My kids have always loved the idea of castles, and knights, and mythical beasts, but lately it’s all about the dragons! Dragons have taken over the castle, and the tree house, and the rock fortress. Some are tame and friendly, but some are wild and ferocious! Apart from the imaginative play there are so many […]
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 […]
Jungle Play Dough
The first time we put together a jungle play dough kit it was for my big boy’s fourth birthday. It was the beginning of my kids absolute passion for play dough, and his sisters collected all kinds of green items (green was/is his favourite colour) and helped to make play dough and wrapped it all […]
DIY Cardboard Tube Construction Toy
Cold, windy, rainy weather. Two bored children. A whole heap of cardboard tubes. What do you do with these three items??? Make a cool DIY cardboard tube construction toy! This simple DIY construction set slots together to make all kinds of funky cardboard shapes and sculptures. You can build a one off piece of art […]
Tiny Treasures – Loose Parts Play
When my kids were little they created their own ‘loose parts play’ without even knowing what that fancy term meant. As toddlers they loved to collect and play with lots of random objects. They’d make long lines of cars or animals, they’d fill their pockets with acorns and stones, they’d transport blocks in baskets and […]
10 DIY Music Shakers and 4 Shaker Activities.
Music is so good for kids, and for us adults too, and I know some of us are not so confident when it comes to exploring music with our kids. But music activities don’t have to be difficult, and you don’t have to be able to play an instrument, read music, or even sing! One […]
Three Ways to Paint with Rain!
Try these three easy ways to do some rain painting! It rained here on the weekend. Usually rain on the weekend would not be a reason for celebration, but despite our cold wintry weather we haven’t had much rain for a long, long time. We are not connected to a town water supply, so all […]
20 Fun Ways to Practice Scissor Skills
Recently I’ve been helping out with a class of 5 and 6 year olds, and over the last few weeks we’ve been working a lot on cutting. Learning to use scissors can be a really tricky thing for some kids. There are a lot of prerequisite skills that a child needs before they can be […]
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