Make an Origami Fox
Make an Origami Fox Stuck on a train? In a traffic jam, or just whiling away the hours hanging out at home? Just beg, borrow (but don’t steal!) a sheet of A4 paper, and in a few minutes you’ll have a peculiar paper puppet that really talks (well, kinda) to amaze and amuse! Paper-folding is […]
Japan and manga themed activities for kids
Six Japan and manga themed activities you HAVE to try Are you ready for SIX brand-spanking new Awesome Activities to accompany our Manga issue? This month we’re looking at Japan and manga-themed activities. We’ve got sensational sakura printing, a whole heap of monkey business, a manga drawing challenge, some weird wave science, a bug hunt […]
How to Draw Manga Vol 1 – Create your own one-page comic!
How to Draw Manga – Vol 1 Manga are Japanese comics that lots of people love to read. Manga style was once defined as ‘brush gone wild’ by the legendary artist, Hokusai, and over 2 billion comics are sold every year, with around 85 manga magazine titles available. There is something for everyone, so let’s learn […]
The Giants Causeway: Myth and Math
The Giant’s Causeway: Myth and Math The Giant’s Causeway, found on the north coast of Northern Ireland, is a jagged promontory of neatly-packed basalt rock columns. Science, of course, holds the real answers to their formation, but for hundreds of years, storytellers have been coming up with their own ideas. The most ancient of these […]
Giants of the Animal Kingdom
Giants of the Animal Kingdom Our planet is home to over eight million different species of animals and plants. Some grow to enormous sizes and can therefore be called ‘megafauna’. Scientists aren’t sure why some creatures grow so big. Perhaps being super-sized helps an animal digest vast quantities of low-energy plant food? Or maybe super-sizing can […]
Top 5 Biggest Small Animals
Top 5 Biggest Small Animals! What animals do you think of as typically small and cute? Butterflies? Frogs? For every tiny species, there’s got to be a ‘biggest’ one of the bunch, right? So, to celebrate the publication of AQUILA’s Giants issue, we’ve rounded up our top 5 biggest small animals! Biggest butterfly – Queen […]
Blue Whale facts for kids
Big blue whale facts you won’t believe! In the Giants issue of AQUILA we took a look at the Antarctic blue whale’s unlikely comeback. Once abundant across the world’s oceans, commercial hunting took the blue whale’s population down to a critically endangered level. Thankfully though, numbers are starting to creep up again – albeit very […]
Giants in Mythology and Folklore
Giants in folklore, myth and legend Mythical giants are powerful, enormous humanoid beings. They appear in legends, myths and folklore from all over the world. There are mighty Celtic giants, like Cormoran and Gogmagog, and there are ginormous giants from central Africa (hello Bumba!). There are awe-inspiring Australian giants, like Crooked Mick, whose many incredible […]
GIANT Themed Activities for Kids
Six giant themed activities you HAVE to try! Look what’s landed! It’s the Awesome Activities to complement AQUILA’s Giant issue, and they’re all MEGA – even the little ones. From building and gardening, to writing and taking photos, there’s something for every AQUILAnaut out there! Which one will you try first? Make a Mini Living […]
Fun Activity for Kids: How to Make Giant Hands
Make GIANT Hands These gargantuan giant hands take a little bit of work to make but they’re so much fun to wear and play with it’s worth the extra effort. Why not team up with one or two others to maximise the fun and minimise the work? For this fun activity we made pink-coloured giant […]