How to play Mancala Nanny Anita 10 August, 2017 Activities & Days Out, Blogger, Crafts & Activities, Living Mancala is a game that has been around for thousands of years. It is believed to have originated in Africa or the Middle East. Most versions have different names but they all fall into this mancala type game. ...
Build Your Own Cupcake Busy Bag Nanny Anita 20 July, 2017 Activities & Days Out, Blogger, Crafts & Activities, Living YC loves new activities so was thrilled to have a cupcake busy bag one to add to the rota. When I showed her it she literally kept asking to play every 2 minutes until I had finished my chores. We even got litt...
Don’t Wake the Shark Card Game Nanny Anita 18 July, 2017 Activities & Days Out, Blogger, Crafts & Activities, Living The summer holidays are finally here! Which means it is time to get some new games ready for some family time, especially when we are trying to escape the heat of the midday sun. This shark card game is the per...
Spinning Top Busy Bag Nanny Anita 22 June, 2017 Blogger, Crafts & Activities, Living This busy bag is a nice simple and doesn’t take up too much room in your handbag.
10 Brain Teasers for Children Nanny Anita 30 May, 2017 Activities & Days Out, Blogger, Crafts & Activities, Living I do love a good brain teaser. I learnt a few of these while I was a guest on board the Disney Magic. Our server used to give them to us while we waited for our food to arrive. Some of them I got quickly, other...
Zentangles for Children Nanny Anita 23 February, 2017 Blogger, Crafts & Activities, Living The Zentangles method is a fun and relaxing way to create images using structured patterns. It is meant to help with lots of things, including relaxtion, insomnia, stress releaving, anger management etc. Perso...
Tower of Hanoi: A Logic Puzzle for the Whole Family Nanny Anita 25 July, 2016 Activities & Days Out, Crafts & Activities, Living The Tower of Hanoi (also known as the Tower of Brahma or Lucas' Tower) is a mathematical game that was invented by Edouard Lucas, a French mathematician in 1883. There is a story that the game comes from an Ind...
Mosaic Play Dough Busy Bag Nanny Anita 23 June, 2016 Activities & Days Out, Crafts & Activities, Living I have been thinking about doing something with mosaic tiles for a while now and have come up with a mosaic play dough busy bag that can be taken out and about, or done at home. Make sure that you follow our...
Scrabble Junior Busy Bag Nanny Anita 27 February, 2016 Activities & Days Out, Blogger, Education, Living I'm not sure why I decided to make our own Scrabble Junior busy bag but at the time I must have thought that it was a good idea. I mean, it was a good idea, but I didn't realise how hard it actually was to make...
Practice Hand Control with This Fun Animal Lacing Busy Bag Nanny Anita 27 January, 2015 Crafts & Activities, Living On Pinterest I found this massive following of these “busy bags”. The concept is not a new one, and is something that I have done naturally (as will most of you) since I started looking after children. The p...
