Young Friends stay-at-home sleepover: battling Brits
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Travel back in time to the wonderful world of Celts, Vikings and Anglo-Saxons.
Bring the magic of the British Museum to your home with our range of activities created exclusively for Young Friends, from cooking a feast worthy of the Vikings to putting your warrior skills to the test in Boudicca's Bootcamp.
See the schedule for our suggested order of how to plan out your evening.
Young Friends sleepover schedule
1. Get creative with these sleepover activities
Pick from a selection of fun activities before you start Boudicca's Bootcamp.
- Create a Viking shield
- Make Viking-inspired popcorn
- Craft a Sutton Hoo helmet
- Create a Battling Brits bookmark
- Watch Celtic expert and British Museum curator Dr Julia Farley answer Young Friends' questions about Celtic life.
We'd love to see your crafty creations, you can email a picture of them to youngfriends@britishmuseum.org
2. Take part in Boudicca's Bootcamp
Do you have what it takes to be a Celtic warrior? Put your skills to the test in this historic bootcamp run by none other than Queen Boudicca, leader of the Iceni tribe of East Anglia.
3. Settle in with a bedtime story
Wrap up the sleepover with either:
- Our selection of film suggestions
- Or learn all about Viking life in our child-friendly tour of the 2014 BP exhibition Vikings: life and legend.
