Her Majesty the Queen celebrates her 83rd birthday on 21 April and to commemorate the event Eat in Colour, the healthy eating campaign, has designed a unique soup recipe fit for Britain’s longest ruling monarch. The Chelsea Pensioners will be eating it and so can you! And let the kids help make it using this easy to follow recipe.
Shaun the Sheephas been a big on CBBC, a classic mix of Ardman Animation's trademark slapstick and entertaining animal characters. Now Timmy one of the stars of the original show and Shaun’s cousin has been given his very own series on CBeebies, reviewed by Alex Bell.
The Museum of London has a range of free activities to celebrate the Bengali New Year on Tuesday 14 April 2009 - from Alpona painting to storytelling and dance.
A celebration of 400 years of children's poetry at the British Library gives visitors the chance to hear poems and see volumes ranging from Tommy Thumb's pretty song-book to Michael Rosen’s Don’t Put Mustard in the Custard and Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes. Free entry from 1 April to 28 June 2009.
Alex and Toby Bell went to see Sooty's encounter with life on Mars at the Ashcroft Theatre in Croydon. It was Toby's first encounter with the well-loved puppet and he was enthralled!
Opening this week, Bolt is hailed at the cinema as the future. Brian O'Neill and his son Matt love the film about a dog who believes his on-screen super powers are for real!
What better way to beat the January - or any time of the year - blues than to sing with your kids. Sing Up provides everything you need to get you started.
Starring Richard Cadell, Sooty, Sweep and Soo, Duo Entertainment Ltd present a spectacular new production Sooty in Space written by Matthew Corbett on tour throughout the UK.
Sarah Holland of The Flowers & Plants Association has some lovely ideas for pretty things for your children to make with flowers this winter. All you need are their favourite decorations, some flowers to make them smile and a little imagination!
Be prepared for a magical theatrical experience during this unique production of the Brothers Grimm chilling tale, Hansel and Gretel, writes Anne Coates who saw the production with Tabitha Minett.
Brian O'Neill took his son Mattie to a performance of Horrid Henry – Live and Horrid! - and they both loved it so much they want to go to see it again!
learndirect is encouraging adults to play computer games with their kids – and improve their maths and English skills at the same time – with the launch of its first interactive game, The Legula Adventure.
Opening at the Trafalgar Studios on 21 November for a limited Christmas run in London – Horrid Henry – Live and Horrid! one of the most popular characters in children’s fiction - and kids go half-price!