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5 Ideas for Hosting the Best Summer Dinner Party

Discover our guide to hosting the ultimate dinner party with easy hosting ideas, decorating tips, theme inspiration...

Free Craft Activity: Make the Perfect Princess Castle

Little princes and princesses will adore making this princess castle using our free downloadable template!

Papel picado garlands swing from the ceiling with rainbow honeycomb streamers in the background.

Free Craft Activity: Decorations for Cinco de Mayo

Print-out and make a Meri Meri Papel Picado garland to celebrate Cinco de Mayo.

How To Host A Fairy Party

Discover our guide to hosting the best fairy birthday party, whether it’s for kids or adults – from food ideas and ...

A young girl with red hair sits wearing a mermaid tail and top in a bath with mermaid crepe banners on the outside. Blue paper streamers and a statement blue balloon arch feature in the background.

Mermaid Party Ideas

As summer approaches, we reveal how to host the best mermaid party ever.

Free Craft Activity: Safari Skittle Game To Make

Safari Skittle Game To Make Kids love skittles – setting them up and knocking them down is excellent entertainment....

Jaipur Travel Tips

From the majestic City Palace to the wonderous Hawal Mahal via independent havelis, our founder's top picks of Jaipur

Free Craft Activity: Stick Horse Play Companion

Print out and make this easy stick horse for your little ones to ride around obstacles or during made-up adventures...

Pink and blue gingham, square baskets hold sweet treats such as cupcakes.

Free Craft Activity: Easter Basket

Create little gingham paper baskets for an Easter egg hunt or to hold your springtime bakes with our easy printable...

Guide To Temporary Tattoos For Kids

Temporary tattoos can be a total hit with the kids! From adding that extra something to a fancy dress outfit, to cr...

Free Craft Activity: Carnival Mask

Print out and make this fun carnival mask craft, perfect for carnival parades and imaginative roleplays at home

Free Craft Activity: Father’s Day Robot Card

Print out and make this super cute robot card to make for dad on Father’s Day

A small container filled with cardboard dinosaurs and prehistoric-inspired accessories.

Free Craft Activity: Dinosaur Land

Print out and make this easy dinosaur crafting activity for a sensational prehistoric addition to your garden

A paper fairy cut-out stands in front of a tree trunk with a little door and mushroom, creating a fairy garden out of printable designs.

Free Craft Activity: Fairy Garden

Make an enchanting Fairy Garden. The perfect family project for your summer break

A yellow and white striped table is decorated with pink and leaping bunny plates. Cardboard floral and bunny decorations are placed in the center.

Free Craft Activity: Make Your Own Tabletop Easter Scene

Looking for Easter craft activities? This free downloadable template lets you create a beautiful egg hunt scene to ...

Valentine’s Day Ideas

Discover five fun ways to celebrate Valentine’s Day with kids.

A festive planner lies in the middle of a table surrounded by pencils, tape, and stickers.

Festive Planner for Parents

Christmas Planner: your helpful print-out and fill-in festive lists, all in one place

Kids Craft Activity: Festive Paper Chains

Dress your tree in festive paper chains! Our free, printable template contains fun designs in holiday colors and is...

Festive florals with Hazel Gardiner

London-based floral design talent Hazel Gardiner shares her top tips for creating a beautiful floral table design a...

3 illustrated dolls are surrounded by accessories.

Free Craft Activity: Paper Dolls – Make Ruby

Our talented designers have spent hours letting the magic of Meri Meri inspire them to create something wonderful. ...

A young girl sits outside wearing a mushroom hat at a table that has been decorated with mushroom-inspired party supplies, including honeycomb ornaments, plates, and candles.

Mushroom Meringue Recipe

Make your fairy party, woodland party or any fall party look amazing with mushroom party supplies and mushroom mer...

A table laid with Thanksgiving-inspired tableware, including orange gingham plates and napkins, honeycomb pumpkins and paper turkey crackers.

Thanksgiving Games Ideas for Kids

Looking for fun activities for kids this Thanksgiving? Inspired kids’ club The Wonder share five fun Thanksgiving p...

How to Throw a Pastel Halloween Party - with Royale Ziegler

Los Angeles-based Royale Ziegler knows a thing or two about celebrating in serious style. Here she shares her top t...

A small cardboard shadow theater with Halloween-inspired shadows sits under a star garland and orange tulle, and is surrounded by honeycomb pumpkins and cat, a witch's hat, and striped cups with popcorn.

Free Craft Activity: Halloween Shadow Theater

Print out and make this easy Halloween crafting activity for a perfectly eerie story-telling evening

Paper Dolls - Make Jasper

Welcome Jasper, the black cat who loves Halloween! Enjoy hours of imaginative play with our printable templates of ...

4 children wearing Halloween costumes, including a dinosaur costume and a witch's outfit, sit around a table decorated with Halloween party supplies such as honeycomb pumpkins and spiders, and a garland with Halloween motifs hangs above.

Fun Halloween activities for all the family

Make your Halloween special with Halloween crafts, movies, dancing, Halloween food and pumpkin carving.

An illustrated bingo sheet filled with Halloween characters and motifs, such as witches, bats, black cats, and mushrooms, is placed between two illustrated characters of a witch and scarecrow.

Halloween Bingo

You’ve got everything ready for Halloween celebrations now it’s time to think about the activities - our special Ha...

A greenhouse decorated with Magic Potion partyware, including napkins and plates, with honeycomb witches' hats and owls hanging from the ceiling above a garland featuring cauldrons and bugs.

Magic Party Potions and Activity Ideas

We’ve got the ultimate magic party activity ideas – from a fun science experiment to color-changing lemonade

A table laid with Thanksgiving tableware and party supplies, including gingham plates, paper turkey crackers, and honeycomb pumpkins. A banner reads 'Happy Thanksgiving' and a garland featuring pastel leaves.

Thanksgiving Fun: Free Memory Game & Bingo

Play our gourd-geous Thanksgiving card games and celebrate the holiday with your loved ones in style!

Lucy Clayton smiles at the camera whilst holding a paintbrush and trinket box, with other craft supplies on the table in front of her.

Lucy Clayton on the Joy of Dress Up

The author, podcast host and vintage fashion collector on her love of Barbie and passion for creating head-turning ...