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Welcome to our interactive Play at Home page! With our Recreation facilities closed and programs cancelled, we know families are looking for new and interesting ways to keep everyone busy. We are excited to continue to provide a variety of programs, activities and many ways to keep your family happy and healthy!
So watch us, join us, or DIY with us, check out the sections below to learn more! New activities will continue to be posted every weekday, so there will be no shortage of things to do.
Have an idea for an At Home activity or program? Submit your suggestion online using the Essex Plays At Home Feedback Form.
Watch Us
Click the links below to follow along our variety of videos!
- Grab a rope and join us for this 5 minute fitness!
- Start off your new year on the right foot with this at home fitness video!
- Take a short Brain Break with this elbow to knee activity!
- Get the kids ready to stretch and relax in this I Am Yoga video.
- Get those arms moving in this 10 minute upper body fitness!
- Get your paint brushes out for this cute penguin step by step.
- This sloth painting will keep everyone challenged and entertained for an evening activity!
- Find time to get in a quick workout focused on balance and cardio today!
- ABC Yoga for your little ones! Download this PDF & follow along.
- Grab a deck of cards for this fun at home workout routine!
- Feeling sore from all of that sitting? Here's a simple desk yoga to do!
- Try these brain break lunges to get the blood flowing!
- Have a little one at home? Scoop them up for this Parent/Tot workout!
Join Us - Virtual Programs
We have a variety of courses running virtually - register and join us from the comfort of your own home! Courses include curbside pickup for all required materials.
Let our staff lead you and your children in exciting activities online!
Winter 2022 Programs:
- Virtual Magic the Gathering Draft
- Virtual Art Attack
- Virtual Creative Canvases
- Virtual Babysitter Training
- Virtual Home Alone Training
- Virtual Youth Paint Night- Winter Fox
- Virtual Paint Night- Winter Sunset
- Virtual Harry Potter Trivia
- Virtual Friends Trivia
- Virtual Youth Paint Night- Giraffe
- Virtual Paint Night- Butterfly
Do It Yourself with Us
Looking for something to do? We’ve got great activities and programs ready to go with easy to follow instructions, using items you can easily find at home or on your grocery list!
- Follow along with us during this simple Origami Stars craft!
- This easy craft makes use of any marbles you have at home!
- Run around the house looking for items in this simple Scavenger Hunt
- Follow our staff as they walk you through this Salt Art.
- Grab some pipecleaners and a coffee filter for this parachute craft!
- Download our playdough structure instructions and watch our quick video before you get creative!
- Fizzy Art instructions and video - afternoon giggles guaranteed!
- Here's a simple gravity art video with printed instructions.
- Print off this Essex Bingo card then get out and explore the Town!
- DIY bouncy balls are sure to keep the kids smiling! Instructions
- Make your own stickers! Super easy and fun activity for all ages.
Essex Plays at Home Archive
Check out the list below for links to all of our past activities.
Watch Us
Get Active!
- Enjoy a fun and family-friendly dance session with our Family Fusion Dance video.
- Practice swim and aquatic techniques with your whole family with our At Home Swim Practice video.
- Line 'em up and knock 'em down with our Duplo Bowling activity instructional video.
- Follow along with a simple at home water-free aqua fitness workout.
- Follow along with another quick at home fitness routine.
- Get the blood flowing with our Five Minute Movement video.
- Get moving with another Five Minute Fitness video.
- Get up and get moving with this 5 minute Fitness video!
- Stay active and healthy with this 5 Minute Fitness video.
- Do a 5 minute fitness workout with us!
- Join us for this week's 5 minute movement video.
- Review some Bike Safety tips in this video!
- Staff Spring 2024
- Practice a wide range of skills with our Chalk Obstacle Course.
Be Challenged!
- Get prepared with a video to make your own Home First Aid Kid.
- Learn some important safety tips about Allergies and Epi-Pens with our quick instructional video.
- Learn how to care for unconscious victims in this Emergency First Aid video.
