{"id":3204,"date":"2015-08-01T08:25:36","date_gmt":"2015-08-01T08:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/?p=3204"},"modified":"2015-10-29T11:40:53","modified_gmt":"2015-10-29T11:40:53","slug":"easy-stationery-ideas-for-the-long-school-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/articles\/easy-stationery-ideas-for-the-long-school-holidays","title":{"rendered":"Easy Stationery Ideas for the Long School Holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3205\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Rainbow_Loom_multicolored_bands-600x480.jpg\" alt=\"Rainbow_Loom_multicolored_bands\" width=\"600\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Rainbow_Loom_multicolored_bands.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Rainbow_Loom_multicolored_bands-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s every parent\u2019s nightmare \u2013 the long school holidays! You know you\u2019ve got to come up with some creative ideas for your little darlings \u2013 they can\u2019t spend too much time watching TV or playing on phones and tablets.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s lots of arty-crafty stuff you can do with everyday items, found in your home office, desk, or kitchen cupboard, and you\u2019ll soon find inspiration with a few Google searches.<\/p>\n<p>If you have a young daughter, she may enjoy making a colourful bracelet from elastic bands \u2013 all you need are the <a href=\"https:\/\/snapguide.com\/guides\/make-rubber-band-bracelets-by-hand-1\/\">rubber bands and a paperclip<\/a> and a little bit of patience to master the technique.<\/p>\n<p>Another easy art idea for pre-schoolers is to make a strawberry picture using red, green and black paint \u2013\u00a0and your child\u2019s hands. Use washable and child-friendly paint and wear aprons (adult supervision is essential, let\u2019s just say that up front) and just follow the really <a href=\"http:\/\/www.activityvillage.co.uk\/handprint-strawberry\">simple instructions<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s every parent\u2019s nightmare \u2013 the long school holidays! You know you\u2019ve got to come up with some creative ideas for your little darlings \u2013 they can\u2019t spend too much time watching TV or playing on phones and tablets. There\u2019s lots of arty-crafty stuff you can do with everyday items, found in your home office, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3205,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-Fun"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Easy Stationery Ideas for the Long School Holidays<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"You know you&#039;ve got to come up with some creative ideas for your little darlings \u2013 they can\u2019t spend too much time watching TV or playing on phones and tablets.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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