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Make Your Own: Owl Mini-Egg Box :)

Make Your Own Owl Mini-Egg Box! An Easter-time activity. Click on the picture to go to the free downloadable pdf to make your own Eggbox Owl! 🙂

The Brilliant Book Trust

I’ve posted about the Book Trust’s resources earlier, but they are adding loads of great stuff to their site, including e-books and drawing tutorials with some of the best children’s illustrators. Have a look, link below! (Ooh, that sounds like something a pirate might shout!) 😉 https://www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and-reading/have-some-fun/ And here’s a video tutorial from the BookContinue reading “The Brilliant Book Trust”

DIY mobile tripod for video calls!

Lots of us all over the planet are shut in our homes, but still need to communicate with our friends and family – wherever they are, so here is a neat little solution for holding the phone while you speak! First you need a cardboard-type coffee beaker. Get a grownup to help you cut twoContinue reading “DIY mobile tripod for video calls!”

Booktrust – online activities for kids

The Book Trust in the UK have loads of great activities related to all things books on their website, take a look here, including drawing tutorials of Hiccup and Toothless by Cressida Cowell! Amazing! There’s also competitions, quizzes and loads of great book recommends, specially good for this time when so many kids all overContinue reading “Booktrust – online activities for kids”

Into Film: film-based activities for kids at home

Into Film is a brilliant organisation promoting film for Primary and Secondary age school kids in the UK, and they have sent out some downloadable cinema and film-based activities for kids stuck at home. (And there are a lot of you!) A lot of them sound really fun and interesting (the ideal combo!) and areContinue reading “Into Film: film-based activities for kids at home”

Make Your Own – Rocket Comic Book!

Make Your Own Rocket Comic Book!   This latest downloadable make is now up on my DIY page It’s a simple creative make for kids 7 and up, using basic, inexpensive materials. Click  to go to the DIY page and click on the Rocket Comic Book heading to download. This fun make can be usedContinue reading “Make Your Own – Rocket Comic Book!”

Samurai Warrior Costume

Here’s another make you can do at home. To find out how to make it, go to to my DIY page  and download the instructions there. Have fun! Make Your Own Samurai Warrior Costume!     Easy make. Some help with stapling and cutting from a grownup required. Suitable for ages 5 and up. IfContinue reading “Samurai Warrior Costume”

Make Your Own Eggbox Puppet

Make Your Own Egg Box Hand Puppet & Mini Easter Egg Holder This is a super-easy make for ages five and up – even doable for younger children if grownups lend a hand. Make sure if you use scissors or a stapler that an adult helps you 🙂 Create a frog, owl, lion, hippo handContinue reading “Make Your Own Eggbox Puppet”