Diwali - Lots NEW!

Diwali is celebrated from 17th October this year, and we have lots new on the site if you are interested in learning about this Hindu Festival of Light - or celebrating yourself.

We have many original Diwali craft ideas, including ideas for creating your own diya and rangoli.

Diwali Crafts

Diwali cards to print, New Diwali and Bhaiya-Dooj cards to print and colour, Fireworks acrostic printables, Happy Diwali gift/money envelopes, diya alphabets, and more!

Diwali printables

Celebrate this special day for brothers and sisters with our new "Brother" and "Sister" printables

Bhai-Dooj printables

We've got some really pretty Diwali colouring pages and "Happy Diwali" colouring cards. New this year are Bhaiya-Dooj colouring pages and colouring cards, too!

Diwali colouring pages

A new "How Many Diya Lamps?" puzzle

Diwali Puzzles

Rangoli are a beautiful designs drawn outside the entrance to a house by Hindus at Diwali. We have 18 new rangoli designs...

Rangoli colouring pages

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

Great activity printables from Bayard Magazines - and special promotion!

Some years ago when my children were younger we came across some really super kids' magazines and promptly subscribed both children: Josh to AdventureBox (for 6-9 year olds) and Tilly to StoryBox (for 3-6 year olds), We all loved the magazines and used to look forward to their arrival in the post each month. I am thrilled to say that during September we are able to offer you a collection of sample pages (below) - with some really fun puzzles and activities - for each of those two magazines, as well as a magazine for older children, DiscoveryBox, aimed at 9-12 year olds. We can also offer a 10% discount for anyone who subscribes - just enter aWrLuhptB6 to claim your discount! A subscription to one of the magazines would make a great Christmas or birthday present, too. The magazines are from
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Sample Pages
Some of the samples are quite large so please be patient!
StoryBox (ages 3-6): sample 1 sample 2 sample 3
AdventureBox (ages 6-9): sample 1 sample 2 sample 3
DiscoveryBox (ages 9-12): sample 1 sample 2 sample 3

Canada Day printables, puzzles and coloring pages

It is less than a week until Canada celebrates its national holiday, and we have added lots of new printable activities to the website today. Head on over to our Canada Day pages to find some new Canada Day cards, 4 puzzles to print and enjoy, and some new Canada Day coloring pages too. And don't forget to get your teddy ready to celebrate, too!
Canada Day for Kids

Mother's Day Puzzles for Kids

We've added Mother's Day word searches, mazes and cryptograms to the website today...
Mother's Day puzzles

More Valentine's Day Puzzling Fun for Kids

If you are looking for a last-minute activity for the children, try these new Valentine's Day cryptograms - they should keep the kids busy for a little while!
Valentine's Day Cryptograms

New Kids Puzzles - The Pyramid Challenge

Our newest maths puzzle, the Pyramid Challenge, gives your child practice with early addition skills. We have 5 levels of increasing difficulty, and also some blank pages which you can print to make your own puzzles.

Pyramid Challenge

St David's Day Puzzles for Kids

St David's Day is celebrated in Wales and by Welsh people throughout the world on 1st March. We'll will be adding quite a new ideas for St David's Day activities for kids in the next week or so, and today we have added some new St David's Day puzzles for kids for you to print out.
St David's Day 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

MLK Day Puzzles For Kids

Well, I know it is last minute, but I've just added two Martin Luther King Day puzzles to the site to keep the kids busy. There is a "how many words" puzzle for all ages, and a tricky crytogram featuring a Dr Martin Luther King Jr quote, which should keep older children guessing for a while!

Martin Luther King Day puzzles

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.

More Ancient Greece for Kids

I've just added even more Ancient Greece coloring pages to the site, as well as a large collection of Ancient Greece printables - writing paper and frames for school, projects and notebooking bedecked with Greek gods, hoplites, olive wreaths and mythological creatures! If you are feeling creative you can color and cut out your very own Ancient Greek coins. You will also find three new word search puzzles - Greek gods, Greek creatures and the Ancient Olympic Games. And, finally, I have added the first of our Greek Myths for Kids - rewritten specially for children - to read online or print for later.

Ancient Greece for Kids

Animal Games and Puzzles

This is a wonderful resource full of games, puzzles, activities and quizzes about the natural world (the majority are animals, but there are also some plants, geology and weather materials). Best of all, they are free. All the files are downloadable as PDF files.

Free animal puzzles