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Activity: "Zeus on the Loose" Card game
I bought this in a charity shop and can confirm that I have checked it out and it is actually child-safe (I wasn't 100% sure given the...


Activity: Make a Roman "Laurel Wreath"
We made a laurel wreath at a family activity at Welwyn


Activity: Sailing a Model Roman Ship
So! We began 2021 with a look at Romans and the sea. We had a day at the seaside at Gorleston (next to Great Yarmouth) where there is a...


Activity: Roman Numerals
As a minor time-filling activity we had a brief introduction to Roman numerals. We started with pencil and paper introduction to how the...


Activity: Roman Feast
Following the success of the Stone Age Food activity I had a request to try Roman food - yet again Waitrose is your go-to supplier of...


Activity: Offering to the Lares
Bake Libum "cheesecake" (a soft bread based on ricotta cheese). These are two current internet versions of an Ancient Roman recipe from...
Activity: Vase Design
Go to the Fitzwilliam. Look at vases. Draw your own (Baker Ross).


Activity: Have a Roman Bath
Hot steamy bath, oil & strigil, cold paddling pool plunge!


Activity: Build Roman Baths in Minecraft
Minecraft lends itself to making a Roman Bath perfectly - you can have a hypocaust system with a beautiful polished stone floor hanging...


Activity: Roman Playmobil
Playmobil do a huge range of excellent History sets! Quite a lot of them are discontinued but the pieces are pretty easy to find on EBay...
Activity: Mosaic Making
We were originally going to make a "mosaic" picture using pre-cut sticky-backed foam craft squares, when I thought Kane was going to be 5...
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