Make sure you follow our craft board on Pinterest for more ideas. It is always difficult to come up with new and fun idea More
This activity is primarily a science based one, you can leave it at just the experiment, but we
Making fairy doors seems to be the epitome of childhood innocence. To believe in something so innocent and pure is what childhoods should be More
Over the Christmas period a little mouse got into my storage box for my sensory tray fillings and tired to eat its way through More
On Friday 8th May we will be celebrating the 75th anniversary of VE day. I’ve been scratching my head over what we could make More
There have been so many wonderful pictures of rainbows that people have put up in their windows to bring cheer to others, support the More
A thaumatrope is a 19th Century toy; it is a disk with a picture on each side, which is attached to two pieces of More
There are a lot of recipes out there for puffy paint that require a microwave, but I managed to find one from the Artful More
Making craft stick fairy wands doesn’t require you to have lots of sticks, just one or two will do. Make sure you follow my More
Which toddler/pre-schooler isn’t obsessed, in some way, with cars, trains, or planes? My niece loves cars and planes, as does BB. I often have More
For this years Mothering Sunday gift I thought I would go back to the tradition of giving flowers. At my church we always get More
In England we obviously don’t celebrate the day before Lent in the same way as other countries do. Of course we eat yummy pancakes, More
This brings back so many memories. I first started making them when I was a camper at Camp Beaumont. Just simple friendship bracelets, mainly More
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 More
On our latest cookie adventure we headed out to Blenheim Palace for a walk around the lake. As always happens, the little ones found More
I know the summer is at an end, but hopefully the weather will continue to be fine as we go into autumn so that More
These retro sand bottles are such a simple and easy craft to do. There is no set up time. Plus if you use a More
Another great summer activity is decorating T-shirts. I used to do this a lot when I worked in summer camps, although it tended to More
I don’t think that there has been a single past summer when we have not made some sort of sun catcher. This year we More
I feel that making bracelets is a quintessential summer activity. We often use our down time to make friendship bracelets, but this time we More
I remember making clay pinch pots at school. So when YC came up and started asking if we could make some stuff out of More
You may have guessed by now but we are pretty big Harry Potter fans here. Welcome to your newest Harry Potter inspired activity; Hogwarts More
I love to draw, I am not particularly good at it, but I do enjoy it. Over the last year both EC and YC More
When I was training at Norland one of my placements was at a nursery. We would often get a huge roll of paper and More
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 More
If your children has ever been to summer camp chances are they have made a God’s eye before. And with summer camp season just More
Do you remember having those elastic wind up toys when you were younger? I thought it would be fun to try our hand at More
Over the Christmas period I saw quite a few decorations where you transferred a picture to a piece of wood. They looked pretty cool, More
As Thanksgiving is coming up I decided to a craft with an American twist to it, something to salute the Native Americans. For those More
For my youngest charge’s birthday party we did a Minnie Mouse theme and rather than have one entertainer come, we had a few stations More
Yay Wednesday after school craft/ activity days are back! Our first craft of the school year was to make these melted crayon pictures. YC More
This week EC has headed off to sleep away camp with some of his cousins. This means I only have YC, BB and one More
This week we’ve been making animation flip books. It has been a really fun process to see them come up with a little story More
When I first saw these painted salt structures on Pinterest, about 5 years ago, I knew then that this was definitely something I wanted More
When I was a lot younger I had these block puzzles. I absolutely loved them; they were probably one of my favourite toys. They More
I had a couple of fillable baubles left over from Christmas and have been thinking of ways to use them up. I have always More
If there is one thing that BB loves to do, it is to make music. He likes to shake things, bang things, and bash More
A couple of months ago I was cleaning out my boxes from the attic and came across all of my old art supplies from More
I absolutely love making sun catchers, they are such a happy craft. It has been about a year since we last made one. The More
These hand and foot medallions made from salt dough make for a great activity to do with the kids
This year I gave YC and EC two different ideas for a handmade Mother’s Day cards. That way their mum doesn’t get 3 of More
Mothering Sunday has come around really quickly this year. I swear Lent only just started, but with Mothering Sunday on the 11th March we More
A few weeks ago EC came home from school and asked if we could make boomerangs! Well it was pretty clear from the beginning More
This past weekend was EC’s 8th birthday! I can’t quite believe that, it seems like only yesterday that he was a 3 year old More
First craft of the year and we are starting with styrofoam block printing. I’ve not done block printing since I was in year 9 More
I love it when I go to parties, especially at New Year, and I find a party popper waiting for me by my plate. More
Sometimes I find the best way to encourage children to take part in a craft is to have one pre-made (in true Blue Peter More
I have been looking into how to make paper for quite a while, but everywhere I looked you had to either make really detailed More
I actually made these DIY pencil holders last year. I really wanted something that would hold everything that we would possibly need while doing More
Our last craft of the summer holidays is this wooden wind chime. It isn’t just your average wooden wind chime, oh no, it is More
