Before activity day camps begin, you might be wondering how to keep the kids entertained in Brighton.
If they're fans of toys and models, a certain museum in the city will be right up their street!
The Brighton Toy and Model Museum has 10,000 toys to look at, which date as far back as the 1880s and stretch right up to the present day.
It really is the ideal day trip for the whole family, as parents and grandparents are sure to remember items from their youth too!
If your kids want summer activities for children involving trains, they can wonder at the museums pair of working model railways, one of which is based on the countryside in Sussex.
You'll only have to pay £4 for adults and £3 for your children, making it a cheap excursion.
If you're in the city this summer, you might also want to take the kids to Booth Museum of Natural History, which features a quirky collection of stuffed birds.
Posted by Clara Glasper
News provided by Barracudas Activity Day Camps, the UK's No.1 operator of Easter and Summer camps for kids!
Extract: There are thousands of things to see at the Brighton Toy and Model Museum.
Monday, 20 June 2011
Change a child's room cheaply
Change a child's room cheaply
Us: You can revive your child's bedroom by letting them make their own beanbag and door sign, as well as livening up their walls.
If you've got kids who want their rooms updating but you can't afford a make-over of Changing Rooms' proportions, fear not!
There are a few projects big kids can carry out and little ones too, with a bit of help from you.
How about letting them make their own beanbags to relax on, a door sign for their room and a stencilled design on walls?
It's in the bag
When it comes to making beanbags, all you'll need is some material (in a pattern your child likes of course), a needle and some stuffing (dried peas work well).
You can get your hands on material from the haberdashery department in John Lewis or from local markets fairly cheaply.
Cut two large circular shapes out of the material, turn both pieces so that their front sides face one another and stitch them together all the way round the edges, making sure that you leave a gap of around two centimetres in one spot.
Then simply turn it inside out and add dried peas (or cotton wool if you want it to be really fluffy) to the item, before stitching the gap you left before. Simple!
Now all they have to do is lie back on their new beanbag and relax, while they think of all the fun they'll have at summer camps!
Stencil it in
Now that kids have made their beanbag, they might be in the decorating mood. If so, they can liven up dull walls by adding a stencilled shape to a surface.
You may want to try butterfly or letter stencils, where kids can spell out their names or write phrases.
To make pretty, colourful artwork, all you have to do is coat a plastic bag (you're recycling too!) with PVA glue, before covering it in different colours of tissue paper, and adding another coat of the glue.
Then get kids to add an extra layer of tissue paper and add more glue before leaving it to dry.
When that's done, peel the bag off the paper and use a stencil to draw a butterfly, letter or shape on the paper before this is cut out (a star looks good!).
These colourful creations look perfect when stuck to windows, where you'll see lots of light shining through them on sunny days!
Sign it out
If your kids want to mark their territory, how about creating a sign for their bedroom door? It can have their name on it and be whatever colour they like.
All you'll need for this is craft paint, a small wooden plank, different sized paintbrushes, foam stamps, fabric, craft glue, stickers and a sealer.
Kids can start by painting the wood in their colour of choice, allowing this to dry and then writing their name on it in a different hue, using a stencil if they want it to be really neat.
Foam stamps can be used to further decorate the item, as well as stickers, before a coat of sealer is added to keep it looking lovely.
All you have to do now is use some string, both ends of which can be glued to the top right and top left corners on the back of the sign, and then can be hung from a plastic hook on a bedroom door.
Now that your kid's room is looking lovely, you'll probably want to get started on the rest of the house too!
Posted by Katie Finch
News provided by Barracudas Activity Day Camps, the UK's No.1 operator of Easter and Summer camps for kids!
Us: You can revive your child's bedroom by letting them make their own beanbag and door sign, as well as livening up their walls.
If you've got kids who want their rooms updating but you can't afford a make-over of Changing Rooms' proportions, fear not!
There are a few projects big kids can carry out and little ones too, with a bit of help from you.
How about letting them make their own beanbags to relax on, a door sign for their room and a stencilled design on walls?
It's in the bag
When it comes to making beanbags, all you'll need is some material (in a pattern your child likes of course), a needle and some stuffing (dried peas work well).
You can get your hands on material from the haberdashery department in John Lewis or from local markets fairly cheaply.
