Small Mexican God’s Eyes can make beautiful Christmas tree decorations.

Why not try making this yummy snowman cake?

A team based Father Christmas Running Game

Other Christmas games can be downloaded from: http://ideas4kids.org/activities/?query=Christmas+party+games

Elephant Masks

Decorated Elephants for our own Elephant Parade

One of the suggested activities in the Orient Express Challenge is making a Krakow Christmas Crib. For those who don’t have the time or inclination to make a 3D version, here is a 2D picture and a picture to colour…

Krakow Christmas Crib to cut and stick
Krakow Christmas Crib to colour

For all elephant themed activities visit: http://ideas4kids.org/activities/elephants
For all Christmas themed activities visit (currently 4 pages): http://ideas4kids.org/activities/Christmas

Dancing Skeleton Puppet

Decorated Sugar Skull

Painted Skulls

Lolly Pop Ghost

These and other Halloween activities can be found here: Halloween.

Nothing to do with the Day of the Dead but I’ve also uploaded instructions for colouring rice.

The Orient Express Challenge was designed by guiders on ‘Guiding Beyond Boundaries‘. It’s based around the destination cities of the Venice-Simplon Orient Express; Krakow (Poland), Prague (the Czech Republic), Istanbul (Turkey), Budapest (Hungary), Vienna (Austria), Rome and Venice (Italy), London (UK), and Paris (France).

I’ve put together a colour booklet explaining the challenge and had badges made up. (They are pretty honestly – the photo doesn’t show them off to their best. The gold is a metallic thread and sparkles really nicely in the light.) Visit ideas4kids to download the booklet. Over the next few months lots of craft templates, games and information sheets will be added to help support the challenge. An order form for badges will also appear in due course. If you need badges before then, just contact me on louise@ideas4kids.org and I’ll sort something out for you.

Rainbow, brownie and guide dolls

Brownie tags

Flag pin badges

Promise fridge magnet

For details of how to make all our SWAPS visit:
http://ideas4kids.org/activities/SWAPS

In six time the brownies also had the choice of making these cheerful looking paper flowers.

Paper Daisies and Dandelions

For more flower themed activities visit:
http://ideas4kids.org/activities/flowers

For all space themed activities visit: http://ideas4kids.org/activities/space

For all Mardi Gras activities visit: http://ideas4kids.org/activities/Mardi Gras

For all our Easter themed crafts visit: http://ideas4kids.org/activities/Easter
For all our Australian themed crafts visit: http://ideas4kids.org/activities/Australia

Saturn table decoration

Paper plate shaker

Beaded clacker

Bottletop castanets

Paperclip rainstick

Music around the world colouring picture

Music around the world wordsearch

For all music themed activities visit: http://ideas4kids.org/activities/music