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SCHOOL HOLIDAY FUN The mini mag

A SNEAK PEEK INTO AUSTRALIA’S ONLY AD-FREE KIDS MAG

Whatis

Lotta is a magazine for 5-10 year old kids that is full of school holiday activities. It is Australia’s first ad-free kids magazine and is released four times a year to coincide with the school holidays.

At Lotta Magazine, we are trying to do something different.

No ads Lotta is ad-free because we believe that children should be children before they are consumers. We don’t want to sell plastic toys or processed food to your kids, just our ideas for fun and creative ways to spend the holidays.

Gender neutral Lotta is not a boys magazine or a girls magazine — we are a kids magazine because we believe that all kids should have a variety of experiences, not just those that align with gender stereotypes.

A

little about Lotta

different?

Pop art

with Andy Warhol

The Colour Issue

Make and star in your own

superhero photo comics

The Secrets Issue

Make school holidays less painful We want to take the pressure off parents and banish school holiday boredom with our many activity ideas.

Make art & craft accessible All of Lotta’s crafts are do-able. Very clear instructions (with pictures) and a downloadable materials list make our ideas easy for parents to facilitate. Our projects won’t break the bank — many of our ideas are free if you have some basic art supplies.

Encourage creativity When we give our children encouragement to explore their creativity, they could become our most inspiring artists, inquisitive scientists or original entrepreneurs. Lotta aims to help parents do this with a variety of fun, new experiences to feed kids imaginations and end products that encourage endless free-play.

Diversify play We love iPads, TV and technology too, but we believe that everyone needs a variety of experiences and an opportunity to let our own imaginations take the lead sometimes. Our magazine gives kids a lotta ideas for new things to try.

Turn an old jumper into these wild hoodies & release your inner wild thing

The Story Issue

The Travel Issue

African

Spanish

Vietnamese

Balinese

Indian

Native American

Scottish

Korean

Iranian

Turn small wooden spoons into some beautiful friends

from around the world

The Travel Issue

Sew this colourful cuddly cloud raining rainbows

The Colour Issue

Grow a Secret GardenThe Story Issue

The Secrets Issue

What

people

say about LottaKhali Whatley from Little.Lovely ‘I’m completely smitten. Lotta Magazine is refreshingly different from other children’s magazines and is exceptionally well designed.’

Tania McCartney from Kids Book Review ‘Stunningly photographed, laid out and designed, with original, quality content. Creativity and eye candy all rolled into one publication, this is a parent’s dream... oh, and the kids just may enjoy it too.’

We heart books ‘This is an absolutely incredible magazine that is full of the most amazing ideas for craft and activities with children. It is so beautifully produced, the photography spectacular and the activities so innovative. It’s so exciting we just can not wait for the next issue.’

Jacki from More than a Mummy ‘It’s got TONS of adorable ideas that inspire creativity and guarantee that kids are using their brains for more than just video games. I think it’s an awesome resource for parents and teachers and I adore the fact that it’s scheduled to be released to coincide with school holidays (genius, sheer genius!).’

The Story Issue

Fantastic Mr Fox puppets

The Space Issue

Susan Stephenson from The Book Chook ‘I really like the range of activities and the way they involve kids in purposeful, creative fun. It’s jam-packed with stuff kids will really want to do — creative stuff, fun stuff — and yet still things we adults figure will help them learn too.’

Sue Mundy from Style My Child ‘If you’re like me and love a little inspiration when it comes to entertaining kids, Lotta Magazine is just the ticket. This magazine is packed with awesome ideas the kids will love to sink their teeth into.’

Trudie Bristow from Journey to Bliss ‘Lotta encourages kids to be creative whilst showing parents and caregivers that it doesn’t need to cost you the earth to do so.’

Debra Dane from Home.Life.Simplified ‘I can heartily recommend them. The kids are going though them and squealing with delight, “bookmarking” all the things they want to do. I keep hearing “cool” and “wow” as they are turning the pages.’

Julian Jang-Jaccard from Alyxia.com ‘Alyxia really loved everything about this magazine and wanted to read it every night from front to back.’

Katrina Whelen from Babyology ‘Imagine, a great magazine for kids with no pesky ads but lots and lots of things to keep them busy during the school holidays.’

Cone Dolls

Cone Dolls

The History Issue

Superheroes

The Secrets Issue

The Story Issue

The Travel Issue

The Secrets Issue

In this issue, all the arts, crafts & activities are based on stories and story-telling. We have ideas inspired by famous tales like Where the Wild Things Are, Alice in Wonderland, the Harry Potter series, Wizard of Oz and more.

Whether you are going to grandma’s house or around the world we have some great ideas for toys and activities that travel with you. We also have some fun activities for exploring the world without leaving home.

What do superheroes, spies and magicians have in common? They all have secrets and that’s what this issue is all about. Inside; superhero photo comics, secret identikits, spy games, magic tricks plus more secrets and surprises.

The Colour Issue

The Space Issue

The History Issue

Art, artists and colours have inspired us for this issue. You can take a master class, make a pixel pal, taste a rainbow, paint a rug, sew a cloud softie, create a kaleidoscope, open an art gallery and much more colourful fun.

In this issue, we are exploring space, the final frontier. You can hug an alien softie, stitch the stars, attack alien cupcakes, print a constellation shirt, discover new alien life, recreate the big bang, make a space station and more.

We’ve turned to the past for inspiration and created catapult armies, dolls with historical fashions, jolly jousters, Aztec necklaces, first fleet racers and much more.

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The Colour Issue

To buy a copy visit www.lottamagazine.com

Check out the free crafts and

activities at our blog