Valentine's Day - Lots NEW!

Valentine's Day is just around the corner and we have lots of new printables, crafts and other activities for the family to enjoy.


How about colouring in your own special Valentine card?
Valentine's Day Coloring Cards

We have some pretty new Valentine's Day coloring pages to print.
Valentine Coloring Pages

Valentine's Day Printables

We also have new printable Valentine's Day cards, games and scrapbook paper, as well as stationery, paper dolls, some really pretty new bookmarks and lots more!

Making your own Valentine Cards
Making your own Valentine Cards is fun - and a homemade Valentine Card is bound to be appreciated even more than a shop-bought one, even if they are as quick and easy for the kids to make as some of ours!

Valentine's Day Crafts
If your children are feeling crafty but you are stuck for inspiration this Valentine's Day, please come and have a look at our growing collection of Valentine crafts for kids!

Also for Valentine's Day we have:

A simple Origami Heart which is just perfect for kids. Fill it with a lollipop for a cute Valentine treat!

Valentine's Day puzzles
Valentine's Day Cryptograms
Valentine Sudoku Puzzles
Valentine's Day Mazes

Valentine's Day Recipes

Valentine's Day Games and Activities

Valentine's Day Jigsaws

Valentine's Day Jokes

Valentine's Day Links

Chinese New Year - The Year of the Ox!

26th January will see the start of a new Chinese New Year - The Year of the Ox. We have started getting ready for the new year at Activity Village and you will find all sorts of new activity ideas:

Year of the Ox Puzzles

Year of the Ox Crafts


Year of the Ox Printables

Year of the Ox Jigsaws

Christmas Jigsaws - New Nativity Jigsaws

We have added two new Christmas jigsaws for kids - both on a "nativity" theme and in various different sizes to suit all ages...
Christmas Jigsaws

Hanukkah Activities For Kids

Hanukkah begins on 21st December this year, and we have been adding all sorts of new activities to our Hanukkah pages, including Hanukkah jigsaws, new Hanukkah printables, and some original (and fun) Hanukkah fuse bead patterns!
Hanukkah for Kids

Father's Day Puzzles - Lots NEW!

We have added two new Father's Day word searches and a new Father's Day crytogram - something for the kids to puzzle over!

Father's Day Puzzles and Crytograms

We also have Father's Day Mazes.

Father's Day Jigsaws - Lots NEW!

Kids of all ages will enjoy our new Father's Day jigsaws, which can be played online or downloaded and saved for playing later. Fun as a quick activity in the classroom, or even as a small gift for Dad!
Father's Day Jigsaws

Chinese New Year Crafts and Puzzles - Lots New!

We have been busy creating some really fantastic new craft ideas for Chinese New Year, including a Chinese Lion Dance costume, a Chinese Dragon from egg boxes, a Chinese Lion puppet, a "Bowl of Oranges" collage, a Chinese firecracker, and lots more.

Chinese New Year Crafts

I've also added a new Chinese New Year word search to print out and enjoy...

Chinese New Year Puzzles

Groundhog Day - printables, puzzles and jigsaws!

Groundhog Day is a US tradition originating from the German Candlemas day and brought to America by German settlers. On 2nd February, if the groundhog emerges from its winter hibernation and can see its shadow on the ground, it knows that winter will last at least another six weeks. If there is no shadow, there will be an early end to winter.

Find out more about Groundhog Day and have fun with it in your classroom or home using our new Groundhog Day activities:

Groundhog Day printables

Groundhog Day puzzles

Groundhog Day jigsaws

New Year Crafts for Kids

It is only 10 days until 2008 and you might be planning to celebrate the coming of the New Year with your kids - or put them to bed at the normal time and have an adult celebration! Either way, children love the concept of a "new" year and it is a good time to think about their aims for the year ahead and work on some personal or family goals.

On a practical level, if the kids are staying up you are going to need to keep them entertained way past their normal bedtime! We have New Year puzzles, New Year printables, New Year coloring pages, New Year jigsaws and a brand new page of New Year crafts which should help you to do that!

New Year for Kids

Hanukkah for Kids

If you are celebrating Hanukkah, or would like to learn something about this Jewish festival of lights which begins on 4th December this year, head over to our brand new Hanukkah For Kids pages, where you will find:

Hanukkah crafts - a brilliant collection of crafts from Sarah and Jack, including this fantastic Menorah banner

Hanukkah coloring pages

Hanukkah printables - writing paper for all ages and some printable crafts

Hanukkah cards to print and color

Hanukkah puzzles

Hanukkah links - other fun Hanukkah activities to enjoy with your children from around the web.

Disneys© Meet The Robinsons activity book to download

Disneys© Meet The Robinsons fans will be thrilled with this 15-page printable activity book, available exclusively at Activity Village. There are mazes, puzzles and colouring pages of your favourite Meet the Robinsons characters to enjoy - perfect for keeping your kids busy!

Meet The Robinsons activity book

Fourth of July - new jigsaws!

Eight new downloadable jigsaw puzzles for Indendence Day have been added to the site today - remember you can play our jigsaws straight away or download them to your computer to play over and over again (or burn them to a CD-Rom to share with friends). Computer jigsaw puzzles are a great way for kids to get practice at mouse control, and they are fun to do too.
Fourth of July jigsaw puzzles

Canada Day - new jigsaws, stationery and printables!

We have added 5 new downloadable jigsaw puzzles to Activity Village today, on a "Canadian" theme for Canada Day on 1st July. You will find a moose, a beaver, a Canada goose, a Canadian flag, and maple leaves. We hope you enjoy them:

Canada Day Jigsaw Puzzles

We have also added a collection of printables, including the Canadian flag and maple leaf (use for a banner, decorating the table, in crafts etc). And we have five super designs of writing paper/notebooking pages for all your projects.

Canada Day Printables

Japan For Kids

Well, it's still not quite finished, but we have been having so much fun with our new "Japan for Kids" theme that we wanted to get it up on the blog anyway! Come and have a look at our new Japanese craft ideas, traditional Japanese origami for kids, Japanese printables, Japan-themed jigsaws, and lots more fun and educational activities to enjoy with your children.




Japan for Kids

Earth Day Jigsaw Puzzles to Download

We have added 3 gorgeous Earth Day jigsaw puzzles for your kids to download and play. Put them on your desktop, or save them to a CD-Rom and give to friends.

Earth Day jigsaw puzzles to download

New Valentine's Day Online Jigsaw Puzzles

Oh dear! I hadn't realised how long it has been since I last posted here. And yet there has been so much new at Activity Village over the last few weeks!

First, check out the new online jigsaw puzzles for Valentine's Day - two fun puzzles to do at the site (which you can customize for your children by choosing the number and shape of the pieces). These are in addition to a great collection of Valentine puzzles to download.

Valentine's Day