Exploring Light Treasure Basket Nanny Anita 16 September, 2019 Activities & Days Out, Blogger, Crafts & Activities, Living 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...
Chickpea Sensory Counting Tray Nanny Anita 4 September, 2019 Activities & Days Out, Blogger, Crafts & Activities, Living 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, Blogger, Crafts & Activities, Living 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 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 ...
Ping pong ball target practice Nanny Anita 26 August, 2019 Activities & Days Out, Blogger, Crafts & Activities, Living 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, Blogger, Crafts & Activities, Living 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...
Crayon Printed T-Shirts Nanny Anita 19 August, 2019 Activities & Days Out, Blogger, Crafts & Activities, Living 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 be the dying them. This week we had my charge’s cousins staying with us, so the...
Melted Bead Sun Catchers Nanny Anita 14 August, 2019 Blogger, Crafts & Activities, Living 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 have been making melted bead sun catchers. Make sure you follow my craft board on Pinterest...
How to Play Pong Hau K’i a Traditional Chinese Game Nanny Anita 12 August, 2019 Activities & Days Out, Blogger, Crafts & Activities, Living Pong Hau K’i is a traditional Chinese (although it is known by other names in different countries) board game for 2 people. I first saw this game on the blog what do we do all day and thought how good it would...
Mini Zoo Busy Bag Nanny Anita 7 August, 2019 Activities & Days Out, Blogger, Crafts & Activities, Living Do you ever put off finishing a project and for a while, and then poof, years have gone by and you still haven’t completed it yet. I started this mini zoo busy bag when YC was 3. Yeah, she’s now 8. I’m not sure...
