Keeping Kids Busy
Free craft notes for UK parents

Mum, I'm bored.

The words every parent hears on a long summer day. Keeping Kids Busy sends you a few simple things to make together, screens down, no art skills needed. Free, every week.

Your children's ages (optional, tick all that apply)

A few lovely things to make, every week.

You're in.

In the next few minutes you'll get a short hello from me. Reply to it if you'd like. It really does come to my inbox.

Viviane

Leafy Fishies craft: painted leaves turned into a school of fish in an underwater scene
Leafy FishiesMade from a handful of leaves, a bit of paint, and a marker.

You don't have to be the crafty one. Every issue is a handful of small projects with steps clear enough for kids to follow on their own. Something to reach for when the iPad's been on too long, when the afternoon is dragging, or when you just want twenty quiet minutes making something together.

Every issue

What's inside.

Simple ideas
Nothing fancy to buy.
Instructions they can follow
Steps clear enough that they can try on their own, without you.
New things to try
Simple techniques that make them want to have a go.
Viviane LoransFounder, Keeping Kids Busy

I have one child, which means there's no sibling to run off and play with. When the afternoon drags, I'm the one who has to step in, and I'm just not the crafty type.

Keeping Kids Busy is the help I wished had landed in my own inbox. Ideas that are simple enough for anyone to do, with step by step explanations that older kids can follow. No special skill required. Nothing fancy to buy. Just something to reach for when the day stretches out ahead of you.

Viviane Lorans

Keeping Kids Busy · United Kingdom

Real crafts
Clear steps, made for small hands
Free
A few activities, no fluff
The community

You're not the only one asking.

Swap summer ideas with other parents at r/keepingkidsbusy for the long days when no one knows what to do.

A few lovely things to make, free every week.

If that sounds like the kind of email you would actually open, pop your address in.

Your children's ages (optional, tick all that apply)

A few lovely things to make, every week.

You're in.

In the next few minutes you'll get a short hello from me. Reply to it if you'd like. It really does come to my inbox.

Viviane