- Check out our refresher video on Primary Emergencies.
- Prepare for any emergency with our 72 Hour Emergency Kit instructional video.
- Plan your escape with our Home Escape Plan instructional video.
- Play along with our Piano Skills video.
- Let's learn about A Major with Bre in this Piano Skills video.
- Check out this week's Piano Skills video!
- Learn all about G Major in this Piano Skills video.
- Play your ukulele with Bre! London Bridge Is Falling Down
- Learn how to play Baa Baa Black Sheep on the Ukulele.
- Grab your ukulele and play along to Rain Rain Go Away.
Go Create!
- Learn some useful tips for keep your household organized with our home organization tips and tricks video.
- Enjoy a relaxing Crochet Coaster activity with your family.
- Add some decoration to your home windows with our Window Art craft instructional video.
- Watch along as we share a Printmaking Craft video! Supplies needed include construction paper, paint, and found objects.
- Create this easy summer-inspired Snow Cone Painting!
- Relax at home and enjoy our D.I.Y Face Mask video.
- Learn how to crochet with this easy Cup Cozy video.
- Try this fun NERF activity!
- Make your own Sourdough Starter with this how to video.
- Bake your own Sourdough Bread Loaf.
- Tantalize your tastebuds with our Spring Snack How-to video.
- Turn an egg into a rubber ball with this Science Experiment.
- Try this fun Walking Water science experiment!
Join Us
Get Active!
- Join us for a Zen Yoga for Kids on our Facebook page.
- Join us for a Zen Yoga for Kids on our Facebook page.
- Join us for a Zen Yoga for Kids on our Facebook page.
Be Challenged!
- SpongeBob Trivia
- Home-based Scavenger Hunt
- Game of Thrones Trivia
- Disney Trivia
- Virtual Pokémon Trivia
- The Office Trivia
- Pokémon Trivia
- Family Bingo
- LIVE Bingo via Zoom.
- Sink or Float Experiment with household objects with our Facebook live video.
Go Create!
- Get in touch with your inner Beethoven with our Mini Mozarts session LIVE on our Facebook page.
- Paint Night
- Lighthouse Painting
DIY with Us
Get Active!
- Take a family walk and keep your eyes peeled with our Family Walk & Spot BINGO!
- Get creative in your driveway or sidewalk with some Family Chalk Art Fun!
- Take a walk and keep your eyes peeled with I Spy in the Neighbourhood.
Be Challenged!
- May the Fourth be with you! Use your Jedi powers or turn to the Dark Side in our digital Star Wars Escape Room!
- There was a robbery in LEGO Town! Jump in online to help solve the case with our digital Lego Escape Room activity.
- Be re-Bourne while Bond-ing with your kids during this Spy Mission activity. If you complete your mission, you'll receive an official certificate from the Town's Spy Headquarters, M.I.Highway 3.
- Test your lifesaving knowledge with our Lifesaving Match Up activity.
- Practice healthy eating with our Healthy Snacking Maze and Worksheet!
- Test your Aquatic Leadership knowledge with this Livesaving Fill in the Blanks.
- Find lifesaving words with the Lifesaving Society Word Search.
Go Create!
- Get musical by making your own ukulele! Then, learn some tips with our Ukulele Instructional Video.
- Make your own Comic Book superhero!
- Help out your feathered friends with our DIY Birdhouse craft!
- Make your own playdough by following our simple playdough recipe.
- Practice your sculpting skills with our Playdough Bugs activity.
- On Friday, May 1 build a LEGO maze for marbles!
- Grab some building blocks for a DUPLO Ring Toss activity.
- Test your brain power with our Duplo Puzzles.
- The dream to be master of your own domain comes true with our Do-It-Yourself Board Game Kit! Print the template and get creative to make a fun and exciting board game.
- Colour with Petunia and Bloomer as they always swim with a buddy!
- Learn the importance of water safety with an Essex-themed colouring page.
- Learn about sun safety with our Petunia Safe Sun Colouring Sheet.
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