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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 Throw The Ultimate Tween Party: 6 Ideas To Inspire

Discover the best tween and teen birthday party ideas that your kids will adore, from spa pamper sessions to movie ...

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...

How To Set The Spring Table

Whether for a party, a smart dinner or an informal family get-together, here’s how to set a table properly

Free Craft Activity: Carnival Mask

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

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

3 images go by on rotation; a table laid with pastel plates and floral garlands and macaroons, another laid with pink flowers and retro and rollerskate plates, and a final table decorated with tennis ball plates and racket napkins.

Stylish Birthday Party Ideas For Every Age

We’ve got the ultimate stylish party ideas for all ages. From roarsome dinosaur themes to elegant French tea partie...

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 ...

A rainbow arrangement of candles of various designs, including stars, twists, and two-tone tall candles.

Party Trends for 2024

Predicting the Biggest Party Trends of 2024, from magical niche-themed parties to maximalist home decor

A red striped table is covered with festive tableware whilst holiday banners hang above the table. 3 young children sit at a small table next to the dining table wearing Christmas outfits.

Holiday Cheer: Free Memory Game & Charades

Bring festive joy into your home this holiday with our printable memory game and charades

Top 10 Nutcracker Performances in the USA

The ultimate theater performance to set the scene this Christmas? The ballet, The Nutcracker – we round up the top ...

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

A young child smiles whilst holding several presents and wearing a crown.

Create A Christmas Eve Box

Want to know what to put in a Christmas eve box? Here’s how to make a magical Christmas Eve box for your kids

2 young children wear dinosaur hats and are surrounded by green leaves and plants whilst a third child hides in the background.

Free Craft Activity: Miraculous Memory Games

Kids love challenging memory games, especially for at-home fun. Parents will be pleased to know they can also help ...

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...

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

The facade of a stone house is decorated with Halloween party supplies, including orange paper crepe garlands, an eyeball balloon arch, honeycomb pumpkins and spiders, and a witch's costume is placed at the front in a chair.

Halloween Decorating Tips

Make Halloween extra enchanting this year with these expert tips and tricks

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!

A gold rack holds 4 desk tidys which have pencils inside, and a desk has a notebook and other craft supplies.

Free Craft Activity: Back to School Desk Tidy and Pencil Topper

Print out and make this back-to-school crafting activity – the perfect way to make kids’ desks look stylish and org...