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...
How To Make Your Own Homemade Stamp Set Nanny Anita 27 February, 2019 Arts & Crafts, Blogger, Living A while ago I bought a bag of corks to do a cork building boat activity. Since that time I have had about 50 corks sat in one of my art supply boxes just begging to be used. I did use quite a few of them to mak...
Fluid Painting With Kids Nanny Anita 25 February, 2019 Arts & Crafts, Blogger, Living Last Easter we tried our hand at doing fluid painted Easter eggs. They turned out beautifully, and fluid painting became a favourite form of painting for everyone. Over the summer EC asked me if we could do it ...
Memory Pictures: Photo Transfers to Wood Nanny Anita 20 February, 2019 Arts & Crafts, Blogger, Living Over the Christmas period I saw quite a few decorations where you transferred a picture to a piece of wood. They looked pretty cool, but didn’t really want to try them out. Then just before New Year I learned t...
Germ Experiment: What’s Growing On Your Hands? Nanny Anita 18 February, 2019 Activities and Days Out, Arts & Crafts, Blogger, Living Something suddenly hit me the other day while I was getting ready. And it was a possible reason as to why children don’t care about washing their hands. It occurred to me that YC and EC don’t seem to have a pro...
