UK Unplugged Blog: Updates on Boxes, Donations, Creative Activities, and Events

Group craft cyanotype with wooden and twine hanging mount

Blue Photo Adventure Group booking- This summer only!

Looking for a fun activity for your group this summer? I’m Dr Diana Powell and I run UK Unplugged, which helps families unplug from screens

Unplug with us! UK Unplugged Subscription

UK Unplugged Subscription “Research has shown links between television use and reduced creative imagination”, decreasing schoolchildren’s “mental imaginary skills” (BBC, 2020). So, are screens really

Directions to the Avionics event with a map and a plane

Time Flies Avionics: Come Fly with Us!

Time Flies Avionics. Join us on Saturday 9th March at the Bloom Building to celebrate British Science Week and learn all about planes! ✈️ We’ll be

Ellen’s tying knots, Japan style!

Hi, this is Ellen again! Sustainable wrapping may seem like a recent trend, but in Japan, the art of furoshiki has been around since the

Ellen playing Hanafuda with Kanae. We used these to model our own set for the Japan Box

Japan Box: Ellen’s take on the exciting experience of co-creating hanafuda cards

I’m Ellen, one of the Creative Education Assistants from the University of Liverpool and I worked with Kanae, Keris, Diana and Andy on the development

Boxes for the CAMHS Wait List

We began our deliveries for the local CAMHS waiting list on Friday. Children and young people recommended by their Care Navigator were able to choose

two brothers play poo balance at Christmas Makefest

Make Christmas Fun & Sustainable! A cool day out at Wirral MakeFest: Relax and Make Christmas Green

We brought our sustainable games and Christmas gifts to Wirral MakeFest on Saturday. Our💩 game from the Environmental Chemistry Box kept whole families entertained while

Victorian Christmas Spirit Event

Join us for the Victorian Christmas Spirit event on Dec 10th from 10-12 or 1-3! 📷Family Victorian Style Photographs by Little Vintage Photography (She’s built

Diana smiles with David North in front of a BBC radio Merseyside sign

Were in the News! BBC Radio Merseyside and Wirral Globe

We’ve been busy chatting about our new products in the Wirral Globe and on BBC Radio Merseyside. We just launched our Victorian Christmas Spirit Box…our

Day of the Dead Fun this Half Term

Are you ready for a fiesta that involves skulls and spirit animals? We are! This half-term join us at the Bloom Building and Coffee Culture,

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