Activities for a Rainy Day

A quality children’s umbrella in black with dinosaurs, trees and scenery that changes colour when it rains.

Pretty colour changing umbrella with fairies, swans, flowers and palaces.

A quality children’s umbrella in clear plastic with a tropical print with exotic animals that fills with colour when it rains.

Magic colour changing umbrella, decorated with fairies, rainbows and unicorns.

A quality umbrella for children in pink with rainbows and unicorns that change colour when it rains.

A quality umbrella for children in black with space themed pictures and phrases that change colour when it rains.

A quality umbrella for children in blue with cheerful weather themed pictures that change colour when it rains.

A great introduction to board games for younger players with a big jigsaw playing board and chunky 3D playing pieces.  For 2-4 players

A quality children’s umbrella, in a gorgeous design, that changes colour when it rains. 

The classic wooden board game that’s fun for all the family as players race each other to the top of the board.

Brilliant boxed Art Set bursting with artists materials! Pens, pastels, paints, pencils and more in a case ready to be decorated!

Everything a budding artist would ever need in a robust card box, printed with pictures to colour in and make it recognisably their art box.

Make your own cool stickers by screen printing onto sticker sheets, cut them out and use to decorate your favourite things.  Craft set contains: wooden screen-printing frame, inks, stencils, squeegee and 4 large sticker sheets.

A fun rock painting project that turns your garden into a magical, glowing outer space, set contains rocks, paint strip, glow paint and brush, glow alien figure and stars.

The perfect rainy day activity!  Decorate rocks with transfers and paint to create animals.

Turn any room into an escape room with this cleverly designed, family friendly game.  A unique escape room adventure game, containing everything you need to turn the room of your choice into an escape room, with clever clues to crack and perplexing puzzles to solve all you need to add are the people to play and the cunning to escape!

Turn any room into an escape room with this cleverly designed, family friendly game.  A unique escape room adventure game, containing everything you need to turn the room of your choice into an escape room, with clever clues to crack and perplexing puzzles to solve all you need to add are the people to play and the cunning to escape! Puzzle Level - hard.

"All aboard!" Race your bus to the depot with this fun addition and subtraction game.

Comprehensive 63 piece colouring set in a personalised wooden case with handle.
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Create 80 delicate glittery designs on your skin, books and accessories using this original Glitza Art set.  Apply the sticky design sticker to skin or chosen surface and peel off the coating, leaving behind a sticky surface, brush your chosen glitter onto the design, mixing the colours for special effects!  Includes 3 pots of glitter and brush.

Four printed pictures of dinosaurs, just use the tool provided to lift sections of the picture then apply foil to the sticky areas to create glistening masterpieces.  Everything you need to make 4 pictures in a presentation box.

Ten cards to colour in with water to reveal detailed dinosaur pictures, numbers and letters full of colour, in a handy storage case.

Build your own solar operated solar system kit, paint the planets with the paint and brushes included and take it out in the sunshine to make it work.

A lockable secret diary with a cheerful cover illustration or animals and flowers and blank pages.

Create unique & trendy bracelets, keyrings, necklaces and rings using this shrink art kit.  Design, shrink and wear with 30 projects to make!

Race through history, out-smarting everyone with your knowledge of our horrible past!  From Rotten Romans to Vile Victorians, this is the other side of history.  A game for 2-4 players.

A quality hardback painting pad with 8 single sided printed pictures, 8 card paint palettes and a fine brush.  Great quality with tips on colour mixing too!

Ten reusable cards to colour in with a magic water pen to reveal detailed pictures of diggers, cranes, letters and numbers, all in a handy storage case.

Doodle, colour, puzzle and play with this comprehensive set, contains doodle board, colour and play scene, dinosaur themed magnetic play pieces, 4 dry wipe pens and when you finish everything folds together with a neat carry handle.  Folds out to 63 cms play area.

A wooden case, with two magnetic surfaces, to position magnets and create animals using the 60-piece set, using chalks to enhance the magnetic creations.  Complete with activity cards to copy.

A falling marble logic game,  choose a challenge card and build a path through the towers to get the marble to the target and you win. 

Master times tables from 2 to 12 with these exciting games.  Practice 2, 5 & 10 times tables with Multiplication Bingo, or flip of the board and save the city with the Times Tables Heroes!  The perfect balance between education and fun.

10 cards to colour in with water to reveal beautiful pictures, numbers and letters full of colour.

10 cards to colour in with water to reveal beautiful pictures, numbers and letters full of colour.

Sudoku game with wooden board and coloured, numbered pegs.

Make two adorable string art pieces to decorate your room with this engaging craft set.  Includes everything you need to make and decorate 2 colourful string art pictures.

