Planet Superhero
Choose an environmental issue and create a superhero with superpowers to fix it. Whether it’s to combat deforestation, plastics in our oceans or food waste, this activity encourages children to design outside-of-the-box solutions to some of our most pressing issues.
First presented at the Tate Modern in 2019, this workshop gave rise to the likes of the Recycling Monster, the Multi-headed It, Protesters for Mother Earth, and Farty Girl!
Break to Create
You have 60 seconds to break widely-held assumptions about children and young people. Only by breaking them can we create new understanding of the attitudes that control the lives of under-18s. However, if you have 60 minutes, then dig deeper and identify the ordinary qualities and objects in your life that can turn each of us into a children’s rights activist.
Breaktocreate was launched in 2019 as part of ARTIVISM, the first-ever human rights pavilion at the Venice Biennale.
Little Inventors
Draw ingenious and wacky inventions to address some of today’s big problems by exploring the fun activities designed by Little Inventors, a creative education organisation that takes children’s ideas seriously.
CRIN has collaborated with the Little Inventors since 2019 at Tate Modern and United Nations workshops for all those interested, from children to diplomats!
Future Cities
Print, cut out and stick down what a farming city of the future might look like. This activity encourages adults and children alike to explore how we could redesign our relationship with nature by thinking creatively in order to live more sustainably.
Future Cities was presented at the Tate Modern in March 2020 as a joint project between CRIN and the Chicago-based architects Design with Company. Read about it here.
Tech Will
Save Us
The STEAM company, Tech Will Save Us, has created art and tech activity sheets for 5- to 8-year-olds to use during the pandemic to keep them motivated, playing and learning. The company will introduce new activities every Sunday for 12 weeks.
Check out their website here and click the link below to download the first week of activities!
COFIGHT-19
Beginning with a 19-day campaign, COFIGHT-19 offers expert advice for parents, support for pupils and innovative and creative activities for families.
Data Detox x Youth
Data Detox x Youth is an activity book to help young people take control of their tech.
This interactive toolkit encourages young people to think about different aspects of their digital lives,
from their social media profiles to their passwords, with simple activities for reflection and play.
Vaccinator Quest
ONE Campaign designed an immersive video game, ‘Vaccinator Quest’, in a great example of a creative campaign tactic. Bust some stress today, give it a play and sign ONE’s petition to fund Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance.
Lockdown Poetry
Join poet Laila Sumpton to create poems that explore our lockdown world and the new way we are living. What is going on in all spaces that are locked? What strange things have been happening? You'll try out poetry forms such as the kenning and cinquain.
CTRL + U Exhibition
IDENTITY 2.0 is a creative art project that empowers people to explore their digital identity. They have recently released their online exhibition CTRL + U which showcases work related to digital privacy. Available from 16th May 2020 - 31st July 2020.