Activities for a Rainy Day

A wonderful puzzle to learn about our stunning world above and below!  Chunky puzzle pieces to fit together and make a scene showing the diverse wildlife on earth and the stars and planets above us.

Artie Max is a Wi-Fi enabled drawing robot you control via the Wi-fi from your tablet or computer. A fascinating introduction to coding and programming using 5 different languages , Blockly, Snap!, JavaScript, Python and C++  Artie will draw whatever you input into its program.

Stunningly beautiful and detailed craft set for an older child to glitter by numbers!

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

Create cute animal fridge magnets and badges in moulded plaster, then paint them.  

Bumper 32-piece stencil set with over 150 stencilling shapes in plastic stencils, colouring pencils, paper and pencil sharpener in a useful storage box.

Nine wooden dinosaur themed stampers art set in a wooden box from Melissa & Doug.

Paint and assemble beautiful flowers and butterflies and attach them to the base to create a charming decorative mobile.

A traditional wooden table top bowling game.

Huge comprehensive pretend and play classroom set with 142 pieces!

Classic wooden double-sided easel with chalkboard, whiteboard and accessories.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

Wooden Shut the Box is a challenging traditional mathematical game of skill and chance.

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

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.

Magical art set with stampers, ink pad and colouring pencils, with a fairy garden theme!

A colourful, detailed 48 piece large floor puzzle of a fascinating African safari scene with animals, hides and a jeep.

Bumper 32-piece pretty stencil set with over 150 stencilling shapes in plastic stencils, colouring pencils, paper and pencil sharpener in a useful storage box.

Flip a letter card and race to be the first to find something beginning with that letter from the playing board. 

A superb quality dot to dot book, with 24 pictures to complete and colour.

An interactive world geographical board game for 2 - 9 players.

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

A box bursting with art and craft activities all with a fairy theme.  Drawing, stamping, 3D modelling, collages, painting and scratch boards in pretty designs and colours for hours of fun.

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.

Tummy Ache Game from Orchard Toys

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

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

Magical picture cards that reveal colourful pictures when you use the water pen.

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.

Create window glow art including suncatchers and peelable window decorations.

A set of 14 stamps to mix and match and create different characters on 4 pre-printed boards.  Stunning results with this enchanting art set.

Create 8 sparkly pictures in a variety of styles.

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

Traditional draw and erase magnetic sketch board, simply draw, write doodle and erase – time and time again.

Use your mind to keep the penguins on the ice!

A traditional wooden toy with a modern twist!  Race your opponent to spin and land on each animal character with this modern version of Shut the Box.

A must for every household,  this compendium contains over 50 traditional family games, from the familiar and some to learn that need no accessories at all!

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.

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.   

A time-telling game with 2 levels of play to develop analogue and digital time telling skills.  Move around the woodland playing board collecting animal cards.  Position the clock hands to show your answers and look out for Mr Wolf at dinner time!  A game for 2-4 players

Biff!  Pow!  Wham!  Create your own superhero and comic book using this imaginative kit!  With full instructions, story boards, tracing sheets, creative projects and inspiring ideas to design male or female heroes.

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.

Six crayons that can be used on the bath, tiles or yourself!  Good clean fun.

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

Four scratch cards and a scraping tool with stunning details.  Scratch to reveal beautiful dresses with colourful details.

Turn your world upside down, by wearing special goggles and attempting to complete simple tasks, they become a real challenge!  With 100 drawing and activity challenges.  Hilarious family game for 2-6 players.

Super box of animal image stampers and ink pad, contained in a wooden box.

Watch still images come to life in this classic animation toy.  Set includes both pre-printed animation strips, or blanks to create your own animations. Full instructions included.

Five classic thaumatropic optical illusions, four printed to colour in and one blank for you to invent your own.  Roll the stick back and forth to create the illusions.

A jumbo stamp pad with washable ink in six different colours, purple, blue, red, yellow, orange and green. Age 3 +

Shopping List Game from Orchard Toys

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

24 fun pictures to colour by numbers, with the number printed in colour for each section.

The classic way to create countless amazing designs with this 30 piece set.

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

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

Create 5 colourful scrunchies, make the tubes and decorate with pompoms and sequins to make them unique.

Magnetic wooden pieces in vibrant colours in a magnetic wooden carry case to create patterns with 24 different pattern cards to follow (or just make your own!).

Bumper A4 colouring book with 80 pictures to colour in on quality paper.

Create any message, reminder or design using the 3 vibrant pens on the glass frame.  Turn on the frame and the message illuminates brightly with a neon effect glow!

Assemble and paint a wooden bird house with your child.  Pre-cut and pre-drilled pieces of wood to screw together and decorate with the paint and brush supplied.  Simple assembly but younger children will benefit from adult help.  Requires a cross head screwdriver for assembly.

A set of 20 giant chalks in 7 colours in a handy lidded tub.

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.

Spin the wheel and strike a pose!  Take a card from the colour the spinner selects and keep up the animal yoga pose for the number of seconds stipulated.  Contains spinner, 27 cards and 2 x foam foot mats.  A game for 1 or more players.

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!

Such a clever concept and great quality!  A cotton bag (15 x 20 cms), filled with a reversible cotton placemat, one side printed with a mythical scene 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!

Effective, yet easy to complete tie dye art for beginners, with 5 vibrant colours, 4 small towels, gloves, rubber bands and drainage tray.  Detailed instructions included to make 8 different patterns (T-shirt not included).

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.

Brilliant fun, nail art design set with 5 funky colours of nail varnish and a sheet of cool unicorn/star nail stickers and fun accessories.

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

Hours of flower themed crafting, contained in a multi craft box of fun!  Set includes everything you need - drawing, painting, scratch art, stamping, glitter and 3D art.  Full instructions provided to discover new skills and create the enclosed projects.

Twenty large diverse but blank female faces to embellish with your choice of 250 stickers of features, jewellery and accessories to create different faces. 

Jumbo tip washable paint brushes – no mess, the paint is in the brush, squeeze gently to dispense the paint!  5 x 24 ml paint brushes with paint that are refillable.

Six awesome, wide ranging craft projects bursting with fun!  Make everything from a unicorn headband, a stuffed felt unicorn, a rainbow garland and so much more.  Pretty crafted items to wear and display.

Amazing Art Spinner - create unique patterns with this hand powered spin art machine!

A teacher tested, fun first reading game with two ways to play!

The ultimate upcycling art kit!  Recycle loo roll and kitchen roll tubes using the contents of this great kit.  Includes everything you need to complete 5 projects - paints, brush, stickers, paper shapes, googly eyes and so much more!

Embellish your memories in a beautiful keepsake scrapbook, with bonus mini scrapbook!  Kit contains decorative papers, stencil,  keepsake envelope, rhinestones and over 200 stickers, glue-stick and pens.

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.