With cattle drives, a Junior Wrangler programme and Chuckwagon dinners, a holiday at the Paws Up Ranch Resort in Montana is just the place for any wannabe cowboys and gals. Happily, you won’t have to rough it too much as accommodation is in glamping tents or Little House On The P...

In the April issue of Junior, out on March 2, we feature some brilliant crafty ideas from Homemade Home by Sania Pell (CICO, £16.99). For full instructions, be sure to pick up your copy of Junior. Print out this template to 4x its size and use

to enjoy the surrounding five acres of countryside, such as binoculars and magnifying glass. It costs from £609 for a week in June. See English Holidays for lots more places to stay close to home, and read our features Happy Campers and Cool Campsites

the best sand to create towering sandcastles, while Padstow is home to Rick Stein’s children’s cookery classes. A great launchpad for any escapade is The Nare in Truro – a luxe retreat with child-friendly menus and babysitting available. For more great

, the former home of Anne Boleyn, and swish your way through its gardens’ autumn glory. Walk along Anne Boleyn’s Walk with its collection of trees planted over 100 years ago. In Discover Autumn on October 16–17 you can also visit the head gardener

the moor to work, often making calls on my hands-free on the way as it is a good 20 minutes’ drive. I always get cut off at the top of the moor as reception is patchy. So then I have time to think… Amazingly, we only moved the business out of my home about

when you get home. Paint them different colours to make a really personal gift.2 CrabsYou can have lots of fun looking for crabs in rocky pools or around harbour walls. All you need is a piece of string, bait, like a piece of bacon, and a weight to keep

clear if they charge fees up front for a consultation or interview (illegal from October 2010). And never hand over money at your first contact with the agency.4 Don’t rush into signing a contract at an interview, take it home to read. Genuine agencies

carrots for bunnies.Annabel Lewis, founder VV RouleauxGo for a bracing walk in the woods, setting the children the task of picking up fir branches, cones and berries. On your return home, spray your findings with gold and silver and make into wreaths

collect fallen leaves in a host of different colours – golds, reds and browns – as well as interesting looking twigs, mosses and ferns. Then, once you return home, get the glue out. Create your own autumnal landscape from all of the items your child has