Recently a fellow blogger and author, Allison Tait, sent me a copy of her new book – The Mapmaker Chronicles, Race to the End of The World. My kids couldn’t agree on who should get to read it first, so I settled the argument by reading it aloud to them all, one chapter a night. […]
3D Drawings
“Can we paint?” “yeah! can we paint!!??” It was an hour before dinner, I really didn’t want to get out the paints. I needed an activity that was more exciting than painting for the big kids, was doable for my four year, was quick to set up, and wouldn’t make a huge mess. For a […]
Free Printable Garden Playdough Mats
These garden playdough mats are perfect for spring or for kids who love the garden! These three free printable garden playdough mats are a great sensory and fine motor activity that encourages lots of creative thinking with their open-ended designs! They make a great activity for a spring or a gardening learning theme and they […]
Make a CD Case stained Glass Window
I have a had a packet of new, bright coloured, sharpies sitting in my art cupboard for nearly two months. Every now and then I look at them and wonder what project will be worthy of cracking that plastic packaging and getting them out. On the weekend I found a whole bunch of empty CD […]
Printmaking For Kids using Recycled Containers
This easy recycled container printmaking activity is a great process art activity for kids of all ages. Kids will love experimenting with all the different prints the containers can make. while the creating some gorgeous art. This container printmaking for kids would make a fun Earth Day activity. You can talk about all the different […]
How to Make a Simple Animation.
My kids are a little bit movie and animation crazy at the moment. It is Izzy’s goal in life to watch ever Tim Burton film ever made, and Zoe is slowly reading every book that has been made into an animation by Hayao Miyazaki. Izzy is going to be a director when she grows up […]
How to Set Up Great Block Play at Home
Block play offers children so many great opportunities for holistic learning and creative play for children of all ages and it’s easier than you think to set up great block play at home! With an inexpensive set of wooden blocks, and other toys and items you probably already have at home you can set up […]
Robot Drawing Prompts – Free Printable
These fun, free printable, robot drawing prompts will keep the kids busy using their imaginations to come up with cool robot drawings and designs! I have learned the hard way, that when a preschooler has an obsession with something, it is much easier to go with it, than fight against it! Besides, kid’s learn best […]
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