Fun for Everyone

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 [...]

We Play – Finger Painting

October 5, 2010

What do you do when it is school holidays, but it is cold and wet outside, and your sister is sick, and you’ve had to cancel a play date, and you are Bored (with a capitol B)? You hassle your mother, that’s what you do. You hassle, and moan, and say ‘but that’s boring’ to [...]

We Play… in the Sand Pit!

September 28, 2010

Spring sprang on the weekend (even if the weather around here as temporarily forgotten how to be warm and sunny) and as I crawled out of my cave, outside, into the sunshine for the first time in months, I realised what a dismal state our sand pit was in. Time for some spring sand pit [...]

Castle Blocks

September 14, 2010

I made these castle blocks a long long time ago. I made them from a little boy who didn’t want to come to preschool. He was mad keen on knights and dragons and things like that, so I begged some off-cuts of wood from a local building site and cut out some basic castle shapes [...]

Cooking with Kids – Pita Chips

August 31, 2010

If Quatro sleeps in the morning I attempt to take advantage of the ‘un-baby’ time to get on top of housey kind of things. If I am organised I do the laundry and cook dinner (or at least make a start) and maybe sneak in a little baking. This all sounds blissfully domestic, but it’s [...]

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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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2011 Christmas Printable Series – Print and Fold Gift Boxes.
December 12, 2011

I think I am done with my Christmas shopping…. hopefully… maybe. We still have a few hand made gifts to finish off but I don’t think I need to go near another shopping centre (well except for food) till after Christmas. So now that the gift are all organised I need to wrap them. This [...]

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2011 Christmas Printable Series – Jar Labels and a Strawberry Jam Recipe.
December 5, 2011

Lots of rain + some sunshine = bucket loads of strawberries! Over the past few weeks we have had strawberries coming out of our ears. We have made muffins, and smoothies and cupcakes, and pie and we’ve eaten so many fresh strawberries I am actually kinda over them (I never thought that would happen), but [...]

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