Cut two large circular shapes out of the material, turn both pieces so that their front sides face one another and stitch them together all the way round the edges, making sure that you leave a gap of around two centimetres in one spot.
Then simply turn it inside out and add dried peas (or cotton wool if you want it to be really fluffy) to the item, before stitching the gap you left before. Simple!
Now all they have to do is lie back on their new beanbag and relax, while they think of all the fun they'll have at summer camps!
Stencil it in
Now that kids have made their beanbag, they might be in the decorating mood. If so, they can liven up dull walls by adding a stencilled shape to a surface.
You may want to try butterfly or letter stencils, where kids can spell out their names or write phrases.
To make pretty, colourful artwork, all you have to do is coat a plastic bag (you're recycling too!) with PVA glue, before covering it in different colours of tissue paper, and adding another coat of the glue.
Then get kids to add an extra layer of tissue paper and add more glue before leaving it to dry.
When that's done, peel the bag off the paper and use a stencil to draw a butterfly, letter or shape on the paper before this is cut out (a star looks good!).
These colourful creations look perfect when stuck to windows, where you'll see lots of light shining through them on sunny days!
Sign it out
If your kids want to mark their territory, how about creating a sign for their bedroom door? It can have their name on it and be whatever colour they like.
All you'll need for this is craft paint, a small wooden plank, different sized paintbrushes, foam stamps, fabric, craft glue, stickers and a sealer.
Kids can start by painting the wood in their colour of choice, allowing this to dry and then writing their name on it in a different hue, using a stencil if they want it to be really neat.
Foam stamps can be used to further decorate the item, as well as stickers, before a coat of sealer is added to keep it looking lovely.
All you have to do now is use some string, both ends of which can be glued to the top right and top left corners on the back of the sign, and then can be hung from a plastic hook on a bedroom door.
Now that your kid's room is looking lovely, you'll probably want to get started on the rest of the house too!
Posted by Katie Finch
News provided by Barracudas Activity Day Camps, the UK's No.1 operator of Easter and Summer camps for kids!
Friday, 17 June 2011
Try summer activities for children at a guided walk
This weekend (Sunday June 19th), you can take the kids to try summer activities for children on a special guided walk.
The Secret Life of the Riverside guided walk takes place along the beautiful banks of the River Stour in Essex at the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) Wildlife Garden at Flatford.
An expert guide will walk alongside you, while you look out for a number of birds that you may be lucky enough to spot, such as a Kingfisher or Barn Owl.
The evening walk is held between 19:00 and 21:00 BST.
If you're a member of the RSPB, you'll only have to fork out £3 and £1 for your child.
Don't worry if you're not though, as you can still try cheap summer activities for children, as it's £2 for kids and £4 for you.
If you can't make this walk, there's a guided butterfly walk being held on Sunday July 3rd at Stour Wood.
Posted by Katie Finch
News provided by Barracudas Activity Day Camps, the UK's No.1 operator of Easter and Summer camps for kids!
Extract: The whole family can head along to the Secret Life of the Riverside guided walk in Essex.
The Secret Life of the Riverside guided walk takes place along the beautiful banks of the River Stour in Essex at the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) Wildlife Garden at Flatford.
An expert guide will walk alongside you, while you look out for a number of birds that you may be lucky enough to spot, such as a Kingfisher or Barn Owl.
The evening walk is held between 19:00 and 21:00 BST.
If you're a member of the RSPB, you'll only have to fork out £3 and £1 for your child.
Don't worry if you're not though, as you can still try cheap summer activities for children, as it's £2 for kids and £4 for you.
If you can't make this walk, there's a guided butterfly walk being held on Sunday July 3rd at Stour Wood.
Posted by Katie Finch
News provided by Barracudas Activity Day Camps, the UK's No.1 operator of Easter and Summer camps for kids!
Extract: The whole family can head along to the Secret Life of the Riverside guided walk in Essex.
Children's camps news: Roman exhibition comes to Cambridge!
With summer holiday camps yet to start, it's likely that you'll be looking for ways to keep the kids busy when they're out of school.
Luckily, if you live in Cambridgeshire, you've still got time to visit Ely Musuem for The Romans exhibition, which runs until July 6th.
