The first time we put together a jungle play dough kit it was for my big boy’s fourth birthday. It was the beginning of my kids absolute passion for play dough, and his sisters collected all kinds of green items (green was/is his favourite colour) and helped to make play dough and wrapped it all […]
DIY Cardboard Tube Construction Toy
Cold, windy, rainy weather. Two bored children. A whole heap of cardboard tubes. What do you do with these three items??? Make a cool DIY cardboard tube construction toy! This simple DIY construction set slots together to make all kinds of funky cardboard shapes and sculptures. You can build a one off piece of art […]
Tiny Treasures – Loose Parts Play
When my kids were little they created their own ‘loose parts play’ without even knowing what that fancy term meant. As toddlers they loved to collect and play with lots of random objects. They’d make long lines of cars or animals, they’d fill their pockets with acorns and stones, they’d transport blocks in baskets and […]
10 DIY Music Shakers and 4 Shaker Activities.
Music is so good for kids, and for us adults too, and I know some of us are not so confident when it comes to exploring music with our kids. But music activities don’t have to be difficult, and you don’t have to be able to play an instrument, read music, or even sing! One […]
20 Fun Ways to Practice Scissor Skills
Recently I’ve been helping out with a class of 5 and 6 year olds, and over the last few weeks we’ve been working a lot on cutting. Learning to use scissors can be a really tricky thing for some kids. There are a lot of prerequisite skills that a child needs before they can be […]
Ten Crazy Things to Print With
My kids and I love the easy art technique of printing. You can make so many cool patterns and shapes and creations by using all kinds of fun objects to print with. We’ve already used some weird and wonderful things to print with, like nuts and bolts, and the bottom of plastic containers, but we […]
Loose Parts and Pattern Pages
The other day we used some loose parts and our free printable alphabet pages to practice some of the letters Noah has trouble remembering. We had so much fun with that simple loose parts activity that I decided to make some pattern pages to play with too. Noah loved the creativity of filling the patterns […]
Yarn Painting.
Would you like to paint without using any paint? My kids thought I was nuts when I asked them that question this morning, but my nutty ideas are always my best ideas, and this one worked out a treat! We painted without paint… instead we painted with yarn! This is a really low mess, easy […]
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