Lay and rest
Quite often we get to bedtime and we sing the same old tune to the kids and it is like a broken record. Try some newer versions of older lullabies to familiar tunes and see some great results with sleeping babies.
Snow play dough
Play dough is cheap and easy to make and once you've made it, your child will enjoy playing with it for hours. This snow play dough recipe makes an all-white play dough. So you don't even need food colouring.
Ghost spoon puppet
This festive Halloween ghost spoon puppet will be a fun addition to your Halloween display. Stage a fabulously ghoulish ghost play this holiday with your kids and watch as they enjoy their imaginative play.
Telephone game
This activity helps to stimulate your babies communication skills. They can learn key words in their vocab
Tongue twisters: Tree toad
Tongue twisters help develop speech skills in young children as well as older children who need additional help with speech therapy.
Frozen treats
Kids of all ages will love chasing each other in this fast-paced game of chasing that freezes and melts all players in the game! Loads of fun!
Peek a boo game
Babies love peek a boo it is something they can learn to play by themselves.
Fruit loop rainbow craft
Sure, Fruit Loops aren't exactly nutritious, but that's why you can use them for a fun St Patrick's Day craft activity instead. This easy rainbow craft activity will keep your kids amused on a rainy day. Don't let them eat too many along the way!
Chinese New Year colouring pages: Horse shoe
In Chinese astrology, 2014 is the Year of the Horse! Celebrate with this Chinese New Year colouring page, which features a horse shoe positioned for good luck!
Bending a coin
Learning to perform magic tricks is a great way for children to develop their confidence and cognitive thinking. This simple coin trick relies on optical illusion.
Cat’s cradle string game
Cats cradle is a string game you may remember from childhood. It requires two people to pass the string back and forth to make your string figure. Check out our how-to video.
Creepy eyes in trees decoration
Make your house spooky this Halloween with this creepy "eyes in trees" decoration idea.
Make an egg carton lobster
If you have some egg cartons in your recycling box, turn them into a wonderful art project! This egg carton lobster can be part of an ocean-themed set of sea creatures for imaginative play or for display. Degree of difficulty: medium.
Frog paper bag puppet
Puppet play is a great way to fire a child's imagination: they make up the rules, the roles and all the situations. By making your own simple puppets, your child will have a hand in creating the character as well.
Animal, vegetable or mineral game
Travel games and activities for children of all ages will occupy them for hours. Children will love this game as it is fun to guess and interact with each other.
Witch costume: How to dress like a witch
Put together a kid's witch costume with these easy step-by-step videos and you'll have the perfect Halloween dressup!
Goodnight baby
There is no better voice than your own. Baby loves that the most. It matters not how good or bad it sounds to you, baby is the most comfortable with it. So, sing to bub at bedtime and send them off sweetly.
Flags of the world: Spain
Flags of the world are often taught to our children in middle primary school. They learn briefly about the history of the country and what the flag and its colours represent. Learn a little bit about Spain and its flag with this colouring printable flag for kids.
Rattle and roll: Biscuit tin banter
Babies love noise. They love it even more when they are the ones making it! This biscuit tin banter toy promises to provide endless hours of noisy fun for your little one.
Make a cut and fold jet plane
This simple paper plane template is a simple paper craft activity for kids. Just print out the FREE printable jet plane template and add scissors and glue.
Pool game for kids: Treasure toys
Treasure hunts are always fun. Every kid loves them. Have fun in the water with this game of treasure hunt - the kids may just learn a thing or two.
Boobah patterns
Online games can provide loads of entertainment and keep children busy for hours. This game is no exception as children can create different sounds and coloured characters with the Boobah profiles.
Tongue twisters: Sheep
Tongue twisters are phrases or sentences which are hard to speak fast, usually because of alliteration or a sequence of words with very similar sounds.
Mother’s Day print poem
There is nothing mums love more on Mother's Day than receiving homemade gifts made by the loving hands of her children. This year your kids can choose a heartwarming Mother's Day poems for the bookmark, card, or photoframe they're making specially for Mother's Day.
Make your own snow globe
What is it about a snow globe that makes them so magical? Is it because they may be souvenirs from a far away place or perhaps reminds us of what winter is like in the northern hemisphere? Whatever the reason, your kids can make a magical gift to give to someone. Here's how.
Rhythm game
Try out this baby music activity and have your baby tapping along too. As your baby grows, baby games become more interactive and more fun for you and baby.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar handprint art
The simple colourful illustrations from Eric Carle's classic children's book, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, are the perfect inspiration for some good old-fashioned handprint art. How many other things from the book can you make with your handprints?
Chiming fork science experiment
Science for kids is always fun and the chiming fork brings sound science experiments to a new level. Kids enjoy science and sounds, so combine the two in this fun activity and see if they can record what happens without you letting them know what will happen.
Paper heart trees
Decorate your house this Valentine's Day with the Valentine version of a Christmas tree. These paper heart trees take a little bit of cutting prep but are easy as once you get down to the gluing part.
Pickle
Get your kids out and active with a game of pickle. This is a great kids activity to get them moving as they chase each other around. Get them to work up an appetite with this classic game.