There are times when keeping your young children occupied and entertained can be a real challenge, no matter how super-organized or imaginative your parenting skills. This is where The Big Book of 100 Outdoor Activities, a bumper book of boredom-busting fun, comes in. The aim is to provide parents with loads of simple and quick activities and creative ideas, to engage and entertain their children and encourage them to learn more about their natural environment. Activities are grouped into eight handy sections: Wildlife Spotting In the Garden Messy Makes Arts and Crafts Games Rainy Day Activities Outdoor Cooking Music Dressing up Each one is packed with things to do that range from spur-of-the-moment creative play, involving little or no preparation, to mini projects with step-by-step instructions. These are just a few of the ingenious ideas: making a baking soda rocket, painting with fruit, growing your own pizza toppings, feather printing and making a bug hotel to cooking smores, pressing flowers, leaf rubbing and wildlife spotting.

12 step-by-step dinosaur origami projects for children, including paper to make them with. Suitable for children from age 5 and upwards, Mari Ono's dinosaur origami projects are the perfect introduction to paper-folding for kids. Including a Velociraptor, Triceratops and, of course, a ferocious T-Rex, all the projects are fun to make and play with, and there are amazing dinosaur facts throughout, so children can learn while they craft! There are simple step-by-step instructions and clear photographs, as well as helpful arrows showing where to fold. Each design has a skill rating, so children can start with an easy one and then move on to something a bit more challenging until they are easily impressing friends with their paper-folding skills! Specially designed pieces of origami paper are included with the book, so children can start crafting straight away.