Assorted Uploads
December 30, 2010
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
Elephants and Krakow Christmas Cribs
December 7, 2010
The rainbows had a meeting themed around the Surin Elephant Parade in Thailand. Here are two of the activities we did…
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…
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
Day of the Dead and Coloured Rice
December 1, 2010
At the beginning of November my brownie meeting had a Mexican Day of the Dead theme. Here are links to some of the activities we did:
Nothing to do with the Day of the Dead but I’ve also uploaded instructions for colouring rice.
Orient Express Challenge
October 27, 2010
Between Guiding centenary events, pack holidays, and my first brownie camp I’ve not had a chance to upload anything new to ideas4kids for a while. The good news is that I have piles of things waiting to be typed up as soon as I get a bit of a break, including several wide games. But in the meantime…
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.
Paper Flowers and Guiding SWAPS
May 22, 2010
This term my brownies have had a visit from a brownie from South Africa and we have sent our mascot off to visit a unit in Australia. We have therefore been making SWAPS for our guiding friends.
Rainbow, brownie and guide dolls
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.
For more flower themed activities visit:
http://ideas4kids.org/activities/flowers
Space Themes
March 30, 2010
Here are the placemats and coasters my brownies made for their space themed dinner party…
For all space themed activities visit: http://ideas4kids.org/activities/space
Mardi Gras Update
March 27, 2010
Another 2 Mardi Gras themed activities…
For all Mardi Gras activities visit: http://ideas4kids.org/activities/Mardi Gras
Easter Crafts
March 25, 2010
Fancy making an egg cosy ready for Easter? Click on the links for detailed instructions and templates.
A simple sewing project for beginners.
A more complex project, still using simple stitches.
And in honour of our Australian friends, a cut and stick Easter Bilby card
For all our Easter themed crafts visit: http://ideas4kids.org/activities/Easter
For all our Australian themed crafts visit: http://ideas4kids.org/activities/Australia
Space Themed Dinner Party
March 21, 2010
One World, One Beat
March 21, 2010
Music around the world colouring picture
Music around the world wordsearch
For all music themed activities visit: http://ideas4kids.org/activities/music
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