Make a wonderful water lily that opens in water. 

This type of tropical flower is pollinated by beetles. In the daytime these stay hidden inside the closed flower. If you want, cut out the beetle and hide it inside your flower before placing it on water!

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Our Summer with the Museums: Explore and Create pack is full of fun, creative things you can do at home. In this activity from the Museum of Zoology, learn more about butterflies and make your own butterfly collage.

Summer with the Museums banner

Our Summer with the Museums: Explore and Create pack is full of fun, creative things you can do at home. In this activity from Wisbech and Fenland Museum, make your own tiny model of your favourite room.

Summer with the Museums banner

Our Summer with the Museums: Explore and Create pack is full of fun, creative things you can do at home. In this activity from the Whipple Museum, learn how to make your own moving picture model called a thaumatrope.

Summer with the Museums banner

Our Summer with the Museums: Explore and Create pack is full of fun, creative things you can do at home. In this activity from the Polar Museum, get packing for a polar adventure.

Summer with the Museums banner

Our Summer with the Museums: Explore and Create pack is full of fun, creative things you can do at home. In this activity from the Museum of Cambridge, get some ideas to create your own special collection.

Summer with the Museums banner

Our Summer with the Museums: Explore and Create pack is full of fun, creative things you can do at home. In this activity from the Museum of Technology, discover more about Victorian lighting and try your hand at a tricky dot-to-dot puzzle.

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Our Summer with the Museums: Explore and Create pack is full of fun, creative things you can do at home. In this activity from the Sedgwick Museum, find out how to make a sun catcher based on creatures which lived almost 635 million years ago.

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Our Summer with the Museums: Explore and Create pack is full of fun, creative things you can do at home. In this activity from the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, discover more about pottery that was made almost 4000 years ago.

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Our Summer with the Museums: Explore and Create pack is full of fun, creative things you can do at home. In this activity from the University Library, learn how to make a special concertina accordion book.

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