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From dream party themes to brilliant birthday party ideas and star interviews, inspiration for every event starts here!

Party supplies inspired by the Lunar New Year are laid on a table, including red plates, bunny lanterns, and red and gold napkins. A gold tinsel banner and red lantern garland hang from the ceiling.

Free Craft Activity: Lunar New Year Lanterns to Make at Home

Download, print-out and craft these fun Meri Meri-designed Lunar New Year red envelopes, red lanterns and rabbit la...

A pink background features Valentine's cards, including designs of a bear, shark, cats, a robot and dogs.

Free Craft Activity: Send your Love

Valentine’s cards are the perfect way to tell the special people in your life that you love them. Put them in the p...

An illustrated bingo sheet featuring festive motifs such as reindeer, Santa, candy canes, Nutcrackers, and holly is placed between a reindeer character and illustrated fairy in pink.

Festive Bingo Game for Kids

Christmas Bingo: a game for the whole family to enjoy over the Holidays

Deborah Brett finishes an elaborate gingerbread house with a blue bow.

Deborah Brett’s Festive Tips

The stylish London-based fashion editor and ceramicist tells us how she and her family prepare for Christmas

Valentine's envelopes in pink and white with hearts hang from a banner above Hugger crafts created in designs of woodland animals such as squirrels and bunnies. Glitter heart stickers and felt heart hair slides are also placed amongst the cards.

Free Craft Activity: Valentine’s Day Huggers

Download, print-out and make these charming Meri Meri-designed characters which are ideal for handing out to friend...

In front of a background of the sky, an arm displays a DIY superhero cuff made with colored card and finished with stars and a lightning bolt.

Free Craft Activity: Superhero Make

Boom! Zap! These cool superhero cuffs are a great activity for DIY dressing up. Simply download the free template, follow our easy instructions, and prepare to save the world...

Two members of Gifford's Circus show off a red cake topped with circus characters and a big top, including strong men, acrobats, and clowns.

Meri Meri x Giffords Circus: Make Your own Circus Cake

We’ve teamed up with the extraordinary Giffords Circus to bring you a spectacular cake recipe and cake topper craft...

Various circus hats made from colored card and in different designs such as stars and flowers are displayed against a striped blue background and below a pastel diamond-shaped garland.

Free Craft Activity: Circus Top Hats

Adorable circus top hats with a signature Meri Meri twist! Download the free template to make yours: a fun activity...

Various Halloween treat boxes are displayed on a table with black gingham tops and Halloween characters such as ghosts, black cats, and witches on the black sides of the boxes. Halloween cookies are placed beside the boxes.

Free Craft Activity: Halloween Treat Box

Say “boo!” Celebrate Halloween with this easy-to-make treat box. Simply download the free template, follow our easy...

Illustrated clothing accessories and objects such as a scuba mask and camera surround an illustrated boy with a speech bubble beside him reading 'Hi I'm Harry!'

Free Craft Activity: Paper Dolls – Make Harry

Paper Dolls – Make Harry Looking for fun craft activities for your little people? Our talented designers have cra...

Two DIY mermaid ornaments made out of blue and pink card, left to right respectively, appear against a purple background featuring seashells and bubbles.

Free Craft Activity: Mermaid Make

Perfect for a mermaid-themed party or to hang up in their bedroom – this easy mermaid craft is a great activi...

A Halloween headpiece made out of black card features bats, spiders, a ghost, skull and raven as part of the design.

Free Craft Activity: Halloween Headpiece

Our talented designers have created a sensational Halloween Headpiece for your little ghouls and boys. Fun to craft...

Cardboard circus characters surround a stage, including clowns, horses, acrobats, and a dog balancing a red ball on its nose.

Free Craft Activity: Make your own Gifford’s Circus Ring

Gravity-defying acrobats, mischievous clowns, bareback horse riders and thoughtful creative direction... Giffords C...

In a sunny garden, two young children run in the background whilst a picnic is laid in front of them featuring bear wicker baskets, gingham cushions and scallop-edged plates.

Free Craft Activity: Make a Recycled Hoopla Party Game

Sydney Piercey is a mother of three who is passionate about re-use, creativity and pursuing a slower, more sustain...

A checker cloth is decorated with pastel pink and blue seashell and scallop-edged reusable plates and linen napkins.

8 Sustainable Kids Party Ideas

To mark Earth Day, here’s eight sustainable and eco-friendly party ideas. From second-hand balloons to digital inv...

A light green backdrop with dark green leaves and two triceratops headpieces made of red card and white card tusks.

Free Craft Activity: Make a Triceratops Headpiece

A dusty pink jewelry box with a line of ballerina characters along the top filled with accessories against a backdrop of light pink and ribbons.

Free Craft Activity: Make Your Own Ballerina Jewelry Box

This beautiful jewelry box is easy to make with just card and ribbon, using our free downloadable templ...

A line of large cakes covered in frosting placed on cake stands display a range of colorful candles and cake toppers.

The Ultimate Buttercream Frosting Recipe

New York baker Elizabeth Mayhew of the Dutchy of Millbrook bakery shares her favorite butter frosting recipe

In a forested area, a young child sits on a red bike with a monkey toy on the back and another child sits on a chair with a leopard and crocodile toy.

3 Trending Summer Party Theme Ideas

A collection of small tables placed in a courtyard amongst pastel pink and blue balloon garlands.

Unicorns! Confetti! The Best Balloon Decorating Trends of 2021

We’ve compiled the most stylish and sought-after balloon trends of the moment, with a little help from top party st...

Against a grassy bank, a wooden rowboat contains two children, one holding a bow and the other binoculars.

3 Outdoor Adventure Party Ideas for Kids

Calling all adventurers! Do you know how to escape quicksand? Deal with wild bears? Avoid being struck by lightning?

Hazel Gardiner tends to flowers and vines in a sunny outdoor space whilst smiling at the camera.

Create The Dream Springtime Table With Hazel Gardiner

A young girl draws at a table covered with Easter eggs and stickers, with a Easter coloring poster above and floral garlands.

Easter Bake and Make

Easter Bake and Make Looking for Easter cake decoration ideas? Our designers have created 6 delightful East...

Several construction truck plates are placed on a table with construction-themed cups and a card hard hat headpiece.

Let’s Build a Construction Party

Dig, build and demolish – what a great theme for a kids’ party! We share our favourite construction party games wit...

2 young girls stand outside of a greenhouse amongst flowers and floral decorations.

Peter Rabbit’s Fantastic Facts

3 lined pages in the shape of Santas are placed on a light green background, with a pink package and Santa gift tag besides them.

Free Craft Activity: Send Santa a Letter

Keep the Christmas magic alive by sending Santa a letter and crafting a reply! With our free, printable templates &...

Create a Haunted House

Make your home look Halloween ready with lots of sensational scary and eye-catching decorations. Here are our top ...

Free Craft Activity: Make a Picture Frame

Make a Picture Frame A homemade picture frame makes a gorgeous gift for granny, or for you or your kids to keep a f...

Free Craft Activity: Hoopla Party Game Fun

Hoopla is an excellent game for kids of all ages to play. Perfect for parties or whenever they want to have fun. W...

Craft a Friendship Bracelet

Craft a Friendship Bracelet Little people love to show their friends and family they adore them – and what better...