Painting Roller Blinds
Painting Roller Blinds Art idea supplied by Ewan McDougal When it comes time to redecorate your child’s bedroom they are bound to want to get involved and help, this is…
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Personalised Mugs Art idea supplied by Ewan McDougal One of the problems often found with children’s craft activities is what to do with the art work after it’s done. My…
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Children of all ages (as well as a few adults!) love ball runs, depending on how they are designed. The basic concept is relatively simple, using materials that can guide…
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Sent in by Robert and Heather Eadie [Please see ‘Ball Runs‘ for the construction activity of the same name] Needs: A large number small balls or similar items (even wrapped…
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Adaptation by Kit Logan Alternative to the game Australia using a different course layout that allows greater potential for inter team interaction such as tagging while players are running. Need:…
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Sent in by bkrcrest “The point of this game is to rescue the whole team before the time runs out! It is really fun with a large number of kids.”…
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[Considering the beauty in some bugs I find the title a little unfortunate, but then again I didn’t invent it… ] Bugs & butterflies is a game you can play…
Continue readingScavenger Hunts
As simple as ABC… Split into teams. The leader selects a letter of the alphabet and sets a time limit. Players then have to collect or list as many things…
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Equipment: 2 large open boxes or something else that can used as a small goal. 20 or more bean bags divided equally between teams. Set up the playing area as…
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Equipment: Any small unbreakable object. Divide into any number of equal teams (4 are shown here) with each team standing in line legs apart facing the middle where the object…
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