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8 Summer Activities That Combine Fun and Development for Your Kids

Looking for summer activities for kids? Discover 8 fun ideas that support learning, creativity, confidence and development, from water play and scavenger hunts to gardening and cooking.

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School Holiday Activity: HARIBO saves the day with fuss-free, low cost recipe to keep the kids occupied

With school holidays kicking off this weekend, and reports noting that kids will reach peak summer holiday boredom by 12th August, HARIBO is here to the rescue with a brand-new fun, fuss-free recipe to keep the kids occupied . What’s better than eating your favourite HARIBOs right out the packet in front of the TV? Cooking with them!

The recipe is no-bake and kid-friendly , so you...

Pink and blue themed sweet cones

We’ve been busy making lots of sweet cones in preparation for an upcoming school fete and some birthday parties we are going to. I always find that sweet cones make great gifts and children really love the variety inside.

These sweet cones got a great reaction from my children when they first saw them, which was great, as these were a bit fiddly to make.

For these sweet...

Family-friendly summer workouts

Getting active: Family-friendly summer workouts

Exercise isn’t just something adults should do at the gym: the whole family needs to get plenty of movement in their everyday lives, both for their physical and mental health. The good news is that during the summer holidays, you have a great opportunity to exercise as a family, as you not only have the time but also (hopefully) the weather....

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Learning about lower case letters

If your little ones are learning about letters, we have the perfect activity for you!

For this activity, I got some pieces of A5 paper and in the centre, I wrote the letter I wanted my children to find, for example ‘a’ . I made sure I made the central letter quite large, so it stood out. Then around the rest of the paper I wrote the letter again several times, plus a few other letters....

Food sorting activity

We have been learning about healthy and unhealthy foods, so today I set up a tuff tray to help my little one learn through play .

I got two pieces of paper and wrote ‘healthy’ on one and ‘unhealthy’ on the other, and then I put these sheets onto the tuff tray.

Then I got a good selection of our play food and set that on the tray too. I asked my daughter if she could put all...

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Encanto themed treasure hunt

My children loved the Disney film Encanto, so I decided to make an activity using the characters today.

We have an Encanto busy book, which has all the main characters, which were the perfect size for me to use.

I followed the storyline from the film, where Mirabel was looking for her long-lost uncle, Bruno. I used our doll's house as the family home in the film and this is where the...

🍦 Turn your smoothie into an ice lolly 🍦

We saw this ice lolly hack recently and had to give it a go! If you have drinks cartons in the fridge, like smoothies or orange juice, you can easily turn these into ice lollies to make an extra tasty, cold and healthy treat.

All you need to do is get your carton of choice, we chose a smoothie and cut a small slice in the top. The slice needs to be just big enough for you to slot an...

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Frozen Themed Ice Play Activity

As many of our regular readers will know, my two little ones LOVE ice play! So will the weather being so nice we have been doing lots more of it!

My daughter loves the Disney Frozen film, so we decided to combine one of our favourite activity ideas with our favourite characters.

I tried to make this one a bit different by freezing the characters in bigger Tupperware...

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Chocolate cornflake cake filled Easter eggs

If you love chocolate then this is definitely the Easter treat for you!

We made a simple chocolate cornflake cake mixture , then we added some sprinkles and crushed mini eggs.

We found these great Easter egg moulds @hobbycrafthq which we poured melted chocolate into, then put in the fridge to set.

Once the chocolate eggs were set we carefully removed them from the...

Easter bunny meringue nests

These Easter bunny nests are so cute and super easy to make!

What you need:

🐰 meringue nest

🐰 whipped cream

🐰 chocolate bunny

🐰 mini eggs

🐰 chocolate shavings

How to make them:

Squirt your whipped cream on top of your meringue then place your chocolate bunny and eggs on top of the cream. Then grate some chocolate I’ve the top. That’s it...