How to collect your Blue Peter badges
- 3+
Blue Peter brings you the Six Badges of Summer! A brand new initiative designed to keep kids across the UK busy, entertained and active by earning their very own collection of Blue Peter Badges.
Challenges have been set during Blue Peter. You can download a wall chart to keep track of how you’re doing and you can even apply for the badges themselves. To hear from celebrities and to join in, head here and watch Blue Peter every week on CBBC, CBeebies and iPlayer.
1. Green badge: Help save the planet
This green badge calls on you to do your bit for the planet.
Earn your badge by…
- Feeding the birds. Make this easy kebab feeder and see which feathered friends come to visit.
- Plant a seed. Visit our friends at Gardener’s World to find out what to plant and when.
- Make a butterfly feeder to attract pollinators to your garden.
- Reduce: find ways to use less packaging. Why not replace bottled shampoo with shampoo bars?
- Reuse: save used yoghurt pots and turn them into a terrific train. Or collect toilet roll tubes and boxes to make this desk tidy.
- Recycle: children can help to make sure all rubbish in your home is recycled.
2. Sport badge
This red badge asks you to get active.
Earn your badge by…
- Having a sports day in your garden.
- Set up an obstacle course and time how long it takes everyone to complete it.
- Do a workout together. Try Joe Wicks – or here’s a fun gentle workout designed for kids and parents to do together.
- Try an online yoga class, like this Frozen Adventure by Cosmic Kids.
3. Music badge
This music badge asks you to get into your groove.
Earn your badge by…
- Making up a dance routine.
- Forming a family band. If you don’t own instruments, make them! Here’s an easy way to make 5 musical instruments – from a cake tin guitar to a cool kazoo.
- Learn the words to your favourite song – and do the actions, too.
- Have a song battle. Each play a favourite song and vote for whose you like best.
- Have a music festival at home. Wear facepaints and watch your favourite bands – will you choose Elton, Ed Sheeran or Andy and the Odd Socks?
4. Blue badge: say thank you to your heroes
This blue badge asks you to say thank you to your heroes.
Earn your badge by…
- Making a Thank You Key Workers poster for your window. We’ve got 5 ideas, including a poster to colour, here.
- Create a rainbow for your window. Try one of these 4 rainbow art ideas.
- Make biscuits for your chosen hero – is it grandma and grandad, your postman or maybe your teacher?
- Or why not send them a homemade gift.
5. Purple badge: be a CBeebies superfan
This purple badge asks you to show your love for your favourite Cbeebies characters.
Earn your badge by…
- Making your favourite Numberblock out of play dough squares. You can use your new Numberblock to help you learn maths.
- Put on the stupendous Stick Song and groove with Hey Duggee and the Squirrels.
- If you’ve got an Andy’s Amazing Dinosaur Adventures fan at home, why not make a cool salt dough dinosaur fossil.
- Something Special fans can’t go wrong with this collection of 5 easy Mr Tumble crafts.
6. Silver badge: try something new
This badge asks you to step out of your comfort zone. What can you do that you’ve never done before?
Earn your badge by…
- Creating something using paper mache. This video shows you the easiest way to make paper mache glue.
- See the sun rise together.
- Try a science experiment. We’ve got 10 easy science experiments here.
- Watch a new movie. Why not pop your own popcorn if you haven’t tried it before. You can’t go wrong with these popcorn recipes from our friends at BBC Good Food.
- Make your own bread. This easiest ever loaf is a good place to start.
- Make your own play dough. You’ll be amazed how simple it is.