Easter Themed Play Dough: Invitation to Play Nanny Anita 3 April, 2019 Activities and Days Out, Arts & Crafts, Blogger, Living 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...
Shaving Foam Dyed Eggs Nanny Anita 1 April, 2019 Arts & Crafts, Blogger, Living I have a very long history with egg dying failures. I was rather dubious about doing this shaving foam dyed eggs craft as it is the sort of thing that never seems to work for me. My first few attempts didn’t wo...
Hama Bead Easter Eggs Nanny Anita 27 March, 2019 Arts & Crafts, Blogger, Living As a child I loved using Hama beads. My mum and I were talking about this just before Christmas, and then she surprised me with a huge tub of Hama beads as a present. Now that I have about 26,000 + beads (yes, ...
Times Table Egg Spinners Nanny Anita 25 March, 2019 Activities and Days Out, Arts & Crafts, Blogger, Living It feels like it has been ages since I last did a maths related activity for EC and YC. Times tables are their big thing at the moment. They generally do their times table practice on an app. But I am a big bel...
Cardboard Box Boat Nanny Anita 20 March, 2019 Activities and Days Out, Arts & Crafts, Blogger, Living It has been a really long time since I made a cardboard box creation for my charges. I think the last one I made was a jail! EC loved to play cops and robbers when he was younger, this gave him a place to lock ...
How To Make a Marble Drop Nanny Anita 18 March, 2019 Activities and Days Out, Arts & Crafts, Blogger, Living During half term I had a really quiet week! Mainly because everyone went on holiday. I could have had the week off, but instead I used to it do a major clean and sort out of all the toys. It only took a few day...
Mary Poppins Inspired Kite Sun Catchers Nanny Anita 13 March, 2019 Arts & Crafts, Blogger, Living Did you watch the new Mary Poppins film? What did you think of it? I personally loved it, although it will never replace the classic one. In honour of the new film we have been making kite sun catchers to brigh...
How to Make a Wind-Up Butterfly Nanny Anita 11 March, 2019 Arts & Crafts, Blogger, Living Do you remember having those elastic wind up toys when you were younger? I thought it would be fun to try our hand at making a wind-up butterfly. Make sure you follow my craft board on Pinterest for more ide...
Tessellation Busy Bag Nanny Anita 6 March, 2019 Arts & Crafts, Blogger, Living When I was in year 8, I remember going on an art trip to see an exhibition on tessellation. It was absolutely fascinating, especially Escher’s lizard tessellation. I’ve always loved repeating patterns, but the ...
Photo Hide and Seek Nanny Anita 4 March, 2019 Activities and Days Out, Arts & Crafts, Blogger, Living If you ask parents and care givers what they think about the game hide and seek, you will most likely get a mixed response. There are those who hate the game. I’ve heard many people say they don’t like the idea...
