Kidsplay Crafts Blog
Kidsplay Crafts become a licensed Perler Bead distributor for Australia
Kidsplay Crafts are proud to announce their appointment as the official distributor of genuine Perler Beads in Australia! The American owned Perler bead range from Wilton Brands are a world leader in bead craft market.
Like Hama Beads, Perler beads are known for their high quality, vast colour range and consistent finishes. With Perler's beads, pegboards and ironing paper, these easy-to-use beads can be fused together with a household iron or strung together to create lots of beautiful artworks Read More...
New Kids Activity Books
Kidsplay Crafts are proud to launch our latest kids entertainment book - "Surf and Sand" beach theme activity books.
These activity books are perfect for entertaining kids in your family restaurant, club, cafe, hotel resort of holiday park. Keeping kids busy means Mum and Dad can relax and enjoy their time in your establishment, hopefully adding to your bottom .
Our latest books includes find a puzzles, word, art challenges, jokes ("dad jokes") and even some interesting stuff on Australian whales! Read More...
How to Run a Kids Plaster Painting Party in 12 Easy Steps
Using the following tips will guarantee a fun kids plaster painting party or plaster painting session for your childcare centre, daycare, kids club, fete or birthday party:
1. Use butchers' paper or newspaper to cover tables. Alternatively a cheap table cloth or a good quality heavy table cloth that can be wiped clean. A heavy duty plastic table cloth can be used for many years.
2. Display the plaster pieces on a spare table for the children to choose from.
3. Load Read More...
After School Care Activities
3 Fun After School Care Activities - for primary school aged kids
Keeping the little ones occupied after school doesn't have to be hard. We have compiled 3 fun after-school care activities that are educational, unique, and exciting!
1. Gardening
Gardening teaches children about caring for our environment and that we can garden from a young age. Children will be amazed how different and fresh the food tastes when we grow it without chemicals. Healthy diets can be encouraged as part of the Read More...
11 Fun Craft Activities for Preschoolers
11 Fun Craft Activities for Preschoolers using items from around the home!
Looking for some easy and fun craft activities for preschoolers? Crafting is such a fabulous way to help preschool-aged children improve motor skills. Through artistic expression, your little ones can develop their creativity, enriching their sensory experience. When engaging in craft activities with bright colourful materials, loads of fun can be had while also creating lovely works of art!
1. Painted Rocks Yard Art
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On a beautiful day, outdoor activities Read More...
How to do Shrink Art
How to do Shrink Art - step by step
Shrink Art is an easy and safe craft activity. We often get asked "How do you do shrink art" or "What is shrink art?". Here's everything explained.
Shrink Art is a polystyrene plastic sheet that is designed to shrink to less than half its original size whilst still retaining the same shape and colour.
It is sometimes called shrink film, shrinkies, polyshrink, or shrinky dinks. Our finished shrink art product provides a shiny, durable Read More...
3 Fun Craft Activities for Primary School Aged Children
3 Fun activities for Primary School Aged Kids
Are you an OOSH or Vacation Care Educator?
If you're looking for fun, rainy-day activities for the kids in your care, we have some great ideas for you.
Sand Art, Sand Art, Sand Art..
An enjoyable and fun activity, every kid will give sand art a go and love it, even the boys !
Simply peel the paper cover off the area you want to start with
Sprinkle coloured sand onto the sticky area
Remove Read More...
5 Fun birthday party activities for kids aged 5-10 years old
Looking for some really fun birthday party activities for kids in the 5-10 year old age group?
Remember back before the days of the indoor play centre or trampolining parties, even before McDonalds parties came along... Kids birthday parties were all about fun games, a few plates of party food and daggy cardboard hats!
Parties these days have come a long way but that doesn't mean booking a venue is always the way to go. Get back to basics with our Read More...
5 Simple Craft Ideas for your Holiday Kids Club
Planning a kids club program is not easy and kids can be hard to please sometimes! If you're looking for craft ideas though Kidsplay Crafts can help out!
Here's 5 easy craft activities to do in your kids club next holidays:
Plaster Painting - our plaster pieces are fun for all ages. We have themes to appeal to all kids and our Mega Plaster packs of 100 large pieces is our most popular product and we can even tailor the pieces to suit your Read More...
Australia’s Best Sand Art for Kids!
Sand is our most popular product - its easy and its fun. There are lots of pretenders out there in , and here's 6 real reasons why we think our Sand Art is the best Sand Art in Australia:
Best quality sand art cards - our cards are printed on heavy 280GSM cardboard. As a result they are long lasting, and unlike many of our competitors (we've tested them!) our sand art cards are very difficult to crush, crease or damage!
Best value - Read More...