What is about cars that kids love? All of my kids loved playing with cars when they were little, and even now they are getting bigger they still love getting the cars and blocks out and building a city. And the toddler that we look after once a week asks to get the cars out […]
DIY Wipe Clean Activity Board and Free Printable Activity Pages
Waiting… waiting… waiting. There is seems to be a lot of waiting in the life of my smallest child at the moment. Waiting for his siblings dance class to end, waiting for the school bus to come, waiting for pizza to be ready, waiting till we get to Nanny’s house. So much waiting! And waiting […]
Super Cool Straw Mosaic Art
I went to Ikea last week. I didn’t buy anything very exciting – a chopping board, some bag clips, a couple of rolls of paper, and lots of straws! I just couldn’t resist the packets of straws, even though we already had a huge tub of straws at home, they were such bright, fun colours. […]
Ten Apps for Tweens That Won’t Rot Their Brains (entirely)
“Too much screen time will rot our kids’ minds!” “Social media will ruin our kids’ lives!” Social media, the internet, devices, screen time… There is a lot of fear and distrust of computers, devices, social media and the internet when it comes to our kids, and I get it, really I do. I’m a parent […]
Ten Easy Activities to Practice Fine Motor Skills
Fine motor control is all about the movements of the small muscles in the fingers, hands and arms. Hand-eye co-ordination also plays a big role in fine motor control, and together these skills are super important when it comes to things like writing and self help tasks. Long term, fine motor skills are related to […]
Build a Droid – Star Wars Party Printable
We had a Star Wars themed birthday party for my youngest on the weekend. Eight 5-8 year olds came over for some Jedi training! It was loads of fun, and really easy to organise thanks to lots of awesome activity ideas and some great Star Wars party printable. My Jedi training assistant and I had […]
Outdoor Adventure Find and Colour Activity
Can you find 6 fish, 5 bikes and 2 mugs of hot chocolate? This free printable find and colour activity is full of campfires and tents, trees and flowers, and all kinds of outdoor adventures! I got an email a little while ago from a reader who thanked me for the free printables I share […]
Growing a Magic Potion Garden
A witch’s brew or a wizard’s enchanted concoction! When my kids were little they spent hours outside making perfumes and poisons. Now that they are older they still love mucking around making magic potions, but these days it is more likely to be Felix Felicis or a Polyjuice Potion (How well do you know your […]
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