To get started making your cute Panda Buns doll, download these 12 pattern pieces. Please make sure your printer is set to 100 per cent A4. Cut them out from your designated fabrics, cutting the number of pieces called for on each one. Unless otherwise noted, seam allowances ar...

Simple but effective, children will love creating this high-flying rocket. It can shoot up to five metres into the air, so it’s best to make use it outdoors and stand back before blast off; you may also want to provide safety glasses for children to wear. It’s important t...

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 with Makedo, a clever little constructi...

1. Fold the two opposite ends of a square piece of paper to make a triangle, then fold the opposite ends of the triangle to make a smaller one.2. Open the paper up and fold a corner into the centre point, repeat with the opposite corner – you should now have a square.3. Turn the ...

Backstitch The backstitch is a basic embroidery stitch and is used decoratively in many of the softie projects. It is called backstitching because you move the needle a stitch backward before sewing the next stitch. To backstitch: The backstitch is worked from right to le...

, things they’ve created or things that remind them of fun days out. These could include: ArtworksDiariesToysPhotos of friends, family and petsParts of a school or sports uniformDancing or sports shoesStories they’ve writtenFavourite sweets

that children learn to express their gratitude in a written form, so here's how to encourage the art of thank you note writing, even from a very early age.• Explain why they're important For a young child, discuss the fact that a friend or family member has

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