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Issue 21 - published
November 1st, 2009
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ISSUE 21 includes 75 Cracking Christmas projects for hours of crafty festive fun and to help encourage creative development in children from 0 to 11 years old. Only CREATIVE STEPS has specific sections for the Under 5’s, 5-7’s and 7-11 year-olds, supporting the EYFS and early years settings and aiding cross-curricular learning through KS1 & KS2.

With loads of seasonal activities; including cards, gifts and decorations to help give a personal touch to your Christmas this year. We’ve festive treats for you to make and eat, games to play and prizes to be won! We’ve details about an inspiring new nativity play - The Shining, Signing Star - that incorporates music and sign language in a wonderful new version.

Our extensive annual Toy Review provides you with an at-a-glance guide to the latest toys and games likely to be on your childrens’ wish lists - with a chance to win a fabulous hamper of the featured toys in our free to enter draw!

All this, the regular features - including ’Four Ways with . . . paper & card’ and a special Christmas Reading Corner, plus loads of other great toys and books to win in our free to enter competitions!

0 - 5 years
Concentrating on texture and sensory stimulation, projects in this group include:

 PINE CONE PALS- Cute little characters made from pine cones and crafty scraps. They would make great table decorations!

 MARBLED BAUBLES - A really easy project for little ones to explore the medium of paint.

 HANDPRINT GARLAND - A fun group activity, ideal for decorating a nursery or classroom.

 LOLLY STICK TREE - Lay out some basic crafting materials and get children to decorate their own Christmas tree card.

 STRING OF LIGHTS - A line of tiny fingerprints are turned into a cute string of coloured lights for this easy-to-make Christmas greeting.

 POP-UP SANTA CARD - This card is fun to make for slilghtly older children and has a great surprise when opened!

 CHRISTMAS TREE PIZZAS - A festive alternative to an old favourite but just as tasty.

 CHOCOLATE BITES - Delicious chocolate sweets that are simple to make and great to give as gifts.

 SNOWBALL CRISPIES - Coconut treats made with marshmallows and rice cereal - just scrummy!

 WINTER FELT BOARD - A cute adaptation of a favourite toy - great for imaginative play.

 CHRISTMAS MEMORY GAME - This game can be played by everyone - ideal for filling in those ’what shall we do now?’ moments!

 WHAT COMES NEXT? - Seasonal cards to help introduce patterns and sequences to young children.

5 - 7 years
Fun crafting projects to make with children in Key Stage 1, include:

 CRAFTS FOR CHRISTMAS - Great ideas to keep children entertained in the run-up to Christmas.

 LOLLY STICK DECORATIONS - Imaginations can run riot when you make these fun decorations.

 FESTIVE TIMES TABLES - Give a seasonal twist to times table practise with this fun maths game.

 PATCHWORK BAUBLES - Children will love getting messy making these ’green’ but funky decorations.

 SEASONAL SYMMETRY CARDS - These colourful cards are a simple way to introduce the concept of symmetry.

 SHAKE, RATTLE & ROLL! - Save those snack pots and make some super seasonal shakers.

 HIDDEN SURPRISES! - A fun giftwrap idea using a wooden cheese box and felt scraps.

 IT’S A CRACKER!- Easy to make crackers - ideal for tree or table decorations.

7 - 11 years
Great ideas for older kids to make and do:

 IT’S A WRAP! - Recycle some household basics to make the most amazing giftwrapping!.

 CHRISTMAS CUPCAKES - Festive cupcakes drizzled with the juices of Christmassy clementines.

 STOCKING FILLERS - Great decoration ideas to make with FIMO modelling clay.

 SNOWMAN WORD RACE - A seasonal game to test those literacy skills - but watch the spelling!

 PLEASED TO GREET YOU - Stand out from the crowd this year and send a different kind of Christmas greeting.

 CHRISTMAS HOOP-LA! - Encourage sewing skills with some framed embroidered panels. Ideal for gifts.

 THE CHRISTMAS TREE - Learn about the origins of the Christmas tree plus some tree-mendous projects.

 CRACKER BOXES - Older children will get a lot of satisfaction from making these easy opening crackers.

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.

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Dozens of art and craft projects plus activities designed to stimulate childrens' creativity and imagination using a
variety of inexpensive materials.

Reading Corner — a round-up and review of
the latest children's books on the market.

It's a Gift — Prize giveaways worth £100's.