Love the new Christmas Gap ad!

Bodypopping tricks - This boy is unbelievably good!

This is my favourite of our series of "Learn A Skill Videos" for kids. My kids and I have been practising the wave, the glide and the robot and we haven't laughed so much in a long time. Of course, it's really me they are laughing at! I just wish I had learned to do this when I was the same age as this boy, who is really incredible.

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Learn Some New Skipping Tricks!

Here's the latest in our series of "Learn A Skill Videos" for kids - this one featuring some really clever skipping tricks:

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Coolest Basketball Tricks Video

Watch and listen to our expert basketball kid showcase a range of the coolest skills, then break each skill down into bite-size doable chunks for kids everywhere to learn.

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Back To School Crafts - Even More NEW!

Here's another seven fabulous ideas for Back to School crafts:


Pipecleaner and bead bagtags


Sheep bagtag


Ladybug pencil topper


Bumblebee pencil topper


Bead figure pencil topper


Portfolio craft


Spiral pencil topper

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Coolest Hula Hoop Tricks!

Can your kids hula hoop? They can learn some really fantastic tricks by watching this video!

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Learn How To Beatbox - A Video For Kids!

Beatboxing is cool, but only if you do it right! If you want to learn how to beatbox, this video will show you how!



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Ping Cup - Hours Of Fun For Kids!

Here's a new skill to master which could keep you busy all summer long! And all you need for Ping Cup is a plastic cup and a ping pong ball:



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Kick-Ups Anyone? Learn Some Soccer Skills!

Here's a skill that your kids can learn - and once they master kick-ups like this it will certainly impress their friends and make them look cool in the playground! Soccer fans watch and learn...

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African Children's Choir accompany Josh Grogan...

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Such a cute video!

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Clay Pot Reindeers - super Christmas craft idea!

Here's a quick video to watch with a super group or family craft idea for Christmas this year:
Clay Pot Reindeers

Make A Stick And Elastic Book - Video

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Nim's Island

The family film, Nim's Island (based on the book of the same name by Wendy Orr) is currently showing in cinemas across the land. I recently saw this along with my children and we thoroughly enjoyed it.

The main star of the film is Nim, a young girl who lives with her father, a marine biologist, on a remote island. She is home schooled and spends her time surrounded by exotic animals or escaping with her favourite books. However disaster strikes when her father fails to return from a sailing expedition. Nim then turns to the hero of her favourite book, Alex Rover, for help via e-mail. But it turns out that the author with whom she is communicating is nothing like her hero. I don't want to spoil the story by giving away too many details, but both characters have to learn to overcome difficulties, and there is a happy ending :-)



Whilst adults may find large parts of the plot rather inplausible, the scenery is stunning and my children thought the film was great fun. They especially liked the fact that main character was an all-action girl. All in all a big thumbs up from us.

Finger Knitting Fun

We have been having fun playing with wool recently. While my 10 year old can now knit quite well (thanks Grandma!), my other children still found it frustrating. However this frustration was solved when we discovered finger knitting. We started with single finger knitting which is very simple, all you need is yarn (thick yarn gives best results) and fingers! There is an excellent demonstration here:



From this we progressed on to four finger knitting - this is slightly more demanding but gives you a more versatile end product (think toy scarves instead of belts!). These two videos show different techniques for finger knitting - personally I prefer the second method but just love the presentation in both...





I now make sure that we have some yarn with us for long car journeys and have a simple way to keep children occupied. Why not give it a try?

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More Recycling Ideas - journals out of garbage!

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Organizing The Kids' Toys!

I enjoyed this video, which gives some great tips on organizing the kids' toys - and finding ways to help them keep them organized! It all boils down to the 6 steps: Sort, Purge, Assess, Contain, Label and Maintain...

Three Is A Magic Number (Schoolhouse Rock)

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Origami Elephant - Video

Watch Tilly demonstrating our latest Origami for Kids - this cute Origami elephant!

Printable instructions are available here :

Origami elephant

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Origami Booklet - Video

Printable instructions for this Origami Booklet are here:
Origami booklet

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