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Creative Steps

A fantastic magazine packed with easy, fun projects and activities … an excellent source of inspiration for primary school teachers, classroom assistants, childminders & nannies, nursery teachers, playgroup and pre-school organisers, home educators, Rainbow, Brownie, Guide and Scouting leaders and, of course, parents and grandparents!

Issue 10 of Creative StepsIssue 10 - published January 4th 2008 - Sample contents

Here is a sample of the contents from Issue 10,  with dozens of great ideas to help keep your children entertained though the dark winter months, including cards and edible treats to help celebrate the cultural festivals in the coming months. Mother's Day is early this year - March 2nd - so we have several activities and makes for children of all ages. This issue also contains '50 Top Tips for how to host the perfect children's party - invaluable information for all! - plus all the regular sections, such as Reading Corner, '4 ways with...' and £100's of fabulous toys to be won!


0-3 years
Concentrating on texture and sensory stimulation, projects in this group include:

Fingerprint Flowersblob  SWEET CUPS — A perfect gift for toddlers to give to mummy on Mother’s Day.!

blob  FINGERPRINT FLOWERS — Make beautiful flowers simply using hands, fingers and a little paint.

blob  NUMBER SNAKE — Discuss and learn about shapes, numbers and colours all in one project.

Sweet Heartsblob SWEET HEARTS — A simple biscuit recipe to get young children interested in cookery.

Heart Shaped Miceblob  COTTON REEL CARDS — Have fun making flower prints using cotton reels.

blob  CHINESE LANTERN — Great little paper lanterns to celebrate Chinese New Year.

blob  HEART-SHAPED MICE — A fun Valentine’s project with a difference.

 

 

4-7 years
Fun crafting projects to make with children in Key Stage 1, include:

Chinese New Yearblob  CELEBRATE CHINESE NEW YEAR! — Help celebrate the Year of the Rat with cultural activities and projects.

blob  DOTTY VALENTINE CARDS — Go dotty making some fun Valentine’s Day cards.

Let's Pretendblob  LET’S PRETEND — Help children develop valuable social skills with this great play feature.

blob  FANTASTIC PLASTIC — Create a gang of environmentally friendly fantasy animals.

blob FLOWER POWER! — Children will love making colourful tissue paper flowers for Mother’s Day.

Salt Dough Handprintblob  FOLDED FLOWER CARD — Create the perfect handmade card for Mother’s Daytogether.

blob  A HANDY PRESENT — As a special gift this Mother’s Day, why not make salt dough handprints.

blob  PROMISES! PROMISES! — A Mother’s Day gift with a difference – promises to be exchanged when needed! Click here to download a pdf of the Mother's Day promise voucher.

 

 

8-11 years
Paper PeopleGreat ideas for older kids to make and do:

blob PAPER PEOPLE — We’ve taken a much-loved childhood activity and given it a fresh spin with some cute paper chain characters.

blob  HANDBAG CARDS — Mother’s Day cards with a secret inside!

blob MOTHER’S DAY MUNCHIES — A set of matching gifts, ideal for older children to make for mum.

Felt Flower Bouquetblob  FELT FLOWER BOUQUET — Give mum a bundle of colourfulflowers that will last and last.

blob  HEART SHAPE POEMS — Write a shape poem for someone special for this year’s Valentine’s or Mother’s Day.

Woven Heartsblob  WOVEN HEARTS — A Scandinavian craft which older children will love working out.

blob  COOL EXPERIMENTS! — Children will love learning about the wacky ways of frozen water with some chilly experiments.



In addition to these, there are plenty of other great ideas and projects, plus a great selection of books reviewed in Reading Corner and prize giveaways worth £100's.

Subscribers: To save you cutting up your copy of Creative Steps you may download all of the templates for the projects in this issue by clicking on the button below

Issue 10 - Contents summary


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