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
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 […]
We Play – Kitchen Corner.
In the corner of our living room there is a wooden oven and wooden sink. The girls were given these beautiful handmade children’s kitchen pieces when they turned two and they have been in use ever since. Over the years we’ve added some lovely extras too… The wooden fruit and veggies, a collection of crockery […]
Playdough Alien Monsters!
We didn’t play yesterday…. Actually we did, it’s just that I was too busy to take any photos or blog about it. But we played today. We played and made Mr Potato Head plastic cup alien playdough monsters…. A day late, and a little short on details, but joining in Childhood101’s We Play link up… […]
We Play – Cotton Bud Painting.
I’m putting my money where my mouth is today… or my blog where my mouth is, so to speak. For the past two Teach and Learn Carnivals I’ve blogged on about art and how important it is for little kids…. and today we actually did some! Nothing flash. Just a big sheet of paper, some […]
Make an Autumn Crown.
Are you looking for a beautiful autumn leaf craft to do with your kids? Try making one of these lovely autumn crowns. To make your autumn crown you’ll need to collect a whole lot of autumn leaves! Go outside, visit a park, or take a walk around your neighborhood and collect as many different kinds […]
We Play… Sorting!
Joining in with childhood101.com’s We Play series today – head on over and check out all the inspiring ideas this week! We’ve played with this impromptu sorting tray for the last few days! It’s just a seedling tray from our local nursery – they give them away free to carry your seedlings, or if you […]
The Thing About Trains
We got our first set of Brio Trains when the girls were just toddlers. Since then there has been a long love affair with trains in our house. We’ve now got a huge selection of wooden train tracks, roads and associated accessories, and each Christmas or birthday we seem to need an even bigger box […]
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