Sainsbury's have all the ingredients ready to make the perfect Christmas pudding. Here's award-winning baker and food writer, Dan Lepard, presents the perfect recipe to revive the great British baking tradition of Stir Up Sunday: the classic Christmas pudding and get the family to join in.
Young Driver is a groundbreaking driver training course aimed at 11 to 17 year olds – before they're legally able to take to the roads. Research has shown that of those who have taken a Young Driver course, the rate of accidents in the first six months after passing their test drops by more than a half, to fewer than one in ten. Mathilde and Joe had their first driving lesson at Bluewater, as Louise Pollard reports.
Denise Lewis OBE is helping to launch The Football Association's Tesco Skills Programme nationwide. The highly successful scheme will become fully nationwide this summer, providing free high quality football coaching for children throughout England.
Yellow Felt Bunny is a new online mail order craft company which designs kits for different age groups to encourage creativity. Hazel Bothma tried out a kit with daughter Frida and both were delighted with the results.
To celebrate the launch of Planet Ocean and to engage children in conservational projects and teach them the importance of looking after the world around us, we have an environmentally friendly and fun project to make your own jazzy eco shopping bag to re-use at the supermarket. We have a handy step-by-step guide to show you how to make your very own unique version.
Following last year’s success, the list of 50 outdoors adventures from National Trust staff has been updated for 2013 with 15 new experiences were suggested by children across the country over the 2012 summer holidays, including star gazing and daisy chain making. Over 40,000 kids signed up to the initiative in its launch last year. Time to sign up for 2013.
Treat your mum to these deliciously good-for-you snacks (or show the recipe to your kids!) from Liz Earle – for Mother's day or any time when you just want to say "Thank you".
Leading Ballerina Laurretta Summerscales gives her “Top Tips” on how to get your child into ballet ahead of the Barbie Ballet Class on 16/17 March in celebration of Barbie In The Pink Shoes DVD to be released 18 March.
Photobooks make a wonderfully personal present for any occasion so with Mothering Sunday in mind, Anne Coates has been working on a photo book from Vistaprint.
Across the country, many National Trust places will also be hosting fun family events during half term week, from forest trails to zip wires for teddy bears... time to get out and active!
With scandals about processed meat, now has never been a better time to encourage children to learn to cook. Apollo Housewares has a range of child-friendly products to help set the scene for our junior chefs. Anne and Harriet Coates tried out the spatula and alphabet biscuit cutters.
