Recent Articles in Things to make & do

Organix Love Heart Biscuits
Feb 14, 2015

As part of their healthy food campaign, Organix have created a recipe for Love Heart Biscuits that is suitable for those with allergies and intolerances and great to make with the kids.

Free Half-term Activities
Feb 13, 2015

Here's a round-up of some of the activities available around the UK for free during the February half-term from arts and crafts to home baking.

Send a personalised video message from Santa
Dec 9, 2014

With Portable North Pole you can arrange a personalised message from Santa and we have a special promo code for Parenting Without Tears readers.

Family Fireworks at Blists Hill
Oct 30, 2014

See the night sky spectacularly lit up over Blists Hill Victorian Town, near Ironbridge on Saturday evening, 1 November when the townsfolk will be celebrating Guy Fawkes’ foiled Gunpowder Plot with a fantastic family fireworks display.

Apple Bobbing for Halloween
Oct 28, 2014

The Urban Orchard Project shares their Top Apples for Apple Bobbing, so you can celebrate the great British apple this Halloween.

Half-term & Halloween
Oct 24, 2014

Lots of things to do, make and see at half-term and Halloween. Here are a few of Parenting Without Tears' recommendations.

The London Eye Witch Academy
Oct 22, 2014

The London Eye Witch Academy returns this October, offering the chance for wicked little witches and wizards to enrol in some frightfully good fun this Halloween from Saturday 25 October to Saturday 1 November. Harriet Coates proved herself wicked enough for the class of 2014.

Haunting Halloween 3
Oct 14, 2014

Enjoy Halloween with the National Trust and experience some spine-chilling thrills at some unforgettable places. From eerie trails and spooky story-telling in atmospheric locations to fearsome face painting and frightening fancy dress in historic houses, there’s something to give the whole family the jitters:Yorkshire and North East, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Haunting Halloween 2
Oct 14, 2014

Enjoy Halloween with the National Trust and experience some spine-chilling thrills at some unforgettable places. From eerie trails and spooky story-telling in atmospheric locations to fearsome face painting and frightening fancy dress in historic houses, there’s something to give the whole family the jitters: Midlands, South West and North West of England.

Haunting Halloween with the National Trust
Oct 14, 2014

Enjoy Halloween with the National Trust and experience some spine-chilling thrills at some unforgettable places. From eerie trails and spooky story-telling in atmospheric locations to fearsome face painting and frightening fancy dress in historic houses, there’s something to give the whole family the jitters: South East and Eastern England.

Free Bike Workshops at half-term
Oct 10, 2014

Kids Get Bike Savvy with Free Bike Workshops from Halfords this October half-term.

Free family events at Salford Quays
Sep 29, 2014

Salford Dock will be transformed next month with two days of free, family-friendly activities to run alongside the filming of CBeebies Christmas Show, Peter Pan.