Leaf Rubbings and Watercolours Nanny Anita 6 November, 2019 Crafts & Activities, Living We’ve been doing leaf rubbings here for years. About 6 years ago I laminated some leaves and turned them into a busy bag. All these years later they are still going strong. This year I wanted to try doing somet...
Firework Printing Painting Nanny Anita 5 November, 2019 Activities & Days Out, Crafts & Activities, Living You have to admit there is something really unique about Bonfire Night. To me it has a special atmosphere to it, and once it is over I truly feel that I can start listening to Christmas music and planning fun t...
Pumpkin Paper Plates with Nanny Anita Nanny Anita 30 October, 2019 Activities & Days Out, Crafts & Activities, Living What you will need: paper plates, black paper, paint, scissors
Halloween Shadow Puppet Activity Nanny Anita 28 October, 2019 Crafts & Activities, Living We’ve done shadow puppets before, we did them for St George’s day a few years ago. Well at a club that YC goes to that I help out at we were doing shadow puppets. Afterwards she came up to me and said “let’s do...
Pumpkin Ring Toss Nanny Anita 23 October, 2019 Crafts & Activities, Living There is always part of me that feels slightly guilty when I am carving up a pumpkin. It feels like I am wasting food, don’t get me wrong, I love to carve them and I will probably be carving one in the up comin...
Halloween Silhouette Scenes Nanny Anita 21 October, 2019 Crafts & Activities, Living These Halloween silhouette scenes are a nice quiet activity. I had one of my munchkins at home sick and when the tv became tedious she wanted to do some art with me. We spent a lovely and quite afternoon doing ...
Marble Painting Spider Webs Nanny Anita 16 October, 2019 Crafts & Activities, Living Marble painting spider webs is a super quick and easy Halloween craft for children of all ages. It was the perfect afternoon filler for BB and myself. If you are worried about the marbles being too small for li...
Halloween Melting Hand Activity Nanny Anita 14 October, 2019 Crafts & Activities, Living This Halloween melting hand activity is easy for children to help setup and keeps their attention for a long time. We’ve done many similar activities over the years, but this is the first time we’ve done it as ...
Halloween Fingerprint Silhouette Pictures Nanny Anita 9 October, 2019 Crafts & Activities, Living This Halloween fingerprint silhouette picture is a really nice and simple craft for all ages. It is slightly more involved than some crafts that I do with BB, because to make the picture you have to make sure y...
Monster Blow Painting Halloween Craft Nanny Anita 7 October, 2019 Crafts & Activities, Living It is always fun to start doing Halloween crafts and activities. This monster blow painting is not only a fun craft for all ages, but for toddlers the use of the straw will help develop muscles used in speech. ...