Galaxy Painting Nanny Anita 23 September, 2019 Crafts & Activities, Living We’ve been having a bit of a space week this week. We had a yummy galaxy milkshake for dessert at dinner one day, and now we are making galaxy paintings. EC came home from school last term and wanted to practic...
Rainbow Stacking Stones Nanny Anita 18 September, 2019 Crafts & Activities, Living Stacking stones are meant to be very calming. I didn’t really put this activity together for that reason (although if it helps calm YC and EC when they’re angry then that is a bonus). I put it together as a bui...
Exploring Light Treasure Basket Nanny Anita 16 September, 2019 Activities & Days Out, Crafts & Activities, Living, X - Blogger We do love getting the light box out every now and then. BB was asking for it just the other week. This time I thought I would go a little bit further and create an exploring light treasure basket to go with it...
What Makes the Perfect Art Supply Cupboard Nanny Anita 11 September, 2019 Crafts & Activities, Living Even though I left further education 11 years ago I still feel that September is the beginning of a new year. Therefore I thought it would be the perfect time to make a post about building up the perfect art su...
Hama Beads Avengers Drinks Covers Nanny Anita 9 September, 2019 Crafts & Activities, Living I know the summer is at an end, but hopefully the weather will continue to be fine as we go into autumn so that we can have a few last BBQs and afternoons outside. But with the end of summer come the slow and d...
Chickpea Sensory Counting Tray Nanny Anita 4 September, 2019 Activities & Days Out, Crafts & Activities, Living, X - Blogger Over the last couple of weeks BB has suddenly started counting. He tries hard to count items correctly, sometimes he will do it perfectly, most of the time he doesn’t. Not that that matters. He is only 2 after ...
Oil and Water Play Activity Nanny Anita 2 September, 2019 Activities & Days Out, Crafts & Activities, Living, X - Blogger There are times when I need a quick activity that I can give to BB to keep him entertained while I either finish up dinner, or try to do something with the older 2. This oil and water play activity fit perfectl...
Pendulum Painting Nanny Anita 28 August, 2019 Crafts & Activities, Living, X - Blogger I have seen many pendulum painting activities over the last year and have been waiting for the perfect opportunity to do it. To say that this summer weather has been changeable, is putting it lightly. When the ...
Ping pong ball target practice Nanny Anita 26 August, 2019 Activities & Days Out, Crafts & Activities, Living, X - Blogger BB has always shown a love for using sprayers and has amazing accuracy. He has managed to get me right in the eye many a time while I’ve been doing the washing up. This ping pong ball target practice was one f...
Spy Training: Mission String Maze Nanny Anita 21 August, 2019 Activities & Days Out, Crafts & Activities, Living, X - Blogger A few months ago EC said to me “Anita, do you remember that time we did the spellings under the table?” It took me a few moments to realise that he was talking about the time I made a string maze under the tabl...
