ACTIVITIES.

Games, puzzles, recipes, colouring in and more

In this section of Playground, there’s so much to do! All ages can get creative with Shakespeare, through our range of fun activities, all listed below and all completely free to download, use and share.

An illustration of a dog and cat

SPOT THE DIFFERENCE

Two images of an actor side by side

Can you spot 10 differences in the photos in each of the below documents? They’re all from different productions that took place in the Globe Theatre.

EASY (A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM)

MEDIUM (HENRY V)

HARD (MACBETH)

CUT OUT & MAKE

A child and a parent doing painting

Get crafty and use these cut-outs to decorate your face masks! Make Slye the fox and Kit the cat… and don’t forget to ask an adult to help you with scissors.

Make a Slye mask

Make a Kit mask

RECIPES

Try your hand at being an Elizabethan cook with our delicious recipes. These do require the help of an adult.

DOWNLOAD ALL RECIPES

WORD GAMES

Unscramble the letters, complete the quotes and find the Shakespeare plays in these word games.

Beastly Anagrams

Complete The Quote

Character Anagrams

Globe Anagrams

Title Tangles

More Title Tangles

An illustration of a group of animals

PUZZLES

An illustration of a maze

Create scenes from dots and help Dekker find his props with these puzzles.

Join the dots | Macbeth

Join the dots | Romeo & Juliet

Help Dekker find his props

COLOURING IN

Download and print off these free colouring in sheets. Decorate your very own Shakespeare’s Globe stage, create backstage scenes and, of course, have fun along the way!

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