When our girls asked me outright if Santa was real I thought it was the beginning of the end of the Christmas magic, but I was wrong. Working out that Santa was not a ‘real person’ did nothing to dampen my girl’s excitement about Christmas. Now they were a part of creating that excitement for […]
Colour Mixing – What kids learn from this simple art activity
“Can I experiment and mix my own paint colours?” My nine year old had been looking through our newest art book, Art Workshop for Children by Barbara Rucci (affiliate link), trying to decide which project he’d like to try first. There are so many interesting ideas and beautiful images in this book, but eventually he […]
Scrunch Painting
A rainy Saturday afternoon means we get out the paints! My kids were intrigued as I set up this simple process art activity, they couldn’t work out what I was doing with all these odd bits and pieces, but as soon as I said ‘scrunch painting’ they got the idea! Sometimes it’s fun to do […]
Water Drop Printing.
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 […]
See-Through Drawing
I am trying to de-clutter. I am trying not to save piles of stuff ‘just in case’. So when I suddenly found myself with a whole bunch of clear plastic packaging in weird and wonderful shapes, I almost threw it out, but I decided to be creative with it first and do some see-through drawing. […]
Easy Letter Collage.
When my boy first discovered a love of all things letters and writing he was at that stage of wanting to write way beyond his abilities. He was still learning to form most letter as well as working on holding and manipulating his pencil well enough to write. But he wanted to know how to […]
Play Outside All Year Round – Don’t Make Excuses!
This post is sponsored by GSK Australia as part of the Hay Fever Help education campaign. Playing outside improves behaviour, reduces stress and anxiety, offers lots of opportunities for learning and development in all areas, and lots of opportunity for healthy physical activity. We all know that playing outside is good for kids, and it’s […]
Awesome Ideas for Threading Activities.
Give those fine motor skills a work out with some simple threading! All my kids loved to thread stuff when they were little. Sometimes we made necklaces or bracelets, sometimes cool sun-catchers or things to hang, and sometimes just for the challenge and enjoyment of threading all kinds of little bits and pieces onto a […]
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