Recently my girls have been interested in knitting and weaving. We had a go at finger knitting during the holidays, but I am no knitter, finger or other wise, so we moved on to weaving. I made a very basic loom from bits of cardboard. I cut a window out of the middle of a […]
Printable Geometric Shape Drawing Prompts
Learn about shapes while using your imagination to make all kinds of creations with these fun, geometric shape drawing prompts. Kids of all ages (and adults) will love these fun printable geometric shape drawing prompts. This fun shape drawing for kids activity is a great quick and easy activity. It’s perfect for early finishers in […]
Easy Art For Kids – Experimenting with Water Colours
A while ago, while checking out pinterest, my girls spotted the salt on water colour trick and wanted to try it. I’m always up for a bit of mucking around with paint, and I had another idea up my sleeve that I also wanted to try. So on the weekend we set up the toddler […]
Exploring with Tape.
Tape. Sticky tape, masking tape, electrical tape, gaffa tap. My kids love tape. Tape provides much crafting joy around here, and it never lasts long! So I knew I had a sure fire boredom buster up my sleeve when I picked up a roll of masking tape for each of my big kids. Then one […]
Quick and Easy Headband Art.
Izzy came up with the idea while at the grandparent’s place over the weekend and today they requested some more headbands so they could each make one. So with a few cheap plastic headbands, some pipe cleaners, pom poms and double sided tape the big kids made some quick and easy wearable master pieces! Just […]
What They’re Reading – Books for 7-9 Year Olds
Zoe and Izzy would happily spend these cold winter weekends curled up somewhere warm with a book. They are at that stage where they can read well enough to totally get lost in the magic of a story. They get drawn in and disappear into the fantasy world for hours on end, late into the […]
Fun with the Whiteboard
On a whim I bought a cheap whiteboard and some whiteboard markers this morning. It’s been one of the best spare of the moment, dollar store, purchases ever! Morgan loves using it as he is very interesting in drawing and writing letters at the moment. The girls loved a new space for drawing, but we […]
Imaginative Play – Why it’s Great for Parents!
In case you haven’t noticed, I really like imaginative play. Lucky for me, so do my kids! Kids learn so much from imaginative play. It is an holistic type of play, covering all areas of develop and allowing the child to focus on and learn whatever he or she is most interested in or ready […]
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