Children can see top West End shows for free as part of this year’s fabulous festival organised by the Society of London Theatre. During Kids Week, a child aged between five and 16 can go free when accompanied by an adult paying full price. You can

place throughout May Day and thousands of people come to see the two Hobby Horses The Old Oss and the Blue Ribbon Oss.4 Go huntingOn Easter Day each year kit out your children in explorer outfits (safari hats and binoculars) or Sherlock Holmes

their post-prandial sleep. Then they're guaranteed an hour of marble-run fun without a 15·month-old's 'help'.• Split up. Get one adult to play games with a couple of children; another to do colouring and another to sit and have a cuddle.• Go out. Cooped up

1. Body painting  Buy a selection of bathtime body paints, then hop in the tub to paint designs on each body part, naming the body parts and the things you are drawing as you go... bees on their knees, a sweet on their feet and so on. 2. Put on a

and whatever materials you can find (in your island box). After making a place to spend the night, search for food, or go fishing (using string and a yardstick) and see what you can catch. Then tell stories about your adventure and draw pictures from