Making Easter activities accessible for blind and partially sighted children can be eggstremely easy. Here are some suggestions to keep young hands and minds occupied…
Easter egg hunt
Swap a hide-and-seek Easter egg hunt for a puzzle-based one instead. Your trail of clues can be created using braille, large print or PENfriend labels to suit your circumstances (and the weather). Alternatively, you could create a tactile ‘treasure’ map of your home or garden using embossing film and a rubber mat – eggs mark the spot!
Arts and crafts
Break out the art supplies and let children colour in the friendly bunny on our tactile, colour-in Easter card. Both the bunny and the greeting (Happy Easter) have bold, black tactile lines to make colouring in a piece of (carrot) cake!
If your young person is more Grayson Perry than Frida Kahlo, you can browse the wide range of clay and modelling materials at a craft shop, or make a batch of salt dough for them instead.
Cook up some treats
Speaking of cake, if you’re looking to whip up some delicious Chocolate Easter egg nest cakes, check out our range of kitchen products, including our talking scale with easy-to-see measuring jug and non-slip mats to help reduce spills when mixing.
Our talking induction hob can also be used to melt the ingredients. With tactile controls and spoken feedback, it's designed specifically for blind and partially sighted people to cook safely and independently.
Get active
If you’re lucky enough to have access to space for ball games, you can encourage the livewires in your care to enjoy a kickabout with an audible football, or enjoy a game of catch with audible tennis balls, or larger audible balls.
Our butterfly bell ball can be used for play in swimming pools – it's colourful, light and has a jingling sound to make it easy to locate.
If you're thinking about a walk to enjoy some spring sunshine or work off that last Easter egg, check out our Urban Xplorer cane. This robust, but featherlight, cane is designed for children and adults. The small cane is adjustable from 38 to 45 inches – so it can grown with a young person through those growth spurts!
Storytime
Our braille and print books are perfect for shared reading – we add clear plastic sheets with braille to the original illustrated book so braille and print readers can read together. We're adding new titles, in contracted and uncontracted UEB, all the time. Our latest additions include The Bum that Barked, Monsters in my Maths Book, and The Tale of Mrs M'Grady.
You can also explore our range of audio books on DAISY CD for children and young adults, from favourites like The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, and The World of Pooh, to modern classics like Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy.
Board and card games
If rain stops outdoor play, make sure your games cupboard is well-stocked to keep boredom at bay. Our accessible board games include braille or large print Scrabble and tactile magnetic ludo; fans of Uno will find our accessible card games of interest; and our accessible playing cards are perfect for Snap!, Solitaire, or a game of Sevens.
