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Chell’s Top Tips for Making Perler Bead Earrings
Get creative and make your own ear rings using Perler mini beads! Here's our 6 easy steps to make easy perler bead earrings: Use MINI 2.5mm Perler beads (instead of MIDI 5mm) 2. Make sure the compled size is the size you like - not too big or not too small 3. Use...
5 Sensory Activities That Will Keep Your Children Engaged
Learning outside of the box ... Sensory play is an important part of development. Different aspects of sensory play support social interactions, language and conginitive development as well as fine and gross motor skills. Chenille Stem Threading All children seek...
Mothers Day craft ideas to spoil mum during this time of isolation
Need help thinking outside of the box for gift ideas for Mothers Day ? With store closures and social distancing restrictions in place why not get creative and make Mum that special gift to say thankyou ... Here are 5 fun ideas to keep the kids entertained and create...
Introducing our new Sensory Sands
Cotton Sand by Educational Colours is one of our newest editions to our sensory resourse range. This sand is like no sand you have felt before. It is a super soft cotton like product that is designed to engaged children in learning through their senses. Cotton Sand...
14 Crafts in 14 Days
These are unprecedented times. But let’s focus on the positives and ways we can spend a little bit of extra quality time with our kids at home. We've put together 14 craft ideas for 14 days. Great boredom busters and a way to break up the screen time. 1. Perler Beads...
What are Wikki Stix and what can you do with them?
Kidsplay Crafts are proud to announce that they are stocking Wikki Stix educational products both online and in our Gold Coast – Tweed Heads Store. So what are Wikki Stix? Well Wikki Stix are made in the USA, and are pieces of synthetic yarn covered...
Kidsplay Gold Coast Tweed Art and Craft Warehouse Now Open
Kidsplay Crafts have moved to a new location in Tweed Heads South. Our warehouse will service our loyal clientele throughout the Gold Coast, Tweed Heads and Northern NSW. We're also grateful now that Fastway Couriers are running 2 pick-ups per day so that we can...
How to get started on Perler Beads
Perler for beginners! Unsure on how to get started with Perler Beads? Here's 5 easy tips on what products and things you'll need to know to get you started. 1. Perler Activity Kits. Our Activity kits are the best way to try out Perler beads for the first time. They...
A simple 8 step guide on how to do Perler Beads!
What are Perler Beads? How do you do Perler beads? Perler Beads are small, heat activated beads that you can lay out on pegboards to create interesting and amazing pixel style art! Here's our easy 8 step instructions on how to complete a Perler Bead design! Step...
Kidsplay Crafts Purchases BIP Wholesale Art and Craft Supplies Gold Coast
Very exciting news! Kidsplay Crafts have expanded! Kidsplay Crafts recently purchased BIP Wholesale Art and Craft Supplies based on the Gold Coast. What does this mean? If you are a kindergarten, childcare centre, family day care or a school in Northern NSW, Gold...