Craft Stick Posting Activity
Do you know what one of the hardest things to do with a toddler is? Go to the loo. BB is too little to stay outside the bathroom, he would probably be the other end of the house by the time I had finished. ...
Sticky Autumn Tree Activity
Every morning when YC and EC go off to school, BB and I spend about 20 minutes putting laundry away and sorting out bedrooms. I say about 20 minutes, it is normally longer because as I’m putting stuff away BB i...
Kris Kross Puzzles for Children
When I was little my Nana used to spend hours doing puzzle books. I was always fascinated by the puzzles she did. Some of them I still understand, but hands down my favourite ones were the Kris kross puzzles. S...
Craft Stick Bracelets for your BFFs
This week EC has headed off to sleep away camp with some of his cousins. This means I only have YC, BB and one of their cousins. To take full advantage of this quiet week we are filling it with lots of fun craf...
Salt Structure Sensory Tray
Last week we made some painted salt structures. I left a couple of them on the window sill of the playroom to dry out and see if I could turn it into a sensory activity for BB. Coming back into work on Monday I...
How to Make Matchstick Rockets
Do you know the quickest way to get a bunch of boys aged between 5 – 11 interested in doing an activity? Tell them you are going to play with matches and set something off. I’ve never seen them move so quickly....
Painted Salt Structures
When I first saw these painted salt structures on Pinterest, about 5 years ago, I knew then that this was definitely something I wanted try with my charges. However, I worried that it was one of those “too good...
3 Simple Friendship Bracelets
This brings back so many memories. I first started making them when I was a camper at Camp Beaumont. Just simple friendship bracelets, mainly just plaits. Then when I was a camp counsellor at Campus Kids Connec...
DIY French Knitting Doll
It has been a really long time since I did French knitting, and I do still, somewhere, have my French knitting doll. I think it is probably in my rainy day box, I will have to check. The other week YC was askin...
How To Play Garbage
The other day, while on holiday, we had a quiet 30 minutes before we headed out for lunch. Actually who am I kidding, no time is quiet with an 18month running around the place! Anyway I did manage to get a few ...
