Category: Activities

  • Best family movies to watch this Christmas

    Best family movies to watch this Christmas

    The Polar Express [sc name=”Above content Ad” ] It’s definitely the start of Christmas once The Polar Express hits TV screens.  The animation is slightly un-nerving as it seems to be so life-like while at the same time clearly animated but it is a great movie for the kids.  Tom Hanks voices the train conductor…

  • Best Halloween movies for kids (that are not too scary!)

    Best Halloween movies for kids (that are not too scary!)

    The Worst Witch [sc name=”Above content Ad” ] Halloween is all about ghosts, monsters and of course witches.  Jill Murphy created the classic children’s book, The Worst Witch, back in the 1970’s and a whole series of books followed.  The original book was subsequently turned into a movie in the mid 1980’s and remains one…

  • Simple Halloween activities for kids

    Simple Halloween activities for kids

    Halloween Hama beads [sc name=”Above content Ad” ] Hama beads are little tiny plastic cylinder tubes that sit onto pin boards.  You assemble the beads onto the board in any design of your choice and then, with special ironing paper, iron the beads and the plastic melts binding your design together. If you have some…