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From dream party themes to brilliant birthday party ideas and star interviews, inspiration for every event starts here!

A young girl sits outside wearing a mushroom hat at a table that has been decorated with mushroom-inspired party supplies, including honeycomb ornaments, plates, and candles.

Mushroom Meringue Recipe

Make your fairy party, woodland party or any fall party look amazing with mushroom party supplies and mushroom meri...

A small cardboard shadow theatre with Halloween-inspired shadows sits under a star garland and orange tulle, and is surrounded by honeycomb pumpkins and cat, a witch's hat, and striped cups with popcorn.

Free Craft Activity: Halloween Shadow Theatre

Print out and make this easy Halloween crafting activity for a perfectly eerie story-telling evening

4 children wearing Halloween costumes, including a dinosaur costume and a witch's outfit, sit around a table decorated with Halloween party supplies such as honeycomb pumpkins and spiders, and a garland with Halloween motifs hangs above.

Fun Halloween activities for all the family

Make your Halloween special with Halloween crafts, movies, dancing, Halloween food and pumpkin carving.

An illustrated bingo sheet filled with Halloween characters and motifs, such as witches, bats, black cats, and mushrooms, is placed between two illustrated characters of a witch and scarecrow.

Halloween Bingo

You’ve got everything ready for Halloween celebrations now it’s time to think about the activities - our special Ha...

A greenhouse decorated with Magic Potion partyware, including napkins and plates, with honeycomb witches' hats and owls hanging from the ceiling above a garland featuring cauldrons and bugs.

Magic Party Potions and Activity Ideas

We’ve got the ultimate magic party activity ideas – from a fun science experiment to color-changing lemonade

Lucy Clayton smiles at the camera whilst holding a paintbrush and trinket box, with other craft supplies on the table in front of her.

Lucy Clayton on the Joy of Dress Up

The author, podcast host and vintage fashion collector on her love of Barbie and passion for creating head-turning ...

3 phones feature GIF stickers, including a pompom headband, glasses, and rainbow.

Stylish Instagram Stickers

We’re bringing the magic of Meri Meri to your Instagram Stories, with a new set of gif stickers – to use on your ow...

A pink striped towel lies by a pool in the sun, and rollerskate retro plates and tableware is placed on top beside several cushions including a large pineapple.

How to Throw a Barbie Party

With the new Barbie movie released this summer, here’s how to throw a stylish and empowering Barbie party!

Paper rosettes in a mix of yellow, blue, and red that read 'Best Teacher' are featured against a pink background.

Free Craft Activity: Thank You Teacher Rosettes

Print-out and make these special rosettes to make your teacher feel appreciated at the end of the summer term

A navy background is covered by gold stars and father's day cards which feature space designs such as rocket ships and spacemen.

Free Craft Activity: Father’s Day Card

Print-out and make this fun moving Father’s Day card to make dad smile on Father’s Day, 18 June 2023.

Papel picado garlands swing from the ceiling with rainbow honeycomb streamers in the background.

Free Craft Activity: Decorations for Cinco de Mayo

Print-out and make a Meri Meri Papel Picado garland to celebrate Cinco de Mayo.

3 young children wear kids' costumes; from left to right, each wear a rainbow costume and crown, a superhero costume, and shark outfit.

Kids’ Dress Up and Party Ideas with Madison Fisher

The glamorous influencer and mum of five Madison Fisher picks her favourite Meri Meri dress-up items and favourite ...

10 Inspired (but easy) ideas for World Book Day

We’ve taken the hard work out of World Book Day with ten failsafe characters from dragons to owls via mermaids that...

Two Akita puppies sit in front of the camera wearing party hats with a blue crepe paper streamer in the background.

How to Throw a Pawty Party

Our new cat and dog collections are perfect for pet lovers – celebrate with a themed party for your child – or belo...

Party supplies inspired by the Lunar New Year are laid on a table, including red plates, bunny lanterns, and red and gold napkins. A gold tinsel banner and red lantern garland hang from the ceiling.

Special lanterns and envelopes to make for Lunar New Year

Download, print-out and craft these fun Meri Meri-designed Lunar New Year red envelopes, red lanterns and rabbit la...

A pink background features Valentine's cards, including designs of a bear, shark, cats, a robot and dogs.

Free Craft Activity: Send your Love

Valentine’s cards are the perfect way to tell the special people in your life that you love them. Put them in the p...

Illustrated clothing accessories and objects such as a scuba mask and camera surround an illustrated boy with a speech bubble beside him reading 'Hi I'm Harry!'

Paper dolls – Make Harry

Looking for fun craft activities for your little people? Our talented designers have crafted an amazing Harry paper...

An illustrated bingo sheet featuring festive motifs such as reindeer, Santa, candy canes, Nutcrackers, and holly is placed between a reindeer character and illustrated fairy in pink.

Christmas Bingo Game for Kids

Christmas Bingo: a game for the whole family to enjoy over the Holidays

Deborah Brett finishes an elaborate gingerbread house with a blue bow.

Deborah Brett’s Festive Tips

The stylish London-based fashion editor and ceramicist tells us how she and her family prepare for Christmas

Paper angel ornaments stand on the table and some hang from the ceiling along with a star garland. Honeycomb trees are placed beside lighted red taper candles.

Free Craft Activity: Christmas Angel Decorations for Kids

DIY Christmas Tree Angel Decorations for kids to make at home

A festive planner lies in the middle of a table surrounded by pencils, tape, and stickers.

Festive Planner for Parents

Christmas Planner: your helpful print-out and fill-in festive lists, all in one place

Valentine's envelopes in pink and white with hearts hang from a banner above Hugger crafts created in designs of woodland animals such as squirrels and bunnies. Glitter heart stickers and felt heart hair slides are also placed amongst the cards.

Free Craft Activity: Valentine’s Huggers

Download, print-out and make these charming Meri Meri-designed characters which are ideal for handing out to friend...

Kids Craft Activity: Festive Paper Chains

Festive florals with Hazel Gardiner

A collection of small tables placed in a courtyard amongst pastel pink and blue balloon garlands.

Unicorns! Confetti! The Best Balloon Decorating Trends of 2021

Paper Dolls - Make Jasper

In front of a background of the sky, an arm displays a DIY superhero cuff made with coloured card and finished with stars and a lightning bolt.

Free Craft Activity: Superhero Cuffs

Boom! Zap! These cool superhero cuffs are a great activity for DIY dressing up. Simply download the free template, follow our easy instructions, and prepare to save the world...

Various circus hats made from coloured card and in different designs such as stars and flowers are displayed against a striped blue background and below a pastel diamond-shaped garland.

Free Craft Activity: Circus Top Hats

A great party activity or at-home craft – make your own circus top hats with a signature Meri Meri twist! Download ...

Two DIY mermaid ornaments made out of blue and pink card, left to right respectively, appear against a purple background featuring seashells and bubbles.

Free Craft Activity: Mermaid Make

Perfect for a mermaid-themed party or to hang up in their bedroom – this easy mermaid craft is a great activi...

Cardboard circus characters surround a stage, including clowns, horses, acrobats, and a dog balancing a red ball on its nose.

Free Craft Activity: Gifford’s Circus Ring

Gravity-defying acrobats, mischievous clowns, bareback horse riders and thoughtful creative direction... Gifford’s ...

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