Three legged race
The three legged race is a classic party game that has been around forever. Kids will love being tied together with a friend while they enjoy the challenge of trying to walk and run together. Make sure theres a soft landing!
Kitchen science activity: Melt and mix rocky road
Rocky road is an easy no-cook recipe but guess what? Kids don't like glace cherries. This version of rocky road substitutes red frogs for the cherries. Yum!
Sock puppet – advanced
Experimenting with puppets allows children to express all kinds of alter egos; all within the safe haven of imaginative play. Making your own sock puppets is a fun craft activity that can result in hours of creative play with the puppet itself.
Speed Card Game
A great card game for older kids involving a lot of fast-paced action.
The egg float experiment
Do you have curious kids? Follow the simple steps to this egg float experiment with them and it will teach the kids how it floats, then sinks. The will be amazed
Kazounds musical online game
Have fun with this online musical memory game and watch as your kids not only enjoy playing this fun kids game, but also learn about music as they play! Log on today to help your children start learning and experiencing the wonders of music
Ping pong puff
Take a deep breath and get ready to blow your hardest with this awesomely fun kids party game. All you need is a table and a ball to keep the kids entertained with Ping pong puff. So get puffing today!
Shamrock Hair Accessories For St Patrick’s Day
St Patrick's Day is a fun day to celebrate all things Irish so go green with these hair accessories. They are a simple way for your child to dress up for March 17.
Paper plate puppet theatre
Paint and puppets - the perfect combination for a creative afternoon. In fact, making these puppets is a big part of the fun. Help your kids create their own handheld theatre, then sit back and let them perform a puppet show for you.
Build your own ant farm
Children will enjoy creating their own ant farm with this activity and learning how ants live and survive. They will love feeding the ants and watching them scurry about.
Good sleeping patterns activity
Getting your baby to sleep in a calm environment will help develop good sleeping patterns and sleep time will be relaxing for baby and mum.
Popsicle stick photo frame
Do you have a photo of yourself with mum that you would like to make even more special? Pop it in a picture frame that you have made all by yourself - she will love it!
Ballet lessons in the garden
Kids love dancing to music, so this fun party activity will be a hit, particularly with little girls who see themselves as ballerinas.
How to stage your own puppet show
It's pretty much a given that children pay more attention to stories when there are visual cues like pictures or animations to flesh out the narrative. Staging your own puppet show is a great way to get your child involved in actually telling the story as well.
Sensory play: Beach critters play dough
Theres so much more to do with sand and shells than just collect them. Painting is always fun but what about this? A play dough activity that feels like it too has been collected from the edges of the ocean.
Make straw rockets
These simple straw rockets with fly far if you make them right. Use the free printable and create your own straw rockets then do some test flights, just like NASA does.
Make a pop-up paper village accessories
Making a pop-up paper village can mean you end up drawing a LOT of windows, doors, plants and other extras. Check out this FREE printable that covers all those pop-up paper village accessories (so you don't have to). Simply colour them in, cut them out and stick them on.
Categories
This car game will keep the kids entertained for hours. It is a fun game that involves them thinking of words that match their chosen categories.
Make a pipe cleaner toy
This easy homemade toy idea can be popped into a toddler busy bag for those times when you need your child to sit still: doctor's waiting rooms, car trips and plane trips. It's also a good learning game that will help develop colour recognition and fine motor skills.
Beach ball race
This is a simple and fun activity to play while in the swimming pool. Kids will love racing against each other to see who is the fastest with their ball. It can be played by kids of all ages, so get them in the pool and let the fun begin!
Make homemade clay beads
This is a simple and great way to make beads. Children will enjoy painting and threading them to create necklaces
Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
Heads, shoulders knees and toes will always put a smile on a childs face. This interactive nursery rhyme is great for all ages of learning from vocabulary to indicating body parts.
Traffic sign colouring pages for kids: Traffic lights
Next time you're out for a walk with the kids, teach them about what the different road signs mean and why they're there. This activity will remind children that the signs they see everywhere around them have meaning. Get kids to colour in these free printables.
Four Aces Magic Trick
This simple card trick is a fun way to improve your child's maths skills and cognitive thinking. Teaching kids how to do magic tricks can also improve their confidence and self esteem.
Textured painting
Keep the kids entertained with this brilliant piece art work. Mixing textures in with your paints will create a 3D look of textured paint worthy of fridge display or even a frame.
Lucy Lockett
Nursery rhymes are a fun way to teach your children about music, rhyme and language.
Lemon sherbet
Lemon sherbet is an all time delicious sweet. This activity gives you all the instructions you need to be making it with the kids at home any time of the day.
Whizzing balloons
This is a great party game for children of all ages to enjoy. Children will love watching their balloons rise and will be eager to see who will win.
20 ways to have fun with eggs and egg cartons
Open the fridge. Have you got a carton of eggs in there? Well guess what? You've also got yourself a carton of fun!
Craft a pelican windsock
This paper mache pelican windsock is a great addition to any garden and is super easy to make. Make one today.