There is something magical about the way water beads on waxy surfaces. Add a little colour to the water and you’ve got a cool science meets art activity! Surface tensions is not easy to explain to kids, but it is easy to show them! There are loads of great surface tension experiments and activities you […]
Pintable Elephants Puppets and a Counting Song.
Use these free printable elephant puppets to sing the Elephant’s Balancing counting song! These cute little elephants make perfect puppets or use them with a flannel/felt board. Act out the fun Elephants Balancing preschool song with your kids while they work on lots of language and number skills. I have always had a soft spot […]
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 […]
Mathsy Things Your Kids Will Love (even if they don’t like maths!)
Even if your kids don’t think they like maths, they will love these interesting and cool maths activities, videos and ideas. In fact they’ll have so much fun with these maths activities they won’t even know they are doing maths and learning! My boys are both quite ‘mathsy’. They love playing around with numbers, and […]
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 […]
Flying Rocket Craft for Kids!
If your kids love all things space, or you just want a fun activity to do on a windy day, this flying rocket craft for kids is perfect! The free printable rocket template makes this rocket craft easy enough for preschoolers to make, and fun enough for elementary ages kids, and everyone will love flying […]
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 […]
Draw an Expanding Hug!
It was their grandmother’s birthday. The big girls were making her a cake, and the boys wanted to do something special too. “I want to make her a hug!” declared the five year old, and that gave me a great idea. Let’s draw some expanding hugs! This is a simple drawing activity that is loads […]
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