These free printable heart pattern mats are fun fine motor activity for young children. Use these heart fine motor mats with loose parts, playdough, dot markers, or pencils to work on lots of important fine motor and pre-writing skills in a hands-on and fun way. These print and go, pattern mats are a great Valentine’s […]
Rock Pooling with Kids – Free Printable Rock Pool Hunt!
Rock pooling – visiting tidal pools to see what lives in them – is a fabulous outdoor activity that kids of all ages will love. It’s an awesome nature activity that is packed with science learning, and loads of fun! Follow our simple tips for rock pooling with kids and grab our free printable rock […]
Printable Shark Puppets
Do you know the Baby Shark song?Make these free printable shark puppets and sing your own version of the Baby Shark song! These shark puppets are the perfect activity for Shark Week, which is in July each year. You can use these puppets to sing a shark song, or act out a story, or as […]
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 […]
Magic Garden Potions for Kids!
A witch’s brew, or a wizard’s enchanted concoction! These magic potion ideas for kids will keep them busy outside in the garden for hours! Combine sensory play, with experimentation, and lots of imagination with this fun magic potion activity for kids. When my kids were little they spent hours outside making perfumes and poisons. Now […]
Leaf Faces – An easy, low-mess, nature craft
The weather has changed. The early mornings are cold and the grass is soaked in dew. A sunny day no longer means sunscreen and hats and swimming pools. The grass in the park is littered with acorns and the leaves are changing colour. I can’t pretend it is summer any longer, autumn is here. The […]
Easy Sponge Printing.
Little hands need nice large, easy to hold, art tools, and these homemade peg and sponge painters tick all those boxes, plus they are loads of fun to print and paint with! Easy Sponge Printing Activity These easy DIY peg and sponge painters are easy to make, and they use items you likely already have […]
Make A River!
“The sandpit is boring!” My six year old did have a point. Our sandpit had been neglected for a while and even though I’d pulled all the weeds out and dug over the sand, it still wasn’t very enticing. I suggested a few ideas… “Let’s bring out some animals? Find some old containers and spoons? […]
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