Recent Articles in Things to make & do

Top ten tips to take stunning family photos
Dec 10, 2013

Have you ever felt intimidated by the thought of taking portraits? Believe it or not, people are the easiest subject to photograph because all of the elements of good photography are in your hands and you are totally in control of what is happening: you choose the subject, the light, potential themes, colours. Technical details are not so important. The key here is imagination. The experts from SmugMug, the independent photo sharing site, have compiled ten tips for you to enhance your creativity.

Classic Christmas Pudding
Nov 22, 2013

Sainsbury's have all the ingredients ready to make the perfect Christmas pudding. Here's award-winning baker and food writer, Dan Lepard, presents the perfect recipe to revive the great British baking tradition of Stir Up Sunday: the classic Christmas pudding and get the family to join in.

Ice skating in England
Nov 9, 2013

VisitEngland picks ten top spots for open air skating in Bath, Brighton, Liverpool, London, Richmond-upon-Thames, Tretham Estate,  Winchester and York.

Young Driver
Jul 31, 2013

Young Driver is a groundbreaking driver training course aimed at 11 to 17 year olds – before they're legally able to take to the roads. Research has shown that of those who have taken a Young Driver course, the rate of accidents in the first six months after passing their test drops by more than a half, to fewer than one in ten. Mathilde and Joe had their first driving lesson at Bluewater, as Louise Pollard reports.

Free FA Tesco Skills programme
Jul 17, 2013

Denise Lewis OBE is helping to launch The Football Association's Tesco Skills Programme nationwide. The highly successful scheme will become fully nationwide this summer, providing free high quality football coaching for children throughout England.

Yellow Felt Bunny
Jun 11, 2013

Yellow Felt Bunny is a new online mail order craft company which designs kits for different age groups to encourage creativity. Hazel Bothma tried out a kit with daughter Frida and both were delighted with the results.

Discover The Story Behind Your Food
May 31, 2013

Discover The Story Behind Your Food on Open Farm Sunday 9 June 2013 and at selected farms around the UK from 3 to 14 June.

The Magic Tea Kettle
May 24, 2013

Waggly Tales presents Claire Taylor's The Magic Tea Kettle at the Old Nunshead, South East London suitable for ages three plus.

Celebrate Planet Ocean by making a jazzy shopping bag
May 3, 2013

To celebrate the launch of Planet Ocean and to engage children in conservational projects and teach them the importance of looking after the world around us, we have an environmentally friendly  and fun project to make your own jazzy eco shopping bag to re-use at the supermarket. We have a handy step-by-step guide to show you how to make your very own unique version.

50 things to do before you're 11¾
May 1, 2013

Following last year’s success, the list of 50 outdoors adventures from National Trust staff has been updated for 2013 with 15 new experiences were suggested by children across the country over the 2012 summer holidays, including star gazing and daisy chain making. Over 40,000 kids signed up to the initiative in its launch last year. Time to sign up for 2013.

National Trust – free weekend
Apr 20, 2013

Over 200 National Trust properties are offering free admission this weekend Saturday and Sunday 20 and 21 April 2013.

Monster Day Out
Mar 30, 2013

All adults must be accompanied by an adult at the Monster Day Out event with Doctor Who Adventures magazine on Wednesday 3 April, 2013 and it's free!