These unusual Nativities in the picture are our picks from the Etsy collection. The Christmas Nativity blocks are great for kids to handle and play with. The 14 pieces have been sanded, antiqued and finished …

Crafting with junk is one of my favourite ways to get creative and when it comes to recycling I am partial to magazine pages. In the past we made coasters, table mats and napkin rings. …

Supporting creative play does not make me a mother who is completely against modern gadgets and electronic games. I believe all good things in moderation is often the answer, depriving children of something completely would …

Snakes and ladders is one of our favourite games so we often adapt it to special themes and Halloween seemed like the perfect occasion to slightly modify it. Our haunted snakes and ladders is very …

To complete our homemade set of Halloween lights this year we made a Frankenstein lantern to join the pumpkin and vampire from last year. Only this time instead of painting the jars we opted for …

Every year IKEA gets together with UNICEF and Save the Children to raise money for children in need and enable them to access quality education with the Soft Toy Campaign. For every soft toy, kid’s meal …

This is probably the easiest craft we have ever done, yet it is so effective. All you need to make these ghosts are white paper bags, black marker and a pair of scissors. Draw the …

Pumpkins are not readily available where we are so this year we turned a washing powder container into our jack’ o’ lantern.  The process was fun and the skill necessary is definitely less much less …

Looking around for Halloween songs I landed on a fantastic website Science with Me where you will find songs, science movies, games and fun experiments for kids to learn about science. Whilst I was …

At the weekend we had so much fun making this abstract art with only a little paint of different colours, water, straws and paper. We sprinkled drops of paint mixed with water on the paper …

I would like to welcome Visit Britain’s new video on board. The video on the right hand column is part of the Itinerary series that explore holiday destinations in the United Kingdom and show you …

Pretend play seems to be my son’s favourite activity right now; in particular he likes to pretend to be a restaurant owner/chef who welcomes customers and serves them food. After a few times of playing …