It's been a while since I've written up a kids craft, but this is something we made these fire breathing toilet roll dragons this week, so I thought I'd share. Mess free but with plenty elements that little hands can get involved in, we all enjoyed making these. I originally got the idea from ... READ MORE »
Kids
Chocolate Apple Slice Lollipops
If your kids are anything like mine, then this time of year they love the look of chocolate and toffee apples but lack the ability to be able to eat them. Instead they nibble all the chocolate off, leaving an almost entirely untouched apple underneath. So, this year we decided to make our own ... READ MORE »
7 Dinosaur Activities for KS1
It seems that there is a day set aside to celebrate pretty much anything, and today is International Dinosaur Day! I didn't realise such a thing existed until this year either, but it seemed like the perfect time to share some of our favourite dinosaur activities that any KS1 child will love. ... READ MORE »
Tuff Tray Ideas: sand and slime dinosaur world
Now I would love to take credit for this dinosaur world, but it was all the Bear. Both my children are pretty creative so when either of them comes to me and says that they want to make something, I am pretty indulgent and on a whole - unless they ask for help - I leave them to it. So, when she ... READ MORE »
How to make the perfect bubble mixture every time
You must have been there. You've ran out of bubbles from that single bottle provided and your kids are demanding more. You mix water and washing up liquid together in a vague recollection that it makes bubble solution, but the truth is that they never quite work. We've played around with ... READ MORE »
Toilet Roll Spiders
Storm Ciara has kept us indoors this week, so the craft trolley has taken a serious hammering. I love that my children love creating things as much as I do so when the Little Man came in after having a wee with two toilet roll holders asking to make some spiders, this is what we came up with ... READ MORE »
Make your own snowman cards
These photo's have been hiding in my laptop for the last few years and when I came across them this year, I thought it was time to share Henry's tiny baby feet! We've always made our own Christmas cards as not only is it a wonderful way to get creative at Christmas, but it also is a great way ... READ MORE »
Pine Cone Decorations
If you saw my posts a few weeks ago then you will have seen that we added some wire star Christmas decorations to our collection for this year. In addition to a few homemade bits, the kids and I usually make a homemade decoration gift for grandparents that we give out at the beginning of December ... READ MORE »
5 Rainy Day Crafts For Kids
This is a collaborative post. Thank you for supporting the posts which make this blog possible. As we all know, children can become a challenge on a rainy day. They get bored at the best of times, let alone when they can’t leave the house because of the rain. Add that to the fact that you don’t ... READ MORE »
Indoor fun for kids: 11 indoor activities for pre-schoolers
It's raining outside and we're stuck in the house under the 48-hour sickness rule despite everyone being back to full health. The Bears can't go back to school yet until those 48 hours are passed so we're on day three of these four walls. The novelty has worn off and cabin ... READ MORE »
Make Your Own Apple Bird Feeder
We currently have a family of blue tits nesting in our garden and we've been really enjoying watching them come and go. We've not seen the babies yet, but we can certainly hear them chirping from their bird box. Add that to the fact that the Wildlife Trust have launched their 30 Days Wild campaign ... READ MORE »
The Power of Reward Charts (including free downloads)
If you follow the blog then you will know that my little man has recently potty trained. I would love to take credit but to be honest it was all on him. He was simply ready. One thing that helped enormously though was a reward chart. When he started to get a little bored of using the potty every ... READ MORE »
