I remember the day we visited the girls’ kinder for the first time, just to see what it was like. They had a shop set up in the home corner area and immediately my just turned four year old girls made a beeline for it and stayed playing shop for the whole time we were […]
Christmas Letter Writing Set for Kids – Free Printable
This fun free printable Christmas letter writing set for kids is a great way to encourage a reluctant writer. Get the kids writing letters to friends and family this Christmas with this fun Christmas letter writing set with lined paper, blank paper and matching envelopes, all ready to print and go. It’s so much fun […]
Fusible Beads and a Kids’ Crafternoon Give Away.
Have you ever tried crafting with fusible beads? I’d seen packets of Hama beads in our local toy shop, but I never really knew what they were until Hardie Grant sent my kids and I copies of the two new Kid’s Crafternoon Books. The Beading book features little birdy earrings made from fusible beads on […]
Lions and Tents and Bloggers… Oh My!
Sometimes this blogging gig really pays off. When I got an email from Porter Novelli asking if I’d like to join them to celebrate the release of The Lion King on 3D Blu-ray, Blu-ray and DVD, (available in shops from 12 October) by camping overnight at the Melbourne Zoo, I knew I’d hit pay dirt! […]
Wrecking Apart!
There is nothing better than taking something to pieces, opening it up and checking out what’s inside. I’m not sure why it’s so fun but I enjoy ‘wrecking apart’ things as much as my big kids do! There’s not much to it, just find an old computer or stereo or piece of old, broken, no […]
Playing With Sticks
I can hear the voice in my head, yelling across the play ground; “Put the stick down! It’s not safe, you’ll poke someone’s eye out! Put it down!” If the voice didn’t belong to me it was someone I was working with or another parent. A small child waving a stick around seems to make […]
Easy Art for Kids – Painting On Wood.
You know how we are doing that crazy renovating thing right? Well there is a lot of scraps and off cuts of wood lying around the Pickle Farm at the moment. We had lots of fun creating sculptures and building things with the wood scraps and glue guns, and we’ve enjoyed using the wood scraps […]
30 Minute Challenge
When things are going to hell in a hand basket, or when you just have a little snip of time between one thing and another, or when you just need everyone to stop running around the house and leaping off the couches… that’s when you need a 30 Minute Challenge! It’s a new game I’ve […]