Its Queensland Sunsmart Day today. Its the biggest ever sunscreen drive to help raise funds for skin cancer research and to make Queenslanders more aware of how to stay sunsafe! Did you know Queenslanders have the highest rate of skin cancer in the world?

The cancer council has changed the Slip Slop Slap saying we all learnt in school, to SLIP, SLOP, SLAP, SLIDE, SEEK.

Slip on your shirt

Slop on your sunscreen

Slap on your hat

Slide on your sunnies

Seek out the shade

Materials

• Sandpit or large box with rice/bird seed

• Play space

• Multiple copies of laminated cut-outs of fi ve sun protection images

or SunSmart Countdown number characters (image sheets provided)

For variations to the game – copy the different images onto different coloured card

and have enough for each child to have a complete set of fi ve plus four extra sets

(for spare cards). Click here for the link to the card print outs and many other actvities. 

Instructions

Bury the laminated pictures in the sand pit/rice box (or alternatively hide them

 around a designated space). Bury the laminated pictures in the sand pit/rice box (or alternatively hide them. Children try to dig up/fi nd as many SunSmart items as they can.

To add to the challenge, once all of the items have been found, children then need

to try swapping their items so they end up with a complete set of fi ve cards –

either five of the same image or a set of fi ve sun protection measures/SunSmart

Countdown number characters. They can only swap one card at a time.

Children try to dig up/fi nd as many SunSmart items as they can.

OR

3 Children can only dig up one of each of the SunSmart Countdown cards. If they  

fi nd one they already have, they need to re-bury/re-hide it. They need to fi nd all

fi ve cards in the set to complete the game.

We love having fun at christmas with the kids! These craft activities are simple and easy. All you need to do is eat a few ice creams or ice blocks by the pool while watching your kids splashing around in their rashoodz swimwear, then get creating! The links to the "how to do" pages are listed below. We would love to see photo of your kids finished chrissy decorations on our facebook page. 

http://www.facebook.com/RashoodzSwimwear

Here is the list of the amazing craft websites and their instructions:

Snowflake decoration : The Crafty Crow

Christmas Wreath: Art Sand

Nutcrackers, Santa, Snowman and Sleigh: Squidoo 

Reindeer: Craft For All Seasons

Angel:Craft For All Seasons

Stars: Kaboose.com

Christmas Trees: Scrapfx.com