Even if you can’t make it to Cumberland House Natural History Museum, we have plenty of fun activities for children with an interest in the world around us. You can download these activity sheets to learn more about the museum and our natural history collection in a fun, exciting way – with something suitable for all ages.
Click on the images below to download each activity sheet.
Make your own cardboard cuttlefish
Decorate a butterfly or moth
Make a balancing butterfly.
Colour in beautiful butterflies
Go on a scavenger hunt in your garden
Play the Beetle Game
Help the squirrel navigate the maze
Make a thaumatrope
Play Butterfly Bingo
Try out the A-Z of Natural History wordsearch
Help the bee make it home
Identify sea birds and colour the puffin
Print out and keep your own Portsmouth Natural History Museum bookmarks
Waft the butterfly
Discover what animal you are