Six large bead shaped colouring crayons on a cord for mess-free colouring.

Classic lacing and threading activity set with large threading board, 8 cords and 4 threading tools to create pictures and patterns by following the examples in the online album, or freestyle, all contained in a carrycase with handle.  

Use your powers of deduction to work through the transport ticket clues to find the mysterious Mr X in London.  A game of strategy, teamwork and excitement!

Such a clever concept and great quality!  A cotton bag (15 x 20 cms), filled with a reversible cotton placemat, printed with a space scene and facts to learn and colour, with 10 double ended fabric pens for colouring and doodling on the go, pop it in the wash and you can do it over and over!  Perfect “on the go”, non-screen entertainment for travelling and restaurants, or anywhere children need amusing!

Set of two dice poppers, one red with 1 numeral die, one blue with two dot dice, you’ll never lose the dice again! Great with board games, activity sets and maths workbooks.

Create and paint mini tiles to turn them into masterpieces, attach the rubber magnets and they become 4.5 x 4.5 cm fridge magnets too!

Set of 8 silky smooth crayons that turn from vibrant pastel to watercolour paint when you use a wet brush.

Journey around the world and learn about the greatest wonders on the planet.

The Balancing Polar Circle is a multi-use painted wooden toy.  Stack and balance the polar inhabitants to make the base level and not topple over.

Assemble and decorate your own wall mounted or free-standing flamingo room light.  Requires 2 x AA batteries – not included.

A “who’s to blame” game of logic.  Use your problem-solving powers to uncover the identity of the guilty cat by reading the clues, the cat “suspect bios” and your logical deduction skills.

A game of skill and logic for 2 players who take it in turns to be code maker and breaker. Absorbing fun!

Bumper box of 3 unicorn themed games with a double-sided playing board.  Race to get dressed up for the Unicorn Party, the first to cross the rainbow is the winner!  Play Happy Cloud, Sad Cloud – snakes and ladders with a unicorn theme, or Build a Unicorn – create your own unicorn with the roll of a dice.  A game for 2-4 players.

Such a clever concept and great quality!  A cotton bag (15 x 20 cms), filled with a reversible cotton placemat, one side printed with dinosaurs to colour and 10 double ended fabric pens for colouring and doodling on the go, pop it in the wash and you can do it over and over!  Perfect “on the go”, non-screen entertainment for travelling and restaurants, or anywhere children need amusing!

6 brightly coloured felt tip pens designed for drawing on glass or mirrors.

Pop to the Shops Game from Orchard Toys

Beautifully illustrated, colourful first counting puzzle, match the number with the correct number of items. Set contains 20 x 2-piece puzzles, numbered 1 - 20.

Build the tallest tree, by matching either animal or colour to win using this 3-ways to play game!  For 2-4 players.

Colourful 48-piece floor puzzle with a dinosaur theme.  The chunky wooden puzzle pieces are the perfect size for little hands and the vibrant image is full of opportunities for developing conversation and observation.

Who can collect the most stones in their Mancala in this game of strategy?  Wooden set with hinged playing board and wooden stones.

A monster set of dinosaur art activities, sure to be a roaring success with the legions of children who just love dinosaurs!  With everything you need, just follow the illustrated guide and paint by numbers, enjoy scratch card art, assemble 3d dinosaur models from card, foam collage and foil art pictures, stamper and drawing scenes and create detailed 3D pictures.  So much to do!

Guide your frogs across the pond and block other players from doing the same.  The first player to get their frog family to the other side wins the game, but beware – the fish can scare the frogs back to the start.  An exciting game of strategy for 2 or more players with 2 levels of play.

A must for any dinosaur fan!  Paint the dinosaurs and volcano then use them to play an adventure board game.  Set includes 6 dinosaur figure and volcano with paints and a brush, with dice, game sheet and instruction.

A set to make 2 glittering magical 3D unicorns. With moulds, plaster powder, carving tool, paints, brushes, glitter powder and instructions. A delightful quiet activity with a magical result.

Create super swirly spiral patterns simply with this great little 7-piece set!  Select a disc and place it against the inside of the larger ring and off you go!

One for the "footie" fans! A board game from Orchard, be the first to score a goal to win in this exciting Football Game.

Create an impression with Rainbow Pin Art.  Simply press any object into the back of the rainbow pins and make an interesting shape in the front.

Inspiring activities, games and art projects for dinosaur mad children, you even make the dinosaur playing pieces to play the game!  The five STEAM based activities and a game will engage your child and encourage an interest in the prehistoric world.

Scratch to create the details on four printed card pictures.  Set includes 4 cards to scratch and a scraping tool.

