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  • Child & Family Canada provides an extensive list of offline learning activities. The site is designed to be browsed by parents who then in turn guide the activity.
  • World Books' Craft Cabin provides ideas and detail instructions for children 4-7 as well as a separate list for 7yrs+. At Mindbender Cave kids can also solve online puzzles such as Mr Chugginmugger's Eggs or The Speechless Parrot.
  • Check out Family.com for a colorful collection of family activities. See Boredom Busters, Craft of the Week and 365 Tv Free Activities.
  • Fun for Kids by Jen provides a handful of offline activities including Papier Mache Dinosaur Hats and The Cardboard Box Castle.
  • Hands On Crafts for Kids believe creativity should be encouraged. Their wide variety of offline activities include an online puzzles to print out and detailed illustrated instructions for projects. Definitely worth a peek if your in the process of planning your next schools-out activity day.
  • Idea Box, self proclaimed Child Education and Activity Resource, does indeed provide lots of interesting ideas for kids and families to do together offline. Idea of the day and Idea of the Week are sure to please even the toughest case of the blahs. Games, seasonal ideas, craft recipes and more can be found here!
  • Kids Stuff with Magical Baloon Dude Dale features lots of balloon twisting fun.
  • Kinderart Littles provides offline early chilhood activities, art in the kitchen and much, much more! The multicultural section is particularly interesting.
  • The Rainy Day Resource Page is a self-proclaimed online activity source for children. Fun on and off the computer is provided as well as easy recipes for kids.
  • Funroom.com provides a handful of home-made activities including the recipe for homemade bubbles, several kids of play clay and even sidewalk chalk!
  • YesMagazines innovative activity ideas include the Leaning tower of Pasta, making your very own "heliocopters" and paper airplanes, crystal gardens and a nice selection of other science oriented projects.
  • MamaMedia provides colorful online riddles, word jumbles, interactive jigsaw puzzles and more. Most of this is created with java script. colorful, animated and fun!
  • Nikolai's rumpus room provides print and play jokes for kids. But don't miss the Games Galaxy with lots of online out-of-this-world games!
  • PBS Kids provides an extensive list of online games related to characters seen on theor network including Teletubbies, Theodore Tugboat, Wimzie's House, Charlie Horse Music Pizza, Arthur and more.
  • PopMagazine provides lots of jokes for kids online as well as a handful of online javascript and printable games.
  • EdisonKids sponsors an online Shockwave 5 Safety Race Game.
  • The CyberKids website is worth a peek with a handful of Shockwave games and some tricky brainteasers.
  • The Amazing Adventure Series is a delightful kids site which requires Flash 4. Including activities from colorpages to T-shirt transfers and an online maze this site is definitely worth a stop.
  • RumpusWorld is a wildly colorful site which requires the Flash plug-in. Some of the online rumpus games include Space Puppies, Harry Hairball, Monster in the Closet, and Road Rocket.
  • Smithsonian Magazine presents KidCastle provides an online game of concentration and even online rankings.
  • MakingFriends.com sponsors an ever-changing craft page with a variety of themes from upcoming holidays to popular cartoon characters. Ever wonder how to make a paper pizza? Check out MakingFriends.com to find out!
  • Pack-O-Fun Magazine provides editor picks of popular craft projects from their printed magazine. According to the website these crafts are entertaining for kids, sunday school, scouting and more.
  • OneNorthPole.com offers a Christmas oriented site which includes cookie recipes and crafts from Mrs. Claus. Even vote for your favorite reindeer and find missing Santa.
  • Bizarre Stuff you can make in our kitchen can be found at this offbeat website that's a museum of classic home science experiments, mainly from the 1930's-1960's. You can search the site either by the categorical listing of projects, or by the alphabetical index. This site is fun and should be enjoyed in the company of a parent.
 
   
   
 
  • Sherri Osborne from About.com spotlights a wide variety of craft and activity links. Lots of fun ideas here for all ages!

 

 
           

 

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