Preschooler Fun

Easy Art for Kids – Squish Painting.

September 27, 2011

School holidays are in full swing here at The Pickle Farm and it only took two days before they asked to ‘do something cool with the paints!’ Luckily I had just bought two big rolls of paper from Ikea and had a few fun painting ideas tucked away in the back of my mind especially [...]

Sensory Play – A Tub of Bubbles

September 20, 2011

Sensory play doesn’t have to be a hugely messy activity, even if you set it up inside! Today we set up a little tub of bubbles, just for one, or maybe two! We started with a small tub and some small measuring cups, scoops and spoons that come with all the kids medication. We set [...]

Wrecking Apart!

September 13, 2011

There is nothing better than taking something to pieces, opening it up and checking out what’s inside. I’m not sure why it’s so fun but I enjoy ‘wrecking apart’ things as much as my big kids do! There’s not much to it, just find an old computer or stereo or piece of old, broken, no [...]

Dinos and Packaging – Wordless Wednesday

September 7, 2011

It seems I am not the only one excited by today’s delivery!

Play Dough with Straws and Toothpicks

September 6, 2011

My big boy loves play dough. I mean, he REALLY loves play dough. We have more commercially made play dough accessories than you can poke a stick at. I am not sure why you’d bother poking a stick at play dough accessories, but if you did, you’d have trouble poking all of ours. Those play [...]

Easy Art for Kids – Painting on Foil

August 30, 2011

We haven’t had our painting easel out for a long time. It takes up a lot of space, and we don’t have much of that at the moment. But Morgan was keen to do ‘something special’… ‘not just boring old painting’ so I dragged the easel in and surprised him by setting up something really special!

Playing with More Sticks!

August 23, 2011

Last week I put my big girl undies on and let my kids have a fabulous time playing with sticks outside. I learnt a lot from the experience of letting go and allowing my kids to take reasonable risks and it seems lots of you feel the same way (thanks for all the lovely comments). [...]

Playing With Sticks

August 16, 2011

I can hear the voice in my head, yelling across the play ground; “Put the stick down! It’s not safe, you’ll poke someone’s eye out! Put it down!” If the voice didn’t belong to me it was someone I was working with or another parent. A small child waving a stick around seems to make [...]

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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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