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Activity Village News

29th June 2009

Activity Village News 29th June 2009

A Message From Lindsay

We are having a wonderfully sunny and warm few days here in the South East of England - perfect timing for the Wimbledon tennis fortnight, where the switch for the new glass roof over Centre Court has not had to be pressed once! The children are enjoying a rare childish moment, watering the flower beds for me as I type this, and I'll be taking a cup of tea outside as soon as I have finished writing, to enjoy the summer evening. We are all looking forward to the children's long summer holidays, which will be starting soon.

I hope you are taking advantage of all that the summer brings, and have many long lazy days and evenings planned in which you can enjoy your children. Try not to worry about the mess, the washing, the work - just go find your kids, make some memories and enjoy your family!

With apologies to those of you in the southern hemisphere!

Coming up soon:

1st July - Canada Day
4th July - Fourth of July
July - end of school year (say thank you to your child's teacher!)
Summer
Back to School

Ana's monster embroidery using Activity Village's monster coloring pages!
One of our visitors, Ana, was inspired by our monster coloring pages to embroider some gorgeous patches for the knees of her child's jeans! Have a closer look here, on Ana's blog.

If your child has made use of our craft ideas or printables, we'd love to share the results here! Drop me a line by emailing editor-at-activityvillage.co.uk (replace -at- with @)

What's New At Activity Village?

Princess paper dolls
We are thrilled with these new Princess paper dolls - and their beautiful wardrobes! They are available in colour, as shown, and also in black and white so that your little girls can enjoying colouring in and designing those pretty outfits themselves!
 Princess Paper Dolls


Our American visitors have got Fourth of July coming up, and we've got 10 fabulous new craft ideas for them to get their teeth into including this gorgeous Uncle Sam! We also have wands to wave at parades, patriotic pen pots and snack pots and plant pots, and lots more! And of course lots of these patriotic craft ideas can be adapted for Canada Day and other national holidays...
Fourth of July crafts for kids

Posters to print
We think you'll like these new posters, designed to help your child remember those tricky things that they like to forget, like brushing their teeth!
Reminder posters

Bullying not allowed poster
The same cheerful illustrations can be found on these new school posters - useful for classrooms, hallways and washrooms!
School posters

We've also been continuing to update our popular Coloring Page Database, and the following pages have been checked, added to and otherwise refreshed:

Ballet coloring pages
Bambi
Bear coloring pages
Bear in the Big Blue House
Beauty and the Beast
Bird coloring pages
Birthday coloring pages
Boats and ships coloring pages
Bob the Builder
Brother Bear
Bunny coloring pages
Butterfly coloring pages
Caillou
Car coloring pages
Cars coloring pages (the movie)
Castle coloring pages
Cat coloring pages

A Giggle!

"A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing, and the lawn mower is broken."
James Dent

Activity Village News - Keeping Kids Busy

A Video To Enjoy With The Kids..

A fascinating video showing the 44 Presidents of the United States "morphing" into one another...

NB Please do not allow children to browse video sharing sites unsupervised.

Something To Think About..

"In summer, the song sings itself".
William Carlos Williams

"Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability."
Sam Keen

"Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass on a summer day listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is hardly a waste of time."
John Lubbock

"Summer afternoon - summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language."
Henry James

Subscriber Special

I confess to being completely addicted to our origami booklets, and I've heard from quite a few of you who love them as much as I do! I never go anywhere these days without one of these tucked in my handbag or pocket for jotting down notes and reminders and brainstorming sessions. Here are three with cheerful summery images which could also be used by the children for story-writing...

Ruled bee booklet
Ruled bee booklet

Ruled spider booklet
Ruled spider booklet

Ruled sun booklet
Ruled sun booklet

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Lindsay's Web Picks

Make your own "Where's Spot" book with this printable. This was one of my children's favourite board books when they were little!
http://www.kizclub.com/
storypatterns/spot(C).pdf

Cute old fashioned paper dolls to print, colour and play with
http://www.papergoodies.com/scripts/
prodView.asp?idProduct=201

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