Things to do Indoors | Roald Dahl

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Give your brainbox a stretching with our most plexicating puzzles and bamboozling quizzes

Go on an activities adventure on the Giant Peach with James and Friends

Make music with Matilda the Musical

Get crafty with a range of things to make at home or in the classroom

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Give your brainbox a stretching

Say goodbye to boredom with these wondercrump wordsearches, magnificent mazes and all sorts of other puzzles.

Create your own Crafty Characters

Bring your characters to life with these clever creative writing tricks.

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Galloping Giants

Sophie and the BFG need to find their way back to Dream Country - but they've got a little bit lost!

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Journey on the Giant Peach

James and his insect friends have been blown of course - can you help them find their way back?

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The Inventing Room

If you were an extraordinary inventor like Mr Willy Wonka, what would you make?

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Witchy Wordsearch

Those cunning witches have been at it again! See if you can unscramble their hidden message.

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Go on a journey with James

Created to accompany our Taika and the Giant Peach video series, take a journey along with James and friends and explore the giant world of the Peach!

Remarkable Regenerating Veg

James grew the Giant Peach with a little help from some magic beans - but all you need to get started on your own vegetable patch is some scraps!

Get growing

Amazing Advertisements

Imagine that you are trying to sell tickets to see the giant peach. How would you advertise it to visitors far and wide?

Roll up! Roll up!

Glow-Worm Night Light

The Centipede may prefer to sleep in the dark, but that's not for everybody. Make your own Glow-worm night light with bits and bobs around your house...

Lights on!

Sensational Sound Effects

Using bits and bobs from around your house, why not have a go at making some Hollywood sound effects of your own?

Make some noise

An Alternate Escape

If they hadn't escaped on the peach, what might James and friends have chosen to float away on?

Get experimenting!

Protect the Peach

The peach is safely up in the air but what if it were to fall? Design a parachute to help James and friends lower the peach slowly to safety!

Get designing!

Indoor Weather

Be a friendly Cloud Man and make your very own weather from the comfort of your own home.

Make some rain!

Peachy Postcards

Imagine you have been a passenger on the Giant Peach and design and write your very own peachy postcard.

Make a card

Time for a quiz?

Take a moment to test your knowledge and stretch that brilliant brainbox inside your head.

How scary are you?

Are you as terrifying as the Grand High Witch herself... or, dare we ask, even more terrifying?

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How smelly are you?

Answer this quick quiz to find out whether a witch would be able to sniff you out!

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How well do you know The Witches?

You'll need as much witchy knowledge as your brain can possibly hold if you want to avoid them.

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Wonka's Sweet Solutions

Which sweet would you choose for each sticky situation?

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How well do you know Roald Dahl's stories?

Sharpen your brainbox and test your knowledge on our stories.

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The Mega Matilda Quiz

Here's your chance to show how much of a Matilda fan you are.

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Wonka's Whirlwind Tour

Can you match these descriptions to the correct rooms in Mr Wonka's chocolate factory?

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The Fantastic Quiz about Family

Family can mean all kinds of things - like parents, or grandparents, or a horde of small foxes.

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The Splendid Quiz about Sweets

Can you tell your Scarlet Scotchdroppers from your Giant Wangdoodles?

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How much do you know about Mr Wormwood?

See if you've got what it takes to make it in the world of second-hand car sales.

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Discover Matilda the Musical

The theatre may be closed, but the show must go on! Step backstage with the creators of Matilda the Musical to find out how they brought the story to life.

Matilda

Tim Minchin discusses how he wrote songs for Matilda The Musical's leading lady, Matilda.

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Bruce Bogtrotter

Dennis Kelly discusses the process of adapting the character Bruce Bogtrotter for the stage.

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Miss Honey

We hear from Tim Minchin and Lauren Ward, the original actress to play Miss Honey in the West End.

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The Trunchbull

Tim Minchin discusses how he wrote songs for Matilda The Musical's main villain, The Trunchbull.

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Mrs Wormwood

Dennis Kelly discusses bringing the character of Mrs Wormwood up to date for the stage.

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Calling all teachery types!

For Matilda the Musical resources for your class, simply click the button below.

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Things to make and do

Here you'll find the craftiest of craft ideas and the most excellent of experiments to keep you as busy as can be.

Formula 86 Lava Lamp

Those nasty witches have been brewing something boilsome - see if you can recreate their formula.

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Ink-redible Invisible Ink

Use these genius tips from Matilda to make your most secret messages appear like magic!

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Topsy-Turvy Trick

The terrible Twits play lots of horrid pranks on each other, but this simple trick is much less nasty.

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Sneaky Secret Messages

Those scheming witches have been sending secret messages again - colour in to reveal!

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Marvellous Mice

Make your very own paper mouse - just be careful not to get caught by those tricksy witches!

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Make a Musical Grasshopper

Using bits and bobs from around your house make this marvellous, musical grasshopper.

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The Centipede's New Shoes

Design a new pair of shoes for The Centipede and be part of our online class collage.

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Where Would You Go?

Draw a map to show where you would go if you could go on a Giant adventure!

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Floating Feat

Using just tissue paper and a balloon, see if you can create a little Matilda magic.

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Terrify the Trunchbull

Make your very own paper newt and terrify the terrible Trunch

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Collage a Book Cover

Create a cover for a brilliant book that you think Matilda would like to pick up and read!

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Brilliant Bookmarks

Create your very own personalised bookmark to keep track of your reading.

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Roly Poly's Colourful Collage

Look through your craft drawer (or recycling bin) to collage your own colourful Roly-Poly Bird.

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Make A Marvellous Medicine

What would you put in your very own marvellous medicine?

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