Activities for Ages 5+
Take the Christmas Photo Craft Challenge!
We’ve come across a lovely little photo craft competition over on BritMums – the Christmas Photocrafts Challenge, sponsored by Kodak. They’ve joined forces with two of our favourite kids’ craft bloggers – Maggy from Red Ted Art and Penny from the Alexander Residence – to help inspire Mums and Dads to create our very own beautiful handmade, personalised [...]
Get Your Yule On! Christmas Activities for Kids near the King’s Road (London)
The next few weeks are going to be incredibly festive on and around The King’s Road (London). There are loads of fun and Christmassy affairs to take the kids to, or to enjoy sans enfant, during the next few weeks. Shopping for children this Christmas? In case you missed the last one, Le Fille Unique [...]
Easy Hallowe’en crafts for kids
Hallowe’en is a great time of year to get the creative juices flowing, and you would be surprised at how excited your children can get at the prospect of glueing bits of orange paper to glass jars (and to themselves), or making monstrous creatures out of scraps from your recycling box. There are so many [...]
How to throw a great Hallowe’en Party for Young Children
Hallowe’en is such an exciting time of year for parents with young children and we’re really looking forward to our own little Hallowe’en party with a group of under fives! Dressing up is one of their favourite activities even on a normal playdate, so the idea of being allowed to actually walk around the neighbourhood [...]
Free event for kids: Wicked Day in London
WICKED Day, a free event for kids in London, looks like a frighteningly good way to get into the Hallowe’en spirit! This year’s WICKED Day event will take place between 12noon and 4pm on Sunday 30 October 2011 at the London Film Museum, County Hall, situated on the South Bank and overlooked by the iconic [...]
5 things to do with kids this Autumn
We’ve been scouring the web for the very best half term activities for your children, and have come up with 5 ideas your family will just love. Read on to discover some unique half-term workshops, day-cations across the UK, live shows and musicals, and superb autumn crafts…. 1. Make something cool out of acorns and [...]
Spooky days out with kids for Halloween 2011
Looking for an alternative Halloween activity idea rather than trick-or-treating or duck apples? We’ve put together a list of kid friendly Halloween events that will scare and excite you at the same time. Book quickly though, these events sell as quickly as toffee apples… Alton Towers’ Scarefest Alton Towers’ annual Scarefest starts on 15th October [...]
Unusual sightings make for a fascinating day out with kids this autumn
Children are fascinated by plants and wildlife – just ask anyone who has turned out their toddler’s pocket to find a dozen acorns, a leaf, a handful of whirligigs and a dried worm. With our unseasonably hot start to autumn, staff at the London Wetland Centre have observed some fascinating rare occurences in nature: Rare Plant [...]
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