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 […]
Learning to Cut
Being told you can’t go with Daddy is tough at 9am on a Friday morning. It’s tough on the three year old who cries and cries, and tough on the Mum who is left to try and make things better. Making it better was going to require some really awesome distraction on my part and […]
Easy Art for Kids – Corn Flour Paste Recipe
We usually use a glue stick for collage as they are quick and easy to get out and pack up, don’t need a brush and easy for small hands to manage. But for some collage materials you need something with a bit more sticking power, that’s when we make corn flour paste. Corn Flour Paste […]
Easy Art for Kids – Make a Lantern
I really wanted to make autumn leaf lanterns like these, but by the time we got around to trying this out we found our big bag of autumn leaves had dried out and just crumbled when we tried to wrap them around the jar. With three disappointed kids I had to think fast. We already […]
Autumn Leaf Mosaic Collage
It was frosty and freezing here at The Pickle Farm this morning. But the sun was shining and we had to go into town anyway, and I’ve been telling myself we’d stop at the park with trees with the beautiful autumn leaves, so today was the day. We had a quick run around and checked […]
Make Your Own Personal Mail Boxes!
I’m trying to encourage my girls to practice their writing. They both enjoy writing stories, but are frustrated by the fact that their writing and spelling doesn’t match up with their imaginations. We needed a writing activity that used more every day words that they know, and less tricky words like ‘unicorn’ and ‘abracadabra’. So […]
Art for Kids – Keep it Simple Collage.
Sometimes I get carried away with ideas for fancy, elaborate, art projects. Sometimes I curse Play School for filling my children’s heads with ideas on how to create ‘a farm with real animals and grass’ out of two toilet rolls and a box of tissues. And sometimes I remember that the kids and I don’t […]
We Play – Making an Autumn Crown.
A few weeks back the Picklebums and I attended the opening of Eco Toys and Baby store. We went along to do a craft activity for any kids (or adults) who were visiting on the day. Our activity of choice? Making Autumn Crowns. Inspired by these gorgeous crowns over at Heart Felt Muski and I […]