Free Creative Steps Magazine Autumn 2025 Edition

New Autumn 2025 edition out now!

Creative Steps is a unique quarterly magazine providing everyone caring for young children up to age 11 with dozens of fun, creative activity ideas, all designed to encourage learning through creative play.

CREATIVE STEPS is perfect for anyone caring for young children (0 to 11 years old) – especially childminders, nannies, preschools & playgroups, nursery settings, primary school teachers (early years to KS2), after school and holiday clubs, Guiding leaders, home educators, church groups… and of course, parents & grandparents!

Childcare.co.uk gold members are able to access the latest online issue for free and try out the many great activity ideas.

Gold members can view the magazine by clicking the Creative Steps link from the Gold Membership menu when they are logged in to their Childcare.co.uk account.

In this issue - Autumn 2025

Exclusively for Gold members, here is your new AUTUMN issue of Creative Steps, packed with dozens of original, fun seasonal crafts & activity ideas to encourage learning through creative play throughout the coming months – including: Spooky Halloween crafts, Harvest themed makes, Dino-vember, Diwali decorations, Star Gazing, Mexican Folk Art and more… plus book reviews, fun facts and printable templates.

This issue also includes a feature on STEM activities with Early Years settings, from author Sandra Beale, along with our Christmas Crafts Special, with pages of festive fun ideas… to help you plan ahead!

There are £100’s of fabulous games, toys, books and resources for you to WIN in the free-to-enter prize draws – including exciting brand new games bundles from Orchard Toys.

Plus Read Back Issues Free!

Gold members can also view back issues of Creative Steps magazine from 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025!