Nanny Anita’s Pac Man Shaving Cream Painting Nanny Anita 5 July, 2017 Activities and Days Out, Arts & Crafts, Features, Living I haven't had that much fun with children doing crafts in such a long time. Don't get me wrong we always enjoy ourselves, but this craft combined PAC Man art with sensory play and it just couldn't get ant bette...
Make Your Own Cardboard Box Plane Nanny Anita 29 December, 2015 Activities and Days Out, Arts & Crafts, Features, Living Final Calling for flight … My two charges love playing aeroplanes, it is their main game, and results in numerous bags being packed and teddies being taken onto their pretend planes and flown to some very ex...
Top 15 Things to Do With the Kids This Half-Term My Baba 13 October, 2015 Activities and Days Out, Features, Living I can hardly believe that half-term is already upon us, we often get people asking what to do with the children during this sometimes two week period, especially for families staying in London. There are always...
Make Your Own Activity for Fine Motor Skills Practise Nanny Anita 13 September, 2015 Arts & Crafts, Living Fine motor skills are so important, without them we would find doing everyday tasks such as doing up buttons and fastenings, cutting, self-care, feeding and writing (to name a few) impossible. Therefore it is r...
An I-Spy Sensory Bottle Game for Kids Nanny Anita 16 August, 2015 Activities and Days Out, Living I-Spy can either be a great way to pass the time with small children or utterly infuriating. I was playing it recently with my eldest charge (who is 5), but nobody could guess what the object was. Turns out he ...
DIY Bedroom Door Signs Nanny Anita 7 July, 2015 Arts & Crafts, Living Yesterday we spend a really pleasant hour making door signs. To make your own door signs you will need: Cardboard Paints Paintbrushes Glue A selection of materials to decorate with, we used: ...
Create Your Own Summer Fete Any Time of the Year With These Simple Steps Nanny Anita 28 June, 2015 Arts & Crafts, Features, Living I have wanted to do this for years. I came up with the idea while I was finishing of my probationary year many moons ago, but that summer happened to be incredible wet. Then life seemed to get in the way, I lef...
A DIY Magnetic Geometric Shapes Activity for Kids Nanny Anita 16 June, 2015 x- Uncategorized As I was preparing everything for an upcoming holiday I started to take out some of our busy bags that we might need. It was then I decided that, although we have nice collection of busy bags, it was time to ad...
Fun Painting Craft To Do with the Kids Using Watercolours and Salt Nanny Anita 2 June, 2015 Activities and Days Out, Arts & Crafts, Living Painting with watercolours on watercolour paper is always a fun way to experiment as the paints bleed into each other and create new colours and patterns. If you then add salt into the mix, it brings a whole n...
Turn Ice Cream Sticks into Popsicle Phonics Fun For Your Little Ones Nanny Anita 12 May, 2015 Activities and Days Out, Arts & Crafts, Features, Living While puzzles are a lot of fun, sometimes taking one on the go can lead to more trouble than it's worth, especially when those little pieces go missing. For this busy bag activity we made our own puzzle that is...
