Explore our catalogue of award-winning activities and games
Busy Things hosts over 1600 curriculum-linked activities and games for early years and primary aged children. A school subscription also includes lots of features and tools for teachers that promise to save planning time. Take a free trial to have a proper play or book a demo here.
Busy paint and publisher
Start by loading a template or an existing file that you have worked on before. There are painting templates and writing templates.
Pieces of work you create are saved in the 'My files' area of the setup you are using.
Picture tools appear on the right (pens and brushes, stamps and stickers).
Colours, patterns and gradients appear in the bottom left and along the bottom.
General tools (save, load, print, change template, clear, undo and zoom) appear in the top left.
To type in a text box click in it and the text formatting tools will appear.
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To access the whole of Busy Things take a free trial
Start your free trial now!
No payment details required. No obligation to buy.Your free trial includes
- access to 1600+ of fun educational activities and games
- Create an area just for your class (school version)
- Track activities and send feedback (school version)
- Customisable games and activities targeting core maths, literacy and phonics skills
- Creative activities working with colours, shapes and sounds
- Busy Code - a whole suite of activities and guides for teaching children how to code
- A custom phonics and maths worksheet maker
- Curriculum-links and activity search
- Pupil timelines - see what your pupils have been doing
- Set assignments and collate results
- Play on desktop computers, laptops and tablets
Schools
Schools have no limit on the number of pupils that can use Busy Things simultaneously.









