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Discover fun activities to do with your child explorers and encourage a passion for the outdoors with our activities inspired by ‘The Lost Book of Adventure’.

Trucks, diggers, cement mixers! Assemble an exciting construction party for your building-obsessed little one with our guide to tactile games and spirited fun.

Read our list of fun facts about the beloved character and discover more about his origins – our vintage-inspired Peter Rabbit range pays tribute to this tale!

Rainbows are popping up in people’s windows all over the world as signs of hope in these difficult times. Our talented Meri Meri designers have therefore created a fabulous rainbow streamer garland especially for you to make, to which you can add messages. We’ve also got lots of other fun rainbow ideas for you and your kids to enjoy. Make A Rainbow Streamer Garland Your kids will love to make this rainbow streamer garland to hang in their window. All you have to do is staple or glue colorful streamers around a curtain pole, then stick messages on top for passers-by to read - phrases like ‘Stay Safe’ and ‘Be Kind’. Click here for our message printables, simply use as templates to cut out of colored paper, foiled card or print onto plain paper and your kids can have creative fun coloring them in. Download message printables UK   6 Fun Rainbow Makes Here are 6 other rainbow makes to brighten up everyone’s day. 1. Eat a rainbow. Get your kids to wash and cut colourful fruit and veg and display in rows on a platter to create a rainbow snack for the whole family, or they can make a mini rainbow for themselves. Good choices are slices of kiwi fruit, oranges or carrots, strawberries or red pepper and purple grapes. Serve with little pots of dipping chocolate and hummus, to get both yummy savoury and sweet flavours. 2. Create a rainbow cake A cake with lots of coloured layers will look really sensational. Perfect for a birthday party, or just to surprise your little people with a very fancy treat! Here’s a great recipe to try. 3. A rainbow of balloons A very simple way to cheer your kids up, is to get them to blow up a variety of coloured balloons and place them around the house. The bobbing globes of colour will make everyone smile. You can also place them in the window, next to your streamers, for extra effect. Why not draw smiley, happy faces on them for a cheeky look? 4. Smash a rainbow piñata Piñatas are a great game for the whole family – hang them outdoors or indoors. Get your kids to make a rainbow piñata and you can fill it with lots of candies. Check this make out or you can buy our delightful Rainbow Party Piñata  5. Light up a rainbow Kids love to make, and eat, cupcakes, and they can look really spectacular if you top each with a different coloured candle. Don’t wait for a birthday to blow out a candle and make a wish, make everyday special! You’ll love our Rainbow Dipped Tapered Candles, our Rainbow candle and our Shooting star candle with a bright rainbow tail 6. Dress like a rainbow Add rainbows to clothing or hats for a fabulous look. Help your kids to sew these on with a mixture of embroidery thread. Or they can add a fabric patch, like our iron on glitter rainbow patch or rainbow and unicorn patches Or for imaginative fun they can transform with a rainbow costume, like our Rainbow Girl Dress Up

Celebrate carnival and bedeck your home in fabulous tinsel, glittering garlands, and colourful piñatas – we have plenty of festival inspiration here!

