Final few days of the Summer Holidays…!! A good chance to play a few more games, craft a few more artworks and enjoy family play time together before you go back to school! To kick you back into action, this week we are singing our funny action song - Jelly on His Head, making puppets from old socks and turning & twisting our heads with some very fun word games! Read about them below. Tell us HOW YOU GET ON with these games and crafts and we would love to see PHOTOS & DRAWINGS of your family play time & creations to share with other network families! You can send them to us by email at CFN@licketyspit.com or through our social media pages on Facebook or Twitter! Lickety Play Card Game You can make great props for this song out of junk! A painted Egg Box can be a Jelly on your Head! You can cut up an old cereal box to make Doughnut Glasses or a Fried Egg for your face or Bananas for your hair! You can paint the cardboard or stick paper on it and paint that if the paint won’t stick! But you can probably think of lots of other ways to make these props! We’d love to hear about how you get on or see a photo! (Don’t put real Jelly on your head will you! [...]

A week and a half left until the school term starts??! How did it come around so quick??! Not to worry, Licketyspit is here to keep the summer spirit going! And so this week we are DRESSING UP!! Have you been somewhere new this summer – park, gallery? Made new friends? Read a new book? Anything can be used as an inspiration when dressing up & creating characters! We are also making our very own RAINBOWS and setting off on an INSECTS & BUGS discovery adventure! Read below to find out more! Lickety Play Card Game Did you know that in Lickety games we NEVER use specially made costumes? We believe that all you need to create a limitless array of wonderful, fascinating & unique characters is your imagination and some old clothes – tights, tops, scarfs, hats, skirts, bags, glasses, blankets or whatever you can get your hands on! It’s amazing what you can create! Here are some wonderful creations by our network families: We would LOVE to see what you do and share it on our website! Just email photos to CFN@licketyspit and tell us you’re happy [...]

For the fourth week of joyful Summer Holidays, we have decided to play The Bear & The Honeypot! Can you sneakily creep up on the Bear and steal the Honey Pot without being caught??! This week we are also very excited to be sharing crafts & activities kindly suggested by some of our Children & Families Network families! Read further to find out more. Tell us HOW YOU GET ON with these games and crafts and we would love to see PHOTOS & DRAWINGS of your family play time & creations to share with other families! You can send them to us by email at CFN@licketyspit.com or through social media – Facebook or Twitter! We can’t wait to hear from you! Lickety Play Card Game Activity of the week Painting Did you know that you can use various household items to make fascinating artworks?! You can use anything from sponges, straws, yarn, crumpled up tin foil to cotton balls or tied-up earbuds! Anything you like, simply dip into some paint & let your imagination run wild! Weeeee! If you don’t have any items handy you can simply FINGER PAINT which creates some unique patterns & prints! Check out these wonderful finger & earbud tree paintings by Piyanshu! Tips & Handy Hints Your children will never be bored if you always take [...]

Pirate Joke: Why pirates are awesome? Because they just AAARRR!   (he he he!) This week we are playing PIRATES! And showing how to build your own SELLOTAPE WORLD & make a musical INSTRUMENT out of JUNK! (LICKETY TIP!  If you can find an old box and keep it under a table or somewhere out of the way, you can collect junk for making things like models or collages with a bit of tape or glue to stick things together & maybe some paint! Things like cereal boxes, empty plastic bottles, cardboard tubes, tooth-paste lids & boxes! Almost anything! Then one day if you’re looking for something to do you can get put your box of junk and make something!) Please tell us HOW YOU GET ON with these games and crafts and SEND US PHOTOS & DRAWINGS of your family play time & creations so you can inspire other families! We can’t wait to hear from you! Children are the EXPERTS at play! Please email us at CFN@licketyspit.com or send it through social media – Facebook or Twitter! Lickety Play Card Game It’s a good idea to dress up as a pirate for his game! Licketyspit doesn’t buy costumes. We just collect old clothes – tops, skirts, jackets, trousers, scarves, hats, old sunglasses! - for a Dressing-Up bag or box. This kind of dressing up can let you create hundreds of different costumes [...]

This week we have some special recommendations for all ages! We are reminding you of how to play the Duck, Duck, Goose Lickety PlayCard game, showing you how to build a WORLD from paper scraps and make FUNNY ANIMALS from picnic food to make it even more delicious! Please tell us HOW YOU GET ON with these games and crafts and SEND US PHOTOS & DRAWINGS of your family play time & creations so you can inspire other families! We can’t wait to hear from you! Children are the EXPERTS at play! Please email us at CFN@licketyspit.com or send it through social media – Facebook or Twitter! Lickety Play Card Game This is a brilliant outdoor game especially good with lots of people! The bigger the circle the better the game! Who could you invite to play it with you in the park? You could invite children you see and make new friends! Activity of the week Scrap paper sculpture By Sally Price at North Edinburgh Can you build a world using just paper? Yes! Absolutely! Like lots of community spaces this Summer North Edinburgh Arts (where Licketyspit has an office!) has a Summer Programme of fun activities for children. This Wednesday we found the artist Sallie Price making PAPER WORLDS with 5 to 7-year olds. Sally has invited the Licketyspit Children & Families Network families to think [...]

We start our holiday play programme with one of children's favourites - The Funky Chicken! Do you know the Funky Chicken? Tell us HOW YOU GET ON with these games and crafts, and SEND US PHOTOS & DRAWINGS of your family play time & creations! We can’t wait to hear from you! Email us at CFN@licketyspit.com or send it through social media - Facebook or Twitter! Lickety Play Card Game Activity of the week Build a castle or a fort Do you have a spare cardboard box? You might be able to get one from a supermarket or a local grocers shop, if not! A cardboard box can easily be made into so many things - a Castle? Or a House? a Space-ship? or a Boat? Or a Bus? A Cave for a bat Or a Kennel for an imaginary Dog! You can draw or paint on the outside however you want to and cut out some windows and doors! You can use anything to be the people or animal's who live inside it! Clothes pegs? Spoons? OR Teddy’s? Dolls? Toy animals? You can cut out the front to make a TV and then you can put it on your head and read the news! If you’re lucky enough to find a giant box you can Get inside it and [...]