Can’t afford to go on holiday? Struggling to keep the kids busy and out of mischief?
Then live like a tourist. You could make your ‘holiday’ a week, ten days, or even two weeks! Here’s how…
First step, grab a coffee (or any beverage you drink on holiday..cocktails aloha!)
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This is a picnic with a difference though because all the food has to have a summer theme.
Summer Picnic
Ideas for your picnic;
A yellow iced biscuit for the sun
A breadstick with a slice of cucumber makes a tree
A square of wholemeal bread with peanut butter is a sandpit
A bit of cress for bushes
Iced gems for [...]

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Fact: All kids like to make mess.
Fact: All kids like goo, slime and gunge.
Make your own play-safe Kiddie Gunge
You will need;
Custard (ready-made is fine)
Food colouring (Green + any other colours you have)
A few plastic bowls and spoons
1. Pour custard into a large bowl and add green food colouring - this is the [...]

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Happy Sun
You will need;
A paper plate
Yellow paint
Yellow and orange tissue paper
Black crayon or pencil
Glue
1. Paint your paper plate yellow. And leave to dry.
2. Cut out lots of triangles from the tissue paper.
3. Glue the triangles all around the edge of the plate to make the sun’s rays.
4. Draw a smiley face onto your sun.
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Babies love faces, if your child is older adjust this activity so that it is a collage of different people, long/short hair, boy/girl, different races etc…
Baby Faces Collage
You will need;
Paper (large sheet)
Old magazines and catalogues
Glue
Scissors
1.Cut out baby face pictures and stick them onto paper.
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Musical Instruments

You will need;
All your musical instrument toys or
pots and pans (drums)
wooden spoon (drumstick)
a tub with rice inside (shaker)
2 pot covers – steel/metal (cymbals)
glass jars filled with water (xylophone – for older children)
2 baby milk tins (make a great set of bongo drums)
1. Sing and play the instruments. (Get the ear plugs out!)
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My Favourites Collage
You will need;
Large piece of paper (A3)
Old magazines
Scissors
Glue
1. Look through the old magazines and catalogues, cut out my favourite toy, colour, food etc…. as many as you can think of.
2. Once you have all your favourites cut out arrange them on the paper and once you are happy stick them down.
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Singing
You will need;
A Cd (optional)
1. Play a nursery rhyme CD and do the actions.
2. Play a normal CD and sing and dance.
3. Join a baby music group, where they use instruments, action and songs to aid development.
4. Just sing your own rhymes and do the actions, try miss polly had a dolly or [...]

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Ball Pool
You will need;
Balls
Baby Bath or Paddling Pool
1.Use a baby bath or paddling pool and fill with lots of balls – available at early learning centre.
2. Play at pirates, or for older children - put a star sticker on one or two of the balls – whoever finds the ‘treasure ball’ wins the treasure (small [...]

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