Children love to wear festive fancy dress or get dressed up for a special Christmas party. We reveal our best product choices to help your little people look fantastic. We’ve also got a fab festive music playlist to listen to as you get ready for the party. Festive fancy dress Whether it’s for a school play, party, or for fun dress up at home, we’ve got a fabulous range of costumes. Be an angel Our Tulle Angel Wings costume is perfect to make your little one look even more angelic! Featuring wonderful wings, made from gold-flecked tulle and a gorgeous glittery gold star headband.   Tulle Angel Wings Dress Up Charming Christmas Fairy Christmas fairies don’t just have to be on the Christmas tree, they can flutter around school, home and at parties too! Our White Tulle Fairy Dress-Up Set is all they need to transform. Featuring a pretty tulle dress, detachable wings, a fringed headband, and a padded star wand. Shine like a Star The Christmas star is the ideal outfit for any little person who likes to shine brightly! Our glittery silver star headdress, with an elastic tie, is presented in a stylish drawstring bag. Reverse Sequin Party Crown, Iridescent Sequin Cape & Wand,Mini Glittered Crown Hair Clip, Gold Pom Pom Crown,Laurel Wreath Crown   Christmas Royalty A crown is perfect to look like a Nativity King or Queen! Check out our pompom crown, made from gold leatherette with colourful pompoms. We also have a range of crowns with sequins. Our sequin cape is perfect to add a royal touch too. It’s beautifully crafted from an iridescent sequin lined fabric, with a pink tulle collar, and comes with a glittering silver star wand. Get the best dressed party look Let your little people get their sparkle on with our fabulous range of party dress up supplies. Gold Sequin Antler Headband<, Reindeer Cross Body Bag,Floral Deer Headband  Remarkable reindeer Reindeer accessories give an instant jolly party look. Our fabulous gold sequin antler headband will add style and shimmer to your hairstyle, or opt for an elegant floral deer headband, with lots of fabulous flowers. Add an elegant touch with our leather reindeer bag, beautifully crafted with a gorgeous red pompom nose and glittery gold antlers. Babies also have a delightful choice of reindeer accessories too, all crafted from soft organic knitted cotton, including a bonnet and booties. Silver Tinsel Bow Headband, Tinsel Bow Hair Clips,Tinsel Pompom Headband Tinsel, pompoms and glitter Make hair look party wonderful with our wide range of festive headbands, ties and clips. Adorn with our holly headband, with glorious red and green colours, or opt for our tinsel pompom headband. Tie hair back with our tinsel pompom hair ties, a gorgeous set of 8 pompoms in 8 colours. Or clip hair back neatly with our tinsel bow hair clips, in a set of 3 colours, or our glitter star hair slides, a set of 6 shimmering star clips in 6 colours. Pink Feather Party Crown, Peach Feather Capelet Feathers and sequins Our peach feather capelet will add instant glamour to any outfit, or opt for our swishy iridescent sequin cape – more fun than a jacket over a lovely dress! Team with our gold sequin small duffel bag for shimmer and shine. Festive playlist We dare you to listen to our Meri Meri Classic Festive Party playlist whilst you get dressed and not feel ready to party!

It’s the scariest party of the year! If you love to get creative with party food and games then Halloween is your dream celebration. Try out the following ideas to make your little ghouls happy. 

Does your kiddo love playing dress-up? Maybe they never miss an opportunity to don their crime-busting gear and play their favorite superhero, especially when it’s time for a knockout birthday party. But with birthday power, comes birthday planning responsibility! Here are some ideas to channel your very own superpowers and transform a standard shindig into a party fit for a hero. Caped Crusader Dress Up Corner What better way to test your kid's lightning quick costume changing skills, than with a dedicated dress-up space? Amidst the superhero party decorations and hanging Zap! Garlands, kit out your corner with a mix of superhero capes, outfits and face paints. Not to mention these zany Zap! Masks. Party guests will relish the chance to transform into their favorite masked conqueror... or nemesis. A Superhero Snack Station When your party guests start to tire from their world-saving actions, get them to refuel at a super-themed snack station. Any party food can be transformed into a super-power source. Load up these Zap! Plates with foods fit for a hero . From sandwiches that pack a punch and fizzing soda in these electrifying Zap! Cups, to fruit cups packed with SUPERfoods, it won’t be long before crime-fighting is back on the party agenda. Just don’t forget the cake and green jello (hello kryptonite) for a dollop of energy. They’re going to need it for some epic masked superhero games! Noble Obstacle Course Your party heroes can save the world with the addition of this action-packed obstacle course. And the best part about this superhero birthday party game? You can use just about anything for the obstacles themselves – think cardboard boxes, and pillows! You’ll witness some courageous moves, as they try challenges ranging from ball throwing and leaping over dangerous enemy barriers, before making their way through cardboard box walls with one swift KaPow! Reward your spectacular saviors with a homemade treat, courtesy of this Zap! Cupcake Kit. Victory has never tasted so sweet. Heroes Vs Villains Balloon Pop Bam! Krunch! Pop? That’s right. A great way to showcase some superhero party decorations is by blowing up a bunch of party balloons and getting the kids to draw on faces. Kind ones for the good guys and evil expressions for their arch nemesis’. The mini masked-marvels will delight in popping all of the villainous balloons as fast as they can, and making sure the heroic ones stay inflated. Whoever ends up with the most deflated bad guys win. Not only do these make awesome superhero party decorations, but they ensure some daring competition in the fight against crime. Powerful Party Favors No superhero birthday party would be complete without party favors. Give your valiant kiddos a mighty take home Zap! Party Bag stuffed full of candy and toys. Oh, and don’t forget to include a little bit of that magical birthday cake from earlier. They’ll need it for more crime-fighting capers once they get back home.

