We loved the CBeebies Playtime app when it launched earlier this year, offering four mini-games starring The Octonauts, Alphablocks, Tree Fu Tom and Something Special.

Now it’s got a fifth: Make a Picture. Well, we say game: it’s more of a creativity mini-app, starring CBeebies presenter Cat. Children can use it to create pictures using virtual paints, pencils, pens and stickers.

The new game is available in the iOS and Android versions of the CBeebies Playtime app now, and will be added to the Windows Phone and Kindle Fire versions soon according to this blog post from the Beeb. There’s more to come too. The same post reveals that a sixth game will be added in December.

“Nina and the Neurons – Earth Explorers is a strategy game that lets children explore our Planet and the Solar System. Little ones are free to travel across the Moon, Mars, the Mountains and even the Antarctic by building their very own Space-Rover using different components to suit the terrain,” it explains.

“Children must then use their fuel cleverly to explore as far as they can to collect rocks and fossils, picking up interesting facts about each place along the way.”

The blog post also provides some stats: the app has been played more than 13.5m times since its release in August, with usage peaking between 6pm and 7pm, suggesting that many kids are using it as a pre-bedtime activity. Something Special is the most popular of the first four mini-games, with 7.4m plays so far.

BBC CBeebies Playtime is a free download for iPhone and iPad, a free download for Android and a free download for Windows Phone.