Dinosaurs and baby dolls have been having heart attacks left right and centre at our house this week. Barbie is an expert at calling an ambulance and offering first aid. The Doll’s house has been turned into a hospital and the Bindi doll, who was previously a very dedicated vet, has suddenly had a change […]
Easy Watercolor Picture Frame Craft for Kids
These watercolour picture frames are easy to make, and combined with a hand drawn portrait or picture they are the perfect kid-made gift that friends and family will love! .Get crafty with the kids and make this watercolor photo frame craft for Mother’s Day or Father’s Day, a birthday present or Christmas! This water colour […]
Ice Painting
It was hot here last week, and as I was filling the ice block trays for the eleventy hundredth time a little idea popped into my head. I got out the food colouring and dropped some colour into each ice block, then popped them in the freezer. The next day we donned aprons, found paper […]
Magic Painting!
When your sisters have gone to do something special without you, there needs to be some sort of fabulousness at home to even the score. On this occasion fabulousness for a three and a half year old was painting, but not just any kind of painting…. magic painting! Stuff we used.. An old wax candle […]
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 […]
Boat Races
“First the worst, second the best, third the ugly princess….” My ears ring to the constant cries of “It’s Not Fair!” and there is already a bit of competitiveness between the three big kids in our family. Who is the best at this, who should get more of that, who should go first at this, […]
Handmade Christmas Gifts
Each Christmas I try to get the kids involved in making at least some part of the gifts we give to the special in our lives. When the girls were little their involvement was often only to sit still enough and look cute for a photo, the rest was up to me! But now that […]
Junior Scrabble
The girls have been watching the Father Figure and I playing scrabble on our iphones (Words With Friends). It didn’t take them long to figure out what the general idea was and start to suggest words we could make from our letters, so we thought they might like having a go at the real thing. […]
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