Ahoy me hearties, with a little clever preparation you can transform your house, or any venue, into a swashbuckling scene that will take the lucky birthday boy or girl’s breath away! It’s not just about buying essential party supplies such as balloons and garlands, but also getting creative with those extra special touches that make all the difference. Investigate crafts, games, foods and gifts to really rev up the pirate party fun factor! We’ve got 10 fantastic ideas for you. 1. Borrow a small boat or blow-up dinghy if you can for a real ‘WOW’ centerpiece. Little ones will adore clambering in and out, and pretending to sail the seven seas. Or, if that’s not an option, make a large ‘boat’ or several smaller boats from cardboard. This one is just brilliant. If your little one has any ocean-themed toys scatter them around the boat for extra appeal. Do take a look at our gorgeous soft-toys, including Otto and Milo Narwhal. 2. Create a treasure chest out of a wooden box and give guests maps to find the prizes. Here’s a simple one to make. Fill it with gold coins (don’t panic, chocolate ones will do!) and party favors like pirate temporary tattoos.. 3. Place blue paper on the floor to transform it into the beautiful briny sea. You can put paper plates on it and tell guests to hop from one to the other to avoid the ‘sharks’ in the water. Draw sharks on the sheets/paper, or simply let them use their imaginations. In fact, having a sea-themed room is great for fun games, like Pin The Eyepatch On The Pirate or Walk The Plank. Look here for more inspiration. 4. Every pirate needs a good telescope to look for treasure and ships to plunder, so set up a table with everything your guests need to create one. It can be as simple as supplying thin cardboard sheets to roll up and lots of sticky tape to hold them together. Or create ones that really look fabulous and are perfect to take home as a keepsake. Check out this simple step-by-step. 5. A pirate hat is an essential! For guests who haven’t come with one you can very simply rectify this. Either buy some brilliant pirate party hats or get your guests to make some (just don’t leave behind any glitter and paint as your party tidy up time will increase tenfold!). Here’s a brilliant step-by-step that will look amazing. 6. Hang on, don’t forget a pirate patch! No self-respecting pirate should be looking at the world with two eyes! Buy some eyepatches for your guests to put on or print some out beforehand and pop them on the craft table, along with some thin elastic and colored pencils, to help them create their own. This is a good template. 7. Every pirate needs a trusty sword for protection. You don’t want any of your guests to get hurt when spirits run high, so making lightweight paper swords is definitely the way to go. Once again add everything they need on to your craft table. Try this step-by-step idea that only takes five minutes. 8. Set the scene with some pirate themed music for the little sailors to listen, or dance to, whilst playing games or partying. Create a playlist, songs like What Shall We Do With The Drunken Sailor, Banana Boat Song, the theme from the Pirates of the Caribbean and many more…Or you can play The Ultimate Pirate Kids Party cd. 9. The party table is where you can really let the theme come to life, after all pirating is very hungry work! Transform the table with themed plates, napkins and cups, and lots of yummy cupcakes.  Check out our brilliant range.  You can get really creative with the food you serve, giving it a real ocean and pirate touch. All hands on deck for treasure map pizza! Check this out for some more yummy ideas. Don’t forget to top the pirate cake with some fabulous candles, like our sensational skull & crossbones examples. 10. Last, but not least, send the tired, but happy, little pirates home with a party bag brimming with amazing pirate-themed party favors like temporary tattoos and decorated pins to wear for days to come. Here is a selection of our favourite Pirate Party Products.