Nanny Anita is our resident Super Nanny. Having trained at the famous Norland College, in Bath, she has over 12 years experience, working all over the world with children from 2 months to 17 years old.
Nanny Anita is an expert when it comes to keeping the little ones entertained and writes a column with Leonora called 'Get Crafty' for Little London magazine.
Nanny Anita has been on hand to answer our reader questions, and she provides weekly arts, crafts and activities for families to do with their children at home.
She really is a modern day Mary Poppins!
Every autumn I find that my pockets and bags are filled with the remains of leaves that my charges have given to me. This year I have been much better at pressing the leaves as soon as we get home. That way I c...
This craft is to create the poppy fields left on the battlefields across Europe. It is just a small token of remembrance and thanks for all of those who have ever given the greatest sacrifice in protecting this country.
Exploring new painting techniques with YC and EC has been one of the best things about lock down. Our newest method was all about drop painting with inks.
Make sure you follow my painting board on Pinterest ...
I have always found that salt painting is a huge hit amongst children. YC and EC loved it when they were younger. We haven’t done it since BB was born, so I thought it would be a fun for Bonfire night to make o...
I’ve wanted to make a magnetic sensory bottle for a while, they just look so cool. We have had magnetic sensory tray before, so this seemed like a great addition to it.
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I love doing owl crafts, they are such an easy bird to draw. This time we have been making moveable owl puppets.
Make sure you follow my craft board on Pinterest for more ideas. Don’t forget to save the pin ...
If you need a quick and simply Halloween craft for toddlers and preschoolers, then these loo roll mummies are perfect.
Make sure you follow my Halloween boardHalloween board on Pinterest for more ideas. Don...
The other day we had one of EC's friends over for a science play date - what it is a science play date? Well quite simply we did some cool science experiments involving baking soda and vinegar during a play da...
It is conker time! Every September my charges seem to collet every conker that they see and we end up with baskets full of them. I managed to syphon some off and use them in my conker eyeball sensory tray for p...
I was going to try making some Lego pumpkins with my charges, but after a search through all the blocks, there really wasn’t enough to make more than one. Pity. Instead I changed it to make Hama bead pumpkins. ...
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