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Positive and Negative Easter Pictures

3 March, 2021

For one of our Halloween crafts, we made some positive and negative pictures. They turned out so nicely, we made some positive and negative Easter pictures. Depending on your child’s age and development, thes...

Easter Themed Play Dough: Invitation to Play

Nanny Anita

1 March, 2021

Activities & Days Out, Blogger, Living, Crafts & Activities

Play dough is such a big hit in this household. BB will spend hours playing with it. I made him and and YC a Valentine’s themed play dough invitation to play. Well now it is time to do an Easter themed play dou...

Watercolour and Salt Nebula Paintings

Nanny Anita

24 February, 2021

Blogger, Crafts & Activities

We have done watercolour and salt paintings many times over the years, it is such a fun craft to do. When I arrived at work the other week, I found that they had spent the weekend making a solar system out of ...

“Would You Rather…” A Game For the Family

Nanny Anita

17 February, 2021

Blogger, Crafts & Activities

I know this half term we cannot go anywhere, but that doesn’t mean you can’t play a few word games during dinner. We love to play the game “Would you rather …” when we are out and about. EC is particularly go...

A S.T.E.M. Toothpick Constructions

Nanny Anita

15 February, 2021

Blogger, Crafts & Activities

This week's activity was something slightly different; we decided to do something that was related to their development of S.T.E.M. skills, which stands for science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Thi...

Heart Pop Up Card for Valentine’s Day

Nanny Anita

10 February, 2021

Blogger, Crafts & Activities

Time to start thinking about Valentine’s Day cards, again. I know this last year has been hard, but I have also felt that the time has flown by. Last Valentine’s Day I was in Antarctica kayaking around ice be...

Play Dough Conversation Hearts

Nanny Anita

8 February, 2021

Blogger, Crafts & Activities

It has been years since I made Kool Aid play dough, and I forgot just how good it smells. BB and I made a batch of it during home schooling for use in our counting session, but also to make some play dough con...

Scrape Art Hearts for St. Valentine’s Day

Nanny Anita

3 February, 2021

Blogger, Crafts & Activities

A couple of years ago YC and I did some lovely scrape art, which I eventually turned into placemats. I thought it would be a nice idea to do some scrape art hearts for Valentine’s Day. They would also make a ...

Lunar New Year Sensory Tray

Nanny Anita

1 February, 2021

Blogger, Crafts & Activities

I have always liked the Lunar New Year; I think having spent my earliest years living in South Korea obviously had some sort of effect. This year is will be the Year of the Ox, which also happens to be my birt...

Loo Roll Marble Maze

Nanny Anita

27 January, 2021

Blogger, Crafts & Activities

Do you remember having those ball puzzles where you had to get the small ball to travel through a maze? I love them, and have a couple of them that I can put into my nanny bag when we are out an about. Becaus...

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