do, with sufficient snow, is to mark out a target using food colouring and let children compete to see who can hit the bullseye: it’s an ad-hoc winter cross between archery and boules. But if there is an expanse of snowy white that no one has yet

What to do Brush your child's teeth twice a day. No more, no less. Get into a toothbrushing routine. If necessary, withhold a fun thing (like a video) until teeth are brushed. Do it yourself until your child is old enough to tie his own shoelaces

A life on the ocean waves will appeal to many children, and now the world’s biggest cruise ship has been launched – the Oasis Of The Seas – and it’s packed with family-friendly things to do. There are fantastic children’s clubs caring for children

of achieving an individual look and is lots of fun to do with children. My son adds interesting buttons to jackets and collects old woven badges from markets to use, too. It’s lovely to see an old button that belonged to your grandmother reused in a decorative

the heart, but you can console yourself by remembering it's just a phase Number CrunchersThe things we do with numbers are inherently fun - making a recipe, shopping, playing games. So why are we passing a fear of maths on to our children Happy Birthday

it really entail, and is it right for your child?Lessons in LoveRomance is in the air at nursery schools across the land, so how do children learn about love?The TechnocratsMeet the wired-up clan who are the aristocrats of all things technological

to get you into the chilling zone, there’s even an on-site Womad Spa. One of the newest kids on the block is Vintage at Goodwood (August 12–14, 2011). The brainchild of designers Geraldine and Wayne Hemingway of Red Or Dead fame, it’s a music- and fashion

, then you need a to-do list. Thankfully, it’s hard to run out of ideas in Denmark, especially as our children insisted on doing most things at least twice.Beware of visiting the Experimentarium on the outskirts of Copenhagen, as it could seriously spoil any

yeast, 125g of dried fruit and 110g caster sugar. In a separate saucepan, melt 50g butter and gently warm 250ml milk, whisk in an egg and add to the flour mixture. Mix to form a dough and knead for 10 minutes. Leave to rise in a warm place for one hour

this to the grid (via Good Energy at www.goodenergy.co.uk) earning us around £100 a year (if you do it now you’d get around 40p per unit compared to our 15p, but we did get lucky with a 50 per cent installation grant). We’ve also installed solar thermal tubes