Pendulum Painting Nanny Anita 28 August, 2019 Blogger, Crafts & Activities, Living 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 ...
Water Gun Painting Nanny Anita 31 July, 2019 Blogger, Crafts & Activities, Living Summertime is the perfect time to take the arts and crafts outside. We have been having lots of fun with this water gun painting craft. Just a warning, make sure that your little ones are wearing clothes and sh...
How To Make Bubble Snakes Nanny Anita 24 July, 2019 Activities & Days Out, Blogger, Crafts & Activities, Living Who doesn’t like bubbles? I think they bring out the child in everyone. These bubble snakes had everyone joining in. Be sure to follow my outside activity boardoutside activity board on Pinterest for more id...
Body Tracing Art Activity Nanny Anita 5 June, 2019 Blogger, Crafts & Activities, Living When I was training at Norland one of my placements was at a nursery. We would often get a huge roll of paper and draw around the children. I haven’t done this body tracing art activity for years, so I though...
Mud Pie Kitchen Play Nanny Anita 3 June, 2019 Activities & Days Out, Blogger, Crafts & Activities, Living Did you ever make mud pies when you were little? I loved making them, and playing in the mud in general. I remember spending many a summer afternoon sitting in our rock garden trying to make pools and rivers in...
Gardening with Kids Nanny Anita 29 April, 2019 Activities & Days Out, Blogger, Crafts & Activities, Living I have been looking forward to Spring since the end of last summer. Not because I don’t like the autumn and winter months, in fact I much prefer them to the summer ones, but because I wanted to do some gardenin...
DIY Bee Hotel Nanny Anita 22 April, 2019 Activities & Days Out, Blogger, Crafts & Activities, Living Did you know there are around 270 species of bees in the UK! Out of those 270, 250 of them are solitary bees that do not live in hives. As I am sure all of you have heard, our bee numbers are dwindling. Over th...
Bushcraft: How to Make a Sock Filter Nanny Anita 12 September, 2018 Crafts & Activities, Living During the summer hoildays EC spent a week doing a bushcraft camp. He absolutely loves that sort of thing. The week afterwards he was telling me about all the cool stuff they had done. It kind of made me j...
Cardboard Box Oven Nanny Anita 20 July, 2018 Activities & Days Out, Blogger, Crafts & Activities, Living It is absolutely typically that when we need the sunshine to do an activity we get the first cloudy day in months! Though that didn’t actually stop us from making our cardboard box oven. All it meant was that i...
Soap and Water Play for Children Nanny Anita 18 July, 2018 Activities & Days Out, Blogger, Crafts & Activities, Living Last week I set up an ice play station for BB which he loved. This week I set up a soap and water play station instead. I was suddenly reminded of this activity by something, and again, this weather is the perf...
