Fun and Puzzles
www.websudoku.com
Gets you directy into sudoku puzzle. Choice of easy, medium, hard and "evil" levels. Play the games for free but note some links to 'pay for' products.
Have a little fun on this online keyboard, play a tune, add the drums or pan-pipes! Part of the very large educational site.
www.mirror.co.uk/fun-games/cartoons
Daily Mirror's cartoon site, click here for your favourites. Ads appearing.
www.puzzlechoice.com www.jigzone.com
Two fun sites, one for online crosswords of all types. Answers given. Print out or do online. Many other quizzes and puzzles. The other for free of charge online jigsaws. Large choice of pictures with a drag and drop construction. Go to" Puzzle Gallery" and choose a category and then a sub category. Beware of flashing pop-up adverts on both sides.
www.datingdirect.com
Dating Direct , one of UK's largest online dating sites. Free search for all ages including the older person , good fun, simple to use and see who is currently online. Join for free to get more details or make contact with members.
www.jacquielawson.com
Beautiful online greetings cards, delightfully animated. You can preview a small range free of charge but need to pay a small annual membership fee to send cards through the site. Many designs have light music. Remember to switch on and turn up the volume.
www.askoxford.com/wordgames
The word games section of Oxford University Press's site. Lots of easy to do word games, try Hangman, Crosswords, Countdown and Scrabble. Lots of other interesting word-based activities, for example 'ask the experts' for information about words.
dictionary.reference.com
Nice clear online dictionary site, giving spellings, definitions and synonyms. Also a thesaurus and encyclopaedia. Daily crossword and other games. Some pop-up ads appear.
uk.youtube.com/browse
Youtube- have fun looking at favourite old video and song clips. You need to put appropriate key words in the search slot at the top of the page eg 'Singing in the Rain Gene Kelly', turn up your volume and wait for the video window to start playing. Thousands of video clips on everything imaginable . No need to register and a good way to impress the family!
www.colourmebeautiful.co.uk
Colour Me Beautiful, the internationally famous image consultants who help you to look your best with image makeover, style consultations and colour analysis. Nice clear website which enables you to find a consultant in your area, buy gift vouchers, makeup and colour swatches. Suitable for women and men.
www.chevroncars.com/games/free
Lots of free online games featuring cars, great to explore with your grandchildren, fun educational award-winning site. USA based, enjoyable and full of variety. Puzzle Games are a good place to start and there are instructions for the games, attractive free greetings cards.
www.instyle.co.uk/hair/makeover
Give yourself a celebrity hairdo. This is pure fun. Have a laugh and put hairdos on a range of model faces, or upload a photo of your own face, try the hairdos and send to a friend if you wish. You may need help uploading your photo.