Special Offers for the School Holidays

Keeping children occupied during the school holidays can sometimes be stressfull, expensive and exhausting.  Day trips can often cost a small fortune once you've paid for entry fees to venues as well as refreshments and travel and it's not feasible to go away every day of the holidays.

So we've got some fun, unusual and inexpensive items for sale and ideas to keep your little ones occupied and entertained for hours, days or weeks.......

MOUSE DESK TIDY KITS

First of our special offers for the school holidays is a Mouse Desk Tidy Kit.  The kit has everything you need to make these fun and whacky desk tidys that take approximately 2 hours to put together plus painting time afterwards.  Buy one to keep your little angels occupied for a short time or buy them now as an early Christmas present for stockings.  They are amazing value at only £3.50 per pack. With full instructions these kits are suitable for ages 4+years.

 LETS GO FLY A KITE

Right next door to Arnos Vale Cemetery is a large park perfect for burning off energy with some old fashioned kite flying.  On your way there stop at the Heritage Gift Shop in Arnos Vale and take a look at our selection of kites available to suit all budgets and ages ranging from £4 - £24.  There are our popular pocket Ladybird kites, small pocket sized mini butterfly shaped kites or you could go large with one of our Spooky Bat Kites or American Mustang plane.  There are also some glider planes available at pocket money prices or some bouncy balls.

FRIENDSHIP BRACELET KITS 

Brand new this month, and at under £5, these kits are amazing value and can be reused time and time again to make hundreds of bracelets for friends.  Friendship bracelets are all the rage and this kit has some fabulous designs that will keep your child entertained for hours. The kit includes two pattern wheels and ten packs of colourful thread which are used to weave intricately patterned friendship bracelets.  There is enough thread to make ten bracelets in four different designs.  Perfect for the summer holidays and long journeys!

PAPER QUILLING 

Another oldie but goodie.  Great value craft kits to create an impressive scene filled with creatures made from masses of colourful paper curls.  The technique is quite simple using the quilling tool provided and an ample amount of paper strips are supplied in each pack, along with "googly" eyes to decorate the characters.  There are six assorted designs and again are inexpensive and will keep you entertained for hours.

AIRCRAFT CARRIER

From the flat-packed pieces of varnish coated board a remarkably sturdy and impressive model of an aircraft-carrier along with 9 small aircraft can be built by slotting the pieces together.  The whole thing comes in a box, and is surprisingly inexpensive. Hours of entertainment at a bargain price!

POMPOM PETS

Four assorted kits that each contain mini pompoms, straws and googly eyes that can be stuck together to make a pair of weird and wonderful insects.  Makes grasshoppers, spiders, ladybirds or ants.

The Arnos Vale Gift Shop is situated in the East Lodge, just off the Bath Road entrance and contains an array of unusual items and ideas to keep your children occupied for hours.