Doodle, colour, puzzle and play with this comprehensive set, contains doodle board, colour and play scene, enchanting magnetic play pieces, 4 dry wipe pens and when you finish everything folds together with a neat carry handle.  Folds out to 63 cms play area.

A colourful, detailed 48 piece large floor puzzle of a fascinating farm scene with animals, farm buildings and tractor.

Complete a colourful scratch art project, then assemble to make a nightlight lantern.  Scratch the 4 dinosaur themed sheets to reveal exciting multi coloured pictures, fix them to the pre-cut panels to slot-together and create a lantern with a battery operated tealight.  Set includes everything you need, including a dinosaur keepsake box and full instructions.  It’s roarsome!

Scratch the 4 panels of sea-life themed art to reveal stunning colours, then add them to frames and assemble your lantern, place the flameless LED candle light inside and voila – you have a stunning nightlight.  Includes attractive storage box with sea life imagery.

Create 4 animal collages following the step-by step instructions to get fantastic results.

A “who’s to blame” game of logic.  Use your problem-solving powers to uncover the identity of the guilty dog by reading the clues, the dog “suspect bios” and your logical deduction skills.

Timeless game with large pegboard and over 250 pegs in an array of colours to create pictures and patterns by following the examples in the online album, or freestyle, all contained in a carrycase with handle.   

Will the little pigs get home before the wolf?  Roll the dice to move the pigs towards the house before the wolf climbs in through the roof.  Encourages colour recognition, story telling, game play and team work.  Constructed from wood and chunky wipe-clean board.  A game for 1-4 players

A wooden game of skill and strategy.  Who will be the first to send all their pucks to the opponent’s side?  Use the elastic to sling the pucks through the gate and into your opponent’s side of the table. Hours of fun for the young and not so young!  Complete with storage bag for the accessories.

A lockable secret diary with a pretty cover illustration with glitter rainbow and flowers and blank pages.

A thoughtful game where children learn about our beautiful, diverse world and this game can be played two ways – with questions for children who are able to read and without questions for younger children!  Learn about continents, cultures and nature.  Played on a picture map of the world, travel and collect stamps in your passport.  A game for 2-6 players.

Four little wooden stamps with a garden theme and 4 colour stamp pad.

Create 8 sparkly pictures in a variety of styles.

Create fantastic, glow in the dark nail art that paints on and peels off, complete with stickers!

Colour in the four highly detailed cards, using the pens provided, put on the 3d glasses and watch the incredible illustrations come to life!  A mesmerising art project.

Race to collect your eggs, but don’t wake the T-Rex in this Orchard Toys game.

Make a beautiful two hoop dream catcher, using your creative skills and materials in this clever craft set. Hang the finished dream catcher in your bedroom to catch bad dreams.

Countless challenges and solutions… but can you find one?

An ingenious memory game for all the family that gives children and adults an equal chance of winning.

A dinosaur board game with a 3D playing board.  Dig in the mud and search for the bones to build your own 7-piece 3D dinosaur, but watch out for terrible T-Rex as he’ll make you put a bone back.  A matching and memory game for 2-4 dinosaur loving players.

Prepare to test your powers of deduction in this solve-it-yourself who did it!  Solve the deadly crime committed on the Orient Express.  Become a famous detective as you solve clues in this murderous family board game.

Travel back in time to the world of dinosaurs and find all the prehistoric items on your board in this fun memory game!  A game for 2-4 players.

Bring your drawing to life with the clever Glowpad!  Draw, switch on the LED lights to brilliantly display your artwork then wipe it clean and start again!  

Such a brilliant idea for younger children to learn to draw in simple steps and gain a real sense of achievement.  Contains 12 step by step cards, 1 dry-wipe board, pen and cleaning cloth.

Create 6 pretty plaster unicorn fridge magnets and badges and paint them.

Six double ended pens, perfect for secret missions.  Use the bright coloured end to colour in and flip the pen, using the white tip to create magical images, secret messages and more.

Place the coloured pegs in the 8 drawings to create a series of colourful animal pictures.

Race around the world, answering questions and completing forfeits with this adventurous board game. A game for 2-4 players.

A delightful game, collect the most jewels for your unicorn to win in this magical colour guessing game.

Fasten your seatbelt as you go on the educational trip of a lifetime!  A board game designed to support Key Stage 1 & 2 teaching, improving children’s knowledge of mathematics, with question cards, forfeit cards and hazards along the way.  A game for 2-4 players.

Can you see what I see?  Super pen set for super sleuths, write an invisible note with the pen and shine the mini torch to reveal the message.  Set of 2 pens.

Create a masterpiece that looks like leaded glass by pressing the textured stickers into the butterfly in a heart shaped frame.