Crafting With Kids by Catherine Woram Ryland, Peters & Small, £14.99, 3+There are 35 make-together projects for you and your child to enjoy. With simple and fun activities designed for preschoolers from finger-painting on ceramic plates (a wonderful gift idea), to sta...

or toys? He is always having amazing adventures with Felix and Zoe – he is in their imagination, he IS their imagination! Zim Zam and Zoom are virtual characters. They are there to play with and investigate all those questions children ask – they are our

It’s a well-known fact that children just love to play with cardboard boxes, transforming them into everything from spaceships to Wendy houses. Inspired by his son’s passion for junk modelling, industrial designer Paul Justin has come up

for children from eight months to 13 years, with a team of English-speaking carers available at the state-of-the-art Our Space children’s club.If you fancy brushing up on the art of Italian cooking, where you can make pizza or homemade orcehhiatte

an art contest inviting children aged five to 17 years to use their creative talents to imagine a world free from nuclear weapons. More than 6,600 entrants from nearly 100 countries took part. To see a gallery of the young artists’ inspiring vision of “a

Anholt’s Artists by Laurence Anholt (France Lincoln, £5.99 each). Images and text bring artistic greats to life, including Van Gogh, Leonardo Da Vinci and Matisse.Art Attack by Neil Buchanan (DK, £9.99). Lively, practical book to guide you

On the shores of Flathead Lake in Montana, Flathead Lake Lodge is perfect for your young cowboys and cowgals. It has a great children’s programme that includes lots of horse time, plus arts and crafts, and watersports. Seven nights at the ranch

, providing a sensory experience where all ages are invited to view, touch and feed their imagination.Family X-Factor By dismantling the barriers between nature and sculpture, this day out is the perfect introduction to modern art for younger children. Whilst

and Lola is an innovative arts and crafts magazine designed for children who love to get creative. Each issue is packed with fun activities, from drawing and sticking to collaging and making. There are also funny stories and rhymes to enjoy and games

Do you remember Art Attack?The original series, featuring a talking clay head and enormous artworks created from myriad miscellaneous items was one of ITV’s most enduring children’s shows, running from 1989 to 2007.Now, the classic programme has