(2016) Bring out your child’s creative side with Let’s Get Crafty with Fabric & Felt. This inspiring book has 25 easy-to-achieve projects that you and your child can enjoy making together at home. The creative ideas include fun finger puppets, a cute pom-pom bumble bee and printed T-shirts.

The emphasis is on teamwork, with you helping with the tricky steps, such as sewing, and your child doing the fun and messy parts, such as glueing, painting and decorating.

As well as being enjoyable, these fabric and felt crafts will help you prepare your child for school by developing his fine motor skills and encouraging him to concentrate on a task and complete it.

The creative ideas will spark his imagination and for both of you there will be great rewards in finishing a project. Best of all, getting crafty means you will enjoy some fun time together