown started it seems that tie-dye has made a comeback and it seems that everyone, from the Beckham family and Victoria Secret Angel, Alessandra Ambrosio, to influencers across the UK, have been sharing the fruits of their labour online.
For more information read Tie-dying has become the latest self-isolation Instagram trend, this kit has everything you need
Play Quick Draw
Can a neural network learn to recognize doodling?Help teach it by adding your drawings to the world’s largest doodling data set, shared publicly to help with machine learning research.
Over 15 million players have contributed millions of drawings playing Quick, Draw! These doodles are a unique data set that can help developers train new neural networks, help researchers see patterns in how people around the world draw, and help artists create things we haven’t begun to think of. That’s why we’re open-sourcing them, for anyone to play with.
Play Quick Draw
