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Think Outside - 4 Lovely Ways To Spend Mother's Day

Mothers go above and beyond for their children every day of the year. On a special Sunday in March, little ones are given the chance to reciprocate this. Mother’s Day is the perfect time for fresh flowers, luxurious chocolates, and breakfast in bed. After indulging in these treats, your family can also celebrate Mother’s Day in the outdoors.

This article will explore some of the...

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Efteling to open ‘Alice in Wonderland’ inspired temporary fairytale Theme Park

Efteling to open ‘Alice in Wonderland’ inspired temporary fairytale for its 70th anniversary Efteling Wonderland will open 28 March until 3 October

For seventy years, Efteling, the fairytale theme park located in the south of Holland, has been a special World of Wonders where visitors are immersed in fairytales, stories and legends. For 2022 only, as part of its jubilee anniversary...

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Childcare experts share seven fun learning activities to do with your child (aged 6-8)

Childcare experts share seven fun learning activities to do with your child (aged 6-8)

An essential part of parenting is finding new activities to keep your children active. When they’re around six to eight years old, they have probably learnt to read on their own, so it’s important to keep stimulating their skills, helping with new words and to speak properly. Because of this, childcare and...

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W/C 14 FEBRUARY 2022 – EXHIBITIONS, EVENTS & DIGITAL ACTIVITIES AT IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUMS

FEBRUARY HALF TERM AT IWM

IWM North and IWM London | Story Seekers | Weekends and daily 14th – 18th February

Free

Families can get hands on with real artefacts and learn about the global impact of conflict, from the First World War to today. Dig deeper into the museum’s collections and uncover the moving stories they tell, from people who braved shark-infested waters to...

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The best creative and educational gift for astronomy buffs!

Introducing our BRAND NEW space explorer placemat to go!

Kids can colour-in and discover the solar system with this fun and educational placemat to go, complete with a set of 10 wash-out fabric pens. Featuring spacecraft, planets and stars on one side and the historic moon landing scene on the other, it’s perfect for out-of-this-world discoveries – there’s even a fun trick for remembering the...

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Government outlines ambitious plans to level up activities for young people

Government commits to National Youth Guarantee backed by £560 million funding

From: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport , The Rt Hon Nadine Dorries MP , Nigel Huddleston MP , and The Rt Hon Michael Gove MP

Published 1 February 2022

  • Youth Investment Fund will deliver up to 300 new and refurbished youth facilities in the most deprived parts of England
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Dinosaur dig tuff tray

I love coming up with new activity ideas using dinosaurs, which are my son's favourite toys. The latest tuff tray I tried was a dinosaur dig tray.

What you need to make your Tuff Tray
  • Tuff tray
  • Toy Dinosaurs – smaller ones are better here.
  • Something to cover the dinosaurs with. I personally used old cereal, which I had blended down together after using it
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Combat the Crimbo Limbo lull with 101 pen & paper games

Combat the Crimbo Limbo lull with 101 pen & paper games

The presents have been opened, all the turkey has been eaten and you’ve watched the same five Christmas films on loop since the start of December. The family is getting restless, and your Great Uncle is starting to make comments which at any moment are bound to disrupt the house’s festive cheer.

Don’t fear, the team at the...

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More than half a million children benefitted from healthy food and activities during summer

Over 600,000 children attended free, government-funded Holiday Activities and Food clubs this summer, including over 495,000 eligible for free school meals

From: Department for Education and The Rt Hon Nadhim Zahawi MP

Hundreds of thousands of children from low-income families are benefitting from healthy food and extra-curricular activities, through programmes helping to level up...

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Colour mixing activity

Colour mixing activity

My little girl is learning all about what colours you need to mix to make different colours at the moment, so I thought I would set up a fun painting activity to help her learn.

This activity for kids is super simple and lots of fun for little ones. I got these lovely flower paint pallets , which are perfect as you can put lots of different colours around the...

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