Body Tracing Art Activity Nanny Anita 5 June, 2019 Crafts & Activities, Living, X - Blogger When I was training at Norland one of my placements was at a nursery. We would often get a huge roll of paper and draw around the children. I haven’t done this body tracing art activity for years, so I though...
Mud Pie Kitchen Play Nanny Anita 3 June, 2019 Activities & Days Out, Crafts & Activities, Living, X - Blogger Did you ever make mud pies when you were little? I loved making them, and playing in the mud in general. I remember spending many a summer afternoon sitting in our rock garden trying to make pools and rivers in...
Paper Plate Hot Air Balloons Nanny Anita 29 May, 2019 Crafts & Activities, Living, X - Blogger Aren’t these paper plate hot air balloons cute? I’ve wanted to hang something in the playroom for ages. We used to have a mobile up, but it came down when we redecorated last year. Make sure you follow my pa...
Hidden Letter Sensory Tray Nanny Anita 27 May, 2019 Activities & Days Out, Crafts & Activities, Living, X - Blogger We haven’t been actively teaching BB his phonics, but about once a week since his birth I’ve put a You Tube video of the jolly phonics on for him to listen to/watch while I topped and tailed him. As you can ima...
Pulled String Art Nanny Anita 22 May, 2019 Crafts & Activities, Living, X - Blogger I have seen pulled sting art floating around on the internet for a while now. It’s pretty simple to do and creates some unique pictures. I did wonder if BB would be able to take part in it, but he did just fine...
Fine Motor Skills Finger Gym Activity Nanny Anita 20 May, 2019 Activities & Days Out, Crafts & Activities, Living, X - Blogger It is really important for little ones to develop their fine motor skills. They need them to do things like doing buttons up and writing. There are lots of fun things that you can do to help improve fine motor ...
Paint Scrape Art Nanny Anita 15 May, 2019 Crafts & Activities, Living, X - Blogger Paint scrape art is a fun process in which children can make their own pieces of abstract art. It is such an easy one to do that even little ones can get involved. BB loved painting this way. In fact he sat doi...
Kinetic Sand Sensory Tray Nanny Anita 13 May, 2019 Activities & Days Out, Crafts & Activities, Living, X - Blogger I done quite a few sensory trays with BB using rice, but I wanted to see how he would do with sand. He seems to have a love hate relationship with the stuff. When we’ve been to the beach he loves to play in it,...
Cutting Activity for Toddlers Nanny Anita 8 May, 2019 Activities & Days Out, Crafts & Activities, Living, X - Blogger Over the last few weeks BB has become obsessed with cutting things. At meal times he now likes to have a knife rather than a spoon, and hates it if we cut his food for him. Unfortunately his skills are still ra...
Melted Crayon Lanterns Nanny Anita 6 May, 2019 Crafts & Activities, Living, X - Blogger If you have ever seen Disney’s movie Tangled, you will know that lanterns play a huge part of it. Disney know how popular they are and have incorporated a lantern parade into their Tangle themed restaurant onbo...
