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Entries for the 2012 Creative Play Awards are now open!

Now into their fourth year, the Creative Play Awards recognise excellence in creative play products, kits and resources. Each product is tested by three independent judges – parents, childcare professionals, [...]

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BizzieBaby Gold Awards!

Creative Steps is proud to announce it has been awarded the prestigious BizzieBaby Gold Award by its testers! Kim from Walsall said: “I am very impressed with the magazine. It [...]

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Out and about!

(from ’50 Boredom Busters’) Scavenger Hunt: Give each child or teams of children a list of items they have to find in a certain area in a fixed time. The [...]

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Fun in the sun!

(from ’50 Boredom Busters’) Balloon Tennis: You will need two long balloons and a round balloon. Set up a net or simply use a piece of string to lay on [...]

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Indoor Games

(from ’50 Boredom Busters’) Sausages: Get everyone to sit in a circle. The person who is ‘it’ stands in the centre. Each person sitting in the circle asks the person [...]

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Creative Play

(from ’50 Boredom Busters’) Mask-erade!: Make funky masks by decorating paper plates. Using whatever materials you have to hand such as fabric scraps, funky foam, feathers etc. Attach elastic thread [...]

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Issue 28 – A New Year

A new year, a new decade and a new issue packed with more than 75 original activities and projects encouraging children to learn through creative play. The JanFeb issue includes [...]

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Issue 27 – It’s Christmas!

A great time of year to get the kids crafting – with cards, decorations, gifts and tasty treats to make. This issue is packed with more than 80 great seasonal [...]

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