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Tākarokaro Fun stuff
Games, activities and other fun stuff...
Like word games? Lego games? Penguin games?! It's all on this page. You can choose a jigsaw, or click on any of the links below and play a game.
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Activity Calendars
Bored and not sure what to do today? Take a look at the calendars below and you'll find lots of cool stuff to try and do.
Available calendars
2018: April | March | February | January
2017: December | November| October | September | August | July
June | May | April | March | February | January
Try these Jigsaws
Click on a picture and see how they fit together.
Authors, stories and books
We know you love books and stories (check out our stories online page), and we reckon you'd love some of these book and authors' websites too.
- Bookhooks games about books and writing
- Wacky Web tails : create your own strange stories
- Book plates
- Seussville: find out about all the characters and books and play some fun games
- Roald Dahl
- Beatrix Potter book games and colour-ins
Crafts and Printables
Rainy (or not so rainy) day activities to keep you entertained. There are lots of crafts, colour-ins, and activities to do at these sites:
- Quentin Blake colour ins
- Heaps of craft activities at Enchanted Learning
- Activity Village even has a section on NZ crafts
- Hands-on crafts for kids
Quizzes and puzzles
Quizzes, brain benders, puzzles and problems to solve. Test your braininess at these cool sites:
- Discovery Channel Quizzes and puzzles
- Quizzes from Nickelodeon
- Quizzes on so many topics at Squigly
Recipes
Why not try your hand at cooking? Here are some great sites with tips, tricks and recipes. Impress your friends and parents with your master chef skills.
- Cool Kids Cooking
- Martha Stewart cooking with kids
- Kidspot Kitchen
- Cooking with Kids recipes
- BBC Good Food
- Kid friendly recipes at Taste
- Health recipes at Kids Health, including recipes for kids with particular issues like diabetes and gluten intolerance and Celiac Disease.