Circle printing is a super easy and super fun art activity for kids of all ages. With a few basic art supplies and some household items you can try this fun circle printing activity and create some beautiful art. This post contains affiliate links, as an Amazon Associate and member of other affiliate programs, I […]
30 Minute Challenge
When things are going to hell in a hand basket, or when you just have a little snip of time between one thing and another, or when you just need everyone to stop running around the house and leaping off the couches… that’s when you need a 30 Minute Challenge! It’s a new game I’ve […]
Tree House Doll’s House.
Inspired by Childhood101 and Irresistible Ideas we decided to make a tree house doll’s house as a gift for Morgan’s 4th birthday. We used Silver Birch branches and one big log of hardwood for the large rounds. We drilled and screwed the bigger support trunks to a pine board base and drilled and screwed the […]
Say Yes to Painting – Dot Paints.
Our big kids all got fabulous water colour paint sets for Christmas which makes saying yes to painting so much more doable. With that same idea in mind I recently picked up a set of ‘dot paint markers’. The set of six dot markers are super easy to use, don’t make much mess and are […]
Imaginative Play At Home.
A while back, I wrote an article for a friend, Pretend, Make Believe, Imagine, Play and Learn which was published on the Natural Parenting site. It was an easy article to write, it just kind of fell out of my fingers as they typed. It was easy because imaginative play is a topic I feel […]
Ten Things for Kids to do While Waiting.
Since The Father Figure became unwell we’ve had many trips to hospitals and doctors and there has been a lot of waiting around for the kids. And it’s not just that waiting around is boring, but at hospitals and similar places the kids are expected to be reasonably quiet and not run up and down […]
Say Yes to Painting.
The beginning of the new year always seems fill with such potential and optimism. I’m trying to catch those positive feelings and keep them hostage at the Pickle Farm for the rest of the year. One of the things I am trying to keep up with is saying yes to my kids more often. Many […]
How to Make Recycled Rainbow Crayons.
If you’ve got some old broken crayons laying around, it’s easy to make these recycled rainbow crayons! These fun rainbow crayons make a great birthday party favour, or a fun craft activity, or just a super cool way to recycled broken crayons into rainbow crayons that are lots of fun to draw with! This post […]
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