Found some more in old posts in the back stalls I thought might be useful added to this post... thanks Kathryn

Actiivites for ages 1+

Choccy Banana Iceblocks

What you need
Bananas
Cooking Chocolate
Knife
Ice cream sticks
Tray

What to do
Your child can help by peeling the bananas, an older child or yourself can cut the bananas in half (across). Poke an icecream stick ino the end of each banana, then place them on a tray and freeze. When they are frozen, dip them into the melted chocolate. Very Yummy!!

Egg Flip

What you need
1 egg
Vanilla Essence
1 cup milk
2 teaspoons sugar
Nutmeg
Banana (optional)
Mixing bowl
Wooden spoon
Glass

What to do
YOur child can help you collect all the ingredients and utensils, then break the egg into a bowl, add vanilla and sugar. HOld the bowl while your child beats the mixture until it is frothy. Next, pour in one cup milk and add banana then beat again. Pour the egg flip into a glass and sprinkle with a little nutmeg. This makes one drink. If you want more multiple ingredients by number of people

Edible playdough

What you need
Peanut paste
Milk powder
sugar
Edible food colouring

What to do
Younger children often eat regular playdough. If this is happening with your younger child, put away the regular playdough until they are older and can understand not to eat it, and make a batch of edible playdough.

Simply mix on part of peanut paste to one part of milk powder and half a part of sugar. Double or triple the quantities if you require. Add food colouring if desired.

Paint Pots

What you need
Buckets or empty tins
Water
food colouring
Paint brushes

What to do
Young children love painting but it is not always possible or pratical to provide real paint. they also love painting with real brushes like mum and dad.

Half fill each bucket or tin with water and add some food colouring. Give the child a paintbrush. Now the child can paint paths, driveways, concrete, or even the outside of the house, and you can rest easy knowing it can all be hosed off.
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Activities for ages 2+

Colourful Playdough
What you need:

1 cup plain flour
1 cup water
1/2 cup cooking salt
1 tablespoon cream of tartar
1 tablespoon cooking oil
Food colouring or powdered paint
wooden spoon
saucepan
breadboard
plastic containers

What to do

With a wooden spoon mix the flour, water, salt and cream of tartar in a saucepn over a medium heat until thick. when it has cooled, add the oil and knead well on a floured board

Divide the playdough up into at least 6 balls an add a different colour to each ball until you have red, yell, green, purple and orange playdough. Put each colour into a seperate container and encourage your child to create playdough pictures. When they are finished help your child to sort out the colours to put back in their containers for another day.

Creative Playdough
Use the recipe above but give the child different things to help create patterns in the playdough such as cookie cutters. pototo masher, meat tenderiser, ice cream sticks, garlic crushers, plastic scissors, tea strainers etc

Make sure you are close by to admire their latest creation

Feet Painting
What you need
2 tablespoons cornflour
cold water
1 cup boiling water
food colouring
saucepan
wooden spoon
large sheet of plastic or plastic tablecloth

What to do
Blend the cornflour with a little coldwater and mix to a smooth paste. add the boiling water and stir over a low heat until the mixture thickens. Add some food colouring and mix thoroughly

Cover an outdoor area with a large sheet of plastic or a plastic tablecloth. Let the children draw pictures in the pain with their feet. Make sure there is a bucket of warm soapy water on hand for cleaning up.

Have a green day

What you need
Green items such as clothing, food, drinks, toys, paint

What to do
Tell your child in the morning that you are going to have a "green day" or whatever colour takes your fancy.

Some possibilites for a green day
add a small amount of green food colouring to their milk
Select green food for your child to try, such as avacado, kiwi fruit, celery, green apples, honeydew melon, snow peas
Select green clothes for everyone to wear
Cook green food, such as avacado dip, green jelly, green cordial iceblocks, patty cakes with green icing.
Make a batch of playdough add blue and yellow food colouring to it to make green
Add a drop of blue and yellow food colouring to bath water so child can have a green bath at end of the day
Be 'greenies' and do the gardening, or plant some seeds
Goto the park and collect lots of different leaves for leaf rubbings at home with green crayon or pencils
Make and use some green paint
Read "green eggs and ham" at bedtime

Bubble pictures

What you need
Margarine containers
Water
powder paints
liquid detergent
drinking straws
paper

what to do
Half fill each margarine container with cold water and add some powder paint and a little detergent, place a drinking straw into each container and show your child how to blow into the straw to create bubbles. Keep blowing till the container is almost overflowing with bubbles.

Press the paper on top of the container and when you take it off there will be beautiful bubble prints on it.
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Activites for Ages 4+

Simple guitar

What you need
Shoebox with lid
Scissors
six to eight rubber bands of different sizes

What to do
Cut a hole in the lid of the shoebox about 8cm in diameter. Put the lid back on the shoebox and press down hard on the lid so the rubber bands won't actually touch it. Now stretch the rubber bands right around the box and position over the sound hole.

As your child plucks the rubber bands they will hear different sounds.

Texture rubbings

what you need
paper
cryons or pencils
textures around your house or garden

what to do
Go on a texture hunt with your child. Place the paper over car tyres, bark, leaves, carpet, coins, tiles, flowers, bricks, anything with an interesting texture. Your child then rubs with their crayon or pencil. Label the texture rubbings for them so they can show the rest of the family

Snail Mysteries

What you need
Snails
magnifying glass

What to do
carefully look at the snails under a magnifying glass. Can you see rings on their shells? Count the rings on each snails shell. The snail with the most rings is the oldest.

Explain to your child that as a snail grows inside it's shell, the gell grows from the edge, and so more and more rings are added. Each ring means a growth spurt.

Neighbourhood playmat

What you need
A sheet of heavy duty white vinyl
Coloured permanent marking pens

What to do
Discuss with your child the features of your neighbourhood - where the roads go, the houses, parks, local shops, schools, and any other familiar landmarks. Then carefully mark thme on the vinyl (you might like to do it in pencil or coloured chalk first and then draw over it in permanent pen when you are happy with the result.

Mark your home, your neighbours homes, the local streets, and the landmarks on the map. Go for walks with your child and talk about other landmarks you could put on the map. When the map is made, let the child use it as a playmat.