A New Mini Cupcake Topic - Yum!
I love cupcakes. There's something so appealing about the whole package - tempting sponge, pretty icing, sprinkles or other decorations on the top. And I don't know many kids who can resist them!
Activity Village Blog - What's New?
How Many Ways Can You Use Our Alphabet of Children Cards?
Just added to our Shop, these fun printable Alphabet of Childr
A Huge New Collection of Animal Lacing Cards!
For those of you with little ones at nursery or just starting at school, we know that pre-writing skills are all important - and lacing cards are a really fun way to build those up!
New Cutting Skills Printables with Themed Lines
You might have noticed that we've been adding lots of new cutting skills printables to the site in the last week or so. And here are some more! These are simple worksheets designed to encourage children to cut along progressively difficult lines.
New Counting Playdough Mats Full of Fruit and Veg!
We thought these counting playdough mats might be fun for a Harvest Festival or Autumn topic as well as a fruit and vegetable topic or just for some general counting fun.
Cutting Shapes Galore!
As I typed this page's headline I had to stop and think about it - what an unusual word and usage "galore" is!
Gorgeous New Monster Colouring Pages
I will admit that we already have a very large collection of monster colouring pages, but in my opinion you can never have too many ... especially when the latest ones are as cute as theses new additions!
Learn About Christopher Columbus and Enjoy These New Activities...
Did Christopher Columbus convince everyone that the world was round? Was he the first to discover America? Was he a hero or a villain, or something in between? Why do most, but not all, states of America celebrate Columbus Day?
Cut and Complete the Pictures for Upcoming Holidays
These "cut and complete the picture" colouring pages are useful, as they develop all sorts of skills: scissor skills for cutting out the missing pieces, observation and logic skills for working out where they should go, concentration and fine
Have Fun With Tractors - Lots New!
It is the perfect time of year to have some fun with tractors, with Autumn and Harvest Festival coming up. But then again, tractors are fun any time! We've added a brand new collection of tractor activities to the site today for you to explore.
Three Lovely New Dove Crafts Just Added
If you are thinking about ideas for Peace Day next week, why not have a look at the three new dove crafts that have just been added to the site, as well as the existing dove craft ideas already there.
Doves for Peace Day and More
We created and added these new dove pages - including colouring pages, posters, cards, handwriting worksheets, acrostic poem printable and cutting skills - with an eye on Peace Day (21st September) but of course you might also find them useful for a Noa
New Activities for International Peace Day
Will you be marking International Peace Day this year on 21st September?
Learn to Draw a Monster .... or Nine!
Can I rave about something on my own website? I think I can, as I didn't draw these myself!
New Playdough Mats for Autumn and Harvest
Grab your pots of playdough and give the kids a little nudge with this fun new assortment of playdough mats themed for Autumn and Harvest Festival. If you laminate the mats they can be used over and over again.
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Doodle Bookmarks for Halloween!
These are fun to hand out in the classroom but they also make a great alternative - or addition - to the "treats" part of trick or treating! We have one set for the kids to colour, and one set pre-coloured and ready to print.
More of our Popular Maths Facts Colouring Pages for Autumn and Halloween
Our maths facts colouring pages are a sneaky way to get the kids practising some simple maths skills while colouring in a picture - we like to think they are more "puzzle" than "worksheet". However you categorise them, they are
Fun Character Study Worksheets for Your Favourite Roald Dahl Characters
When the characters in a story are as good as Roald Dahl's, and capture a child's imagination in such a wonderful way, it makes sense to build on that by probing what makes the characters so special.
Some of Our Favourite Roald Dahl Quotes as Lunch Box Notes...
There are six little Roald Dahl quote posters in this set, and although I orginally designed them with lunch box notes in mind, I think there are many other ways you could use them.
Display Letters for All Sorts of Fun
Our newest display letters come in lots of bright cheerful colours and both upper and lower case. We've designed them to make them as easy as possible to cut out but still in our familiar school font.