21 ideas for world book day

world book day activitiesAre you going to celebrate World Book Day with your children on 1st March? It’s a worldwide celebration of children’s books and reading and marked in over 100 countries around the globe.

Books are such a fun springboard in to all sorts of activities, crafts and play. Here are our favourite World Book Day ideas for you to try.

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#theheartproject party : Valentine crafts and recipes

Valentine ideas

Did you catch #theheartproject Twitter Party on Tuesday? Jamie from hands on as we grow and I hosted a tweet-up to swap fun and creative ideas for celebrating love and friendship with our families. The party was in support of The Heart Project which sees over 70 bloggers come together to produce a beautiful book full of heart projects and raising funds for the American Heart Association. You can find out how to get your copy of the book here.

The party was fast and fun with over 120 people joining in. If you missed it – or those tweets whizzed past too quickly – fear not! Here are some of the fabulous ideas shared for kids crafts and recipes. Read more »

the heart project

I’ve been waiting all week to share this with you! I have the most amazing book to tell you about. It is packed full of creative Valentine craft ideas, recipes to try, decorations to make and play activities to enjoy. It is the combined work of over seventy international bloggers, inspired and collated by Jamie from hands on as we grow and it is now ready and waiting for you to get your own copy. The book is only available in February though, so be quick! Read more »

Kids draw for East Africa: donate your masterpiece

kids draw for east africa

Fish, by Isabel - age 2

Lots of us like to encourage our children to think of others, especially around the Christmas season. How about a project which invites your kids to get creative and lets them use their masterpiece to raise money for charity? The Kids Draw for East Africa campaign does just that.

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Wear it pink!

wear it pink fundraising ideas for children

Get the kids to Wear It Pink!

Join the fun on 28th October 2011 and Wear It Pink in support of the Breast Cancer Campaign.

It’s easy for everyone to contribute to the cause – simply wear something pink on 28th October and make a donation of £2 to the charity.

Wear It Pink is a fun campaign, raising money to support the thousands of people affected by breast cancer in the UK, and it’s easy to make a fiesta of the occasion by getting the kids involved in a Wear It Pink! day.

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Water comes before play: DEC Appeal East Africa

donate to africa

Instead of my usual weekend links, I’m sharing just one idea with you today and asking you to make a donation to the DEC East Africa Crisis Appeal.

We spend our weeks giving our children the best start in life, filling their days with play and fun and learning, but life for so many children is so very different.

The severe drought in East Africa is putting the lives of over 10 million people under threat, with some facing the worst drought in 60 years. Thousands of children need our help.

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