Here, your kids (and you!) can find out loads more about what life was like in a Cambridgeshire town during Roman times.
You can look at some interesting artefacts, like rings, brooches and tweezers, that'll really make you feel like you're travelling back to Roman times!
If your kids are looking for summer activities for children and prefer art to history, you can always treat them to a trip to the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge.
Here, they can look at Italian etchings made by artists from the 16th to 18th centuries, like Guido Reni, Parmigianino and Castiglino.
They can see these pieces until August 29th.
It may even give them inspiration to create their own artwork at home!
Posted by Katie Finch
News provided by Barracudas Activity Day Camps, the UK's No.1 operator of Easter and Summer camps for kids!
Extract: Ely Museum is holding an exhibition dedicated to the Romans and there's still time to catch it!
Luckily, if you live in Cambridgeshire, you've still got time to visit Ely Musuem for The Romans exhibition, which runs until July 6th.
Here, your kids (and you!) can find out loads more about what life was like in a Cambridgeshire town during Roman times.
You can look at some interesting artefacts, like rings, brooches and tweezers, that'll really make you feel like you're travelling back to Roman times!
If your kids are looking for summer activities for children and prefer art to history, you can always treat them to a trip to the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge.
Here, they can look at Italian etchings made by artists from the 16th to 18th centuries, like Guido Reni, Parmigianino and Castiglino.
They can see these pieces until August 29th.
It may even give them inspiration to create their own artwork at home!
Posted by Katie Finch
News provided by Barracudas Activity Day Camps, the UK's No.1 operator of Easter and Summer camps for kids!
Extract: Ely Museum is holding an exhibition dedicated to the Romans and there's still time to catch it!
Experience summer activities for children and dads!
This Fathers' Day (Sunday June 19th), you're sure to want to combine summer activities for children with events that dads will enjoy too. It's their day after all!
The whole family will be catered for at Knebworth House, which is holding a Fathers' Day Cars & Motorcycles in the Park and BBQ event for the occasion.
At the lunchtime pork BBQ, everyone can fill up on fuel while they enjoy the view from the Lodge Barn's terrace.
Each dad will also be happy when they get a pint of draught beer for free!
After this, they can carry on looking at the 350 plus classic cars and motorbikes that are on display, the perfect way to keep kids entertained when they aren't at activity camps.
The day runs from 10:00 until 17:00 BST and the BBQ will be on between 12:00 and 14:30.
Alternatively, you might want to spend Fathers' day at the British Schools Museum in Hitchin, where you can learn more about the Victorian classroom and have a lesson yourself!
Posted by Clara Glasper
News provided by Barracudas Activity Day Camps, the UK's No.1 operator of Easter and Summer camps for kids!
Extract: Fathers' Day can be spent at Knebworth House looking at classic cars and bikes and eating, too.
The whole family will be catered for at Knebworth House, which is holding a Fathers' Day Cars & Motorcycles in the Park and BBQ event for the occasion.
At the lunchtime pork BBQ, everyone can fill up on fuel while they enjoy the view from the Lodge Barn's terrace.
Each dad will also be happy when they get a pint of draught beer for free!
After this, they can carry on looking at the 350 plus classic cars and motorbikes that are on display, the perfect way to keep kids entertained when they aren't at activity camps.
The day runs from 10:00 until 17:00 BST and the BBQ will be on between 12:00 and 14:30.
Alternatively, you might want to spend Fathers' day at the British Schools Museum in Hitchin, where you can learn more about the Victorian classroom and have a lesson yourself!
Posted by Clara Glasper
News provided by Barracudas Activity Day Camps, the UK's No.1 operator of Easter and Summer camps for kids!
Extract: Fathers' Day can be spent at Knebworth House looking at classic cars and bikes and eating, too.
Thursday, 16 June 2011
Twickenham activity camp for kids
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isVfqCbMp-k
New video added of our camp in Twickenham. Filmed Easter 2011. This camp is so popular this year we have nearly sold out already!
Barracudas Activity Day Camps
New video added of our camp in Twickenham. Filmed Easter 2011. This camp is so popular this year we have nearly sold out already!
Barracudas Activity Day Camps
Criss Cross Zorbing at activity camp
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