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Remember, remember the 5th of November

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On the 5th November 1605 Guy Fawkes was caught in the cellars of the Houses of Parliament with several barrels of gunpowder with the intention to blow up the king and his parliaments. Guy Fawkes was subsequently tried as a traitor with his co-conspirators for plotting against the government and was hung, drawn and quartered. 

Today, the failure of their plot and the preservation of the King’s life are celebrated with spectacular fireworks displays and the burning of Guy Fawkes effigies on bonfires. For all naughty little ones who like a bit of ‘BOOM’ our Explosive Experiments kit is just for you and would make Guy Fawkes proud, containing extremely explosive stuff! Your children will be able to create and launch a super cool rocket, watch a volcano erupt, make fizzy bombs, a lava lamp and some seriously slimy snot….this all in one super science kit is suitable for children aged 10+ years. 

To celebrate bonfire night, we are running a fab colouring competition for three lucky entrants to win our Liquid Paints. To enter simply download the fabulous fireworks sheet from your play zone, print the page and get colouring! All entries must be submitted via email and then we can showcase them on our Facebook page!To do this take a photo of your child’s brilliant bonfire display and email it to competitions@jamesgalt.com with the title ‘Fireworks Colouring Comp’ in the email subject box. Children must 3+ years old and all entries must be submitted by 11th November 2011!

 

 Remember, remember the fifth of November
Gunpowder, treason and plot.
I see no reason why gunpowder, treason
Should ever be forgot…

Easter Colouring Competitions – How would YOU colour yours?

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Children love arts and crafts and what better time than Easter to get those colouring pencils out! Many of us will be decorating Easter eggs, sharing chocolate eggs (not me!) and participating in Easter egg competitions over the Easter hols.

To celebrate Easter and St. George’s Day (23 April) we are running two fantastic colouring competitions. The 2 -5 year olds must help George find his colours so he can slay the Dragon and they can win one of our fantastic Sponge Painting sets. The over 5s can win one of our fantastic Art Jars by coloring in our Easter Bunnies and their eggs.

To enter simply download the drawings from the Activity zone, print the page and get colouring…!

All entries must be submitted via our Facebook page – to do this take a photo of
your child’s completed art work, upload it onto our Facebook Wall and Tag the
photo with you or your child in it. All entries must be submitted by 1st May 2011.

Despite the fact that most of us associate Easter with chocolate eggs, it is actually hens’ eggs that are the traditional food of Easter Sunday. Did you know that on average people in the UK munch their way through an astounding 80 million Easter eggs a year – that’s a lot of Choc! And 43% of kids eat their first chocolate egg before Easter Sunday – tut tut.

If you have any Easter craft ideas, or any other funny Easter facts, please do share them with us…

Happy Easter Everyone

St. David’s Day colouring competition – Help our Welsh Dragon find his FIERY Colours

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To celebrate Saint David’s Day or should I say – Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Sant - we are running a colouring competition to win one of our fantastic Art Jars. To enter simply download the dangerous Welsh dragon from the Activity zone, print the page and get colouring…!

Win one of our fantastic Art Jars

All entries must be submitted via our Facebook page – to do this take a photo of your child’s completed dragon, upload it onto our Facebook Wall and Tag the photo with you or your child in it. Children must be 5-10 years old and all entries must be submitted by 6th March 2011.

So… who is St. David and what is St. David’s Day?

St David is the patron saint of Wales. People in Wales and those of Welsh origin celebrate the life of their patron saint by pinning a daffodil or leek to their clothes and some, especially children, wear traditional costumes.

St David plays a very important role in Welsh culture but little is known about his life; it is claimed he lived for over 100 years and died on Tuesday, March 1, 589, but the first texts on his life only appeared around five hundred years after his death. So, it is difficult to tell which aspects of the St David’s story are true and which are legend.

If you’ve got some amazing St. David’s facts – we’d love to hear from you, please leave your facts in the comment box below…