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Music for Kids – Make A Music Stick.

May 17, 2011

Do you know what a Lagerphone is? If you know who The Bush Wackers are (were?), or if you went to a lot of bush dances in your day, then you probably know what I’m talking about. If not, then think of a stick with lots of metal bottle caps hammered into it, and when [...]

Say Yes to Painting – Dot Paints.

April 19, 2011

Our big kids all got fabulous water colour paint sets for Christmas which makes saying yes to painting so much more doable. With that same idea in mind I recently picked up a set of ‘dot paint markers’. The set of six dot markers are super easy to use, don’t make much mess and are [...]

Imaginative Play At Home.

March 22, 2011

A while back, I wrote an article for a friend, Pretend, Make Believe, Imagine, Play and Learn which was published on the Natural Parenting site. It was an easy article to write, it just kind of fell out of my fingers as they typed. It was easy because imaginative play is a topic I feel [...]

Ten Things for Kids to do While Waiting.

March 8, 2011

Since The Father Figure became unwell we’ve had many trips to hospitals and doctors and there has been a lot of waiting around for the kids. And it’s not just that waiting around is boring, but at hospitals and similar places the kids are expected to be reasonably quiet and not run up and down [...]

Hospital Play

March 1, 2011

Dinosaurs and baby dolls have been having heart attacks left right and centre at our house this week. Barbie is an expert at calling an ambulance and offering first aid. The Doll’s house has been turned into a hospital complete with a lack of beds and a long waiting list and the Bindi doll who [...]

Say Yes to Painting.

January 11, 2011

The beginning of the new year always seems fill with such potential and optimism. I’m trying to catch those positive feelings and keep them hostage at the Pickle Farm for the rest of the year. One of the things I am trying to keep up with is saying yes to my kids more often. Many [...]

Recycled Rainbow Crayons.

November 23, 2010

My book marks are full of recycled crayon links. I saw the idea first at Little Birdie Secrets, then I found these amazing alphabet recycled crayons at Lets Explore, and these cut with cookie cutters at Danny Daily. So I’ve been saving old bits of crayons for a long time knowing that one day we’d [...]

Make a Tiara!

November 16, 2010

Of course my girls wanted to decorate crowns.. ahem… I mean, tiaras, at their recent birthday party. I had plans to take the easy way out and buy pre-cut paper crowns… ahem… I mean, tiaras, at the local art shop, but they were all out and so was every other shop I tried. I checked [...]

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Printable Love or Lunch Box Notes.
February 3, 2012

I am back making school lunches and next week my big boy will need lunch for kinder (preschool) too, thankfully only once a week, but all of them want to know when I will start leaving notes in their lunch boxes! So I think it’s time for some new lunch box notes. I am not [...]

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Wordless Wednesday – Printable Christmas Cheer
December 14, 2011

We are in need of a little brightness around here, and some Christmas decorations that Noah can’t pull down and destroy… Click on any of the above images to download an A4 (letter sized) printable poster to add some Christmas cheer. Or shrink them down and print them onto cards and share the joy. Check [...]

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