At-Home Learning Activities
Elm Shakespeare Company’s Staff Members and YES! Members have compiled a selection of arts and crafts, learning games, and projects inspired by Shakespeare and his plays! You can complete each of these activities at home with minimal art supplies necessary! We hope you have fun, and if you know another activity that is not on our lists, you can use our “Suggest An Activity” portal to let us know your recommendation!
Make A Romeo and Juliet Mask for the Masquerade Ball!
Your child will be the star of the star-crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet Masquerade Ball in these homemade masks! In this activity get your hands glittery while teaching about Shakespeare’s most famous lovers, Romeo and Juliet.
Photo Credit: Two River Theater & Katie Benson
Make A Romeo & Juliet Inspired Book Scene
Do you and your kiddo love the Balcony scene of Romeo and Juliet as much as we do? Why not re-create it with this fake pop-up book? You can also try this idea with other iconic scenes from Shakespeare’s plays!
Photo Credit: Two River Theater & Katie Benson
Make A Bard-Inspired Ruffle Collar!
You and your little one can dress up like Elizabethan Shakespeare, the Bard! All you need is some coffee filters, ribbon, scissors, stapler, staples, a hole punch, and some time!
Photo Credit: Two River Theater & Katie Benson
Make A Paper Crown!
Imitate Queen Margaret in Shakespeare’s Henry VI Part 3 by creating a paper crown to give to your enemies! This paper crown is a wonderful craft to ignite a discussion about any of Shakespeare’s plays dealing with royalty, which is a great deal of Shakespeare’s canon! To create this crown you will need scissors, a pencil, cardstock paper, glue, tape, and the printable crown template.
Photo Credit: Two River Theater & Katie Benson
Make A Prop Dagger for all of your Shakespearean Tragedy Needs!
This prop dagger is the perfect art craft to aid your discussion of plays such as Macbeth or Julius Caesar. To complete the project you will need cardboard, tin foil, a glue stick, duct tape, a utility knife, a pair of scissors, and the printable dagger template. You can also use these instructions to make a full prop sword by drawing a longer blade!
Photo Credit: Two River Theater & Katie Benson
Create A Paper Ship Able To Bear Any Tempest!
Build a Shakesepearn ship that will sail through the conversations of The Tempest and Pericles. You will need a wooden dowel, a cardboard box, paper straws, hot glue, scissors, and a pencil
Photo Credit: Crayola
Make A Paper Quill!
Write your very own Shakespearean Comedy or Tragedy with this homemade paper quill! Use coloring pencils to decorate the quill then cut along the dotted line, except for where it says “Fold Here”. Once you and your child have cut out the quill place and tape a colored pencil in the center of one feather then fold the other feather over and tape the two sides together.
Photo Credit: PNG Egg
Build Your Globe Theater At Home!
This paper model of The Globe Theater is perfect to help you and your child dive into the deep history of The Globe Theater. For construction, you will need tape, scissors, colored pencils, and the printable Globe Theater Template.
Photo Credit": Small World, Teaching Macbeth: Book Covers and Poem Activity
Create Your Own Play Cover!
You and your kiddo can design your own play cover for ANY play! This activity can be done just by freehand drawing or by making a collage!
Play A Shakespeare Inspired Kahoot!
This is one of the Youth of Elm Shakespeare Advisory Council's favorite ways to relieve stress and goof around! There are many Kahoots created specifically about Shakespeare and his plays. Have fun with your kids as you try to guess the right answers anywhere any time on any smart device or computer!
Make Your Own Coat Of Arms!
You and your little one can enjoy being creative and learning about the 16th Century by making your own coat of arms!
Suggest An At-Home Learning Activity!
Know another great Shakespeare-inspired At-Home Learning Activity? Contact the Youth of Elm Shakespeare Advisory Council, YES!, so we may add it to the Elm Shakespeare Something To Read List! We also welcome you to contact us if you find a mistake on our webpage so we may fix it!