Handmade Melted Heart Crayons for Valentine’s Day Nanny Anita 7 February, 2016 Activities and Days Out, Arts & Crafts, Blogger, Living Over the past few years I have seen (mainly from America) lots of ideas for presents from children to other children in their class. I think it is a really sweet idea for them to give a little gift to their fr...
Mend A Broken Heart Maths Challenge Nanny Anita 1 February, 2016 Activities and Days Out, Blogger, Living This activity can be done on so many levels; from number matching to really hard maths problems. You will need Red paper Scissors Pens Laminator - optional Cut out as many hearts as you think yo...
Crafty Kitchen Roll Snowflakes Nanny Anita 22 December, 2015 Activities and Days Out, Arts & Crafts, Blogger, Features, Living The other day I posted a quilled snowflake craft for older children, although I would have loved to have done it with EC and YC, it is slightly too hard for them at the moment so instead we made some different ...
Christmas Peg Angel Decorations Nanny Anita 17 December, 2015 Activities and Days Out, Arts & Crafts, Blogger, Features, Living Until a few years ago I had a box of Christmas decorations that I had made when I was in school. There was a Robin made from a Dairylea box, an owl made from a loo roll and a peg angel. At some point during the...
How to Make a House Fit for a Fairy! Nanny Anita 1 December, 2015 Activities and Days Out, Arts & Crafts, Living I recently saw this craft on Pinterest, although the original was made into a bird feeder. With a fairy themed spin on the idea. I immediately knew that both my charges would love to make them. They both have f...
Making Lolly Pop Stick Catapults with the Kids Nanny Anita 29 November, 2015 Arts & Crafts, Blogger, Living This is sure to be a big hit with your little and big ones. I made these the other day while EC and YC were at school and then handed them to EC and his friend and told them to go and play. They had big plans ...
3 Christmas Crafts to Get The Whole Family in the Festive Mood This Weekend Nanny Anita 27 November, 2015 Arts & Crafts, Blogger, Christmas, Christmas Activities, Living 'Tis the season to be merry! Now that Thanksgiving is over and the first Sunday of Advent is this weekend it is officially time to start the Christmas fun! Here are 3 christmas crafts you could do this weeke...
How to Make Lolly Pop Photo Frames Nanny Anita 27 November, 2015 Arts & Crafts, Blogger, Living Continuing with the popsicle stick series, this week we made photo frames using them. Normally I would have let YC and EC make the frames themselves, but now that they are both at school and not getting home ...
Glue Gun Rubbing’s Busy Bag Nanny Anita 6 November, 2015 Arts & Crafts, Blogger, Living Last year I used some leaves to make a nature rubbing's busy bag, this year I decided to add some other items to the busy bag to add a bit of variety. You will need: Cardboard Scissors Glue* Pencil...
Popsicle Stick Abstract and Name Art Nanny Anita 27 September, 2015 Activities and Days Out, Arts & Crafts, Living For this instalment of things to make with craft sticks we made our own pieces of abstract art. EC decided that he wanted to try spelling out my name with them, so he created a beautiful piece of work using my...
