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Upcycled Plant Pot Bird Feeder

20 November, 2019

It seems the colder weather has hit, we actually had snow last week! I don’t ever recall getting snow in Autumn before, spring yes, but not Autumn. It was rather a shock. As the colder and wetter weather sets i...

Frozen Inspired Play Dough Invitation to Play

Nanny Anita

18 November, 2019

Blogger, Crafts & Activities, Living

The new Frozen 2 movie comes out this Friday! In honor of its release we have been playing with this Frozen inspired play dough invitation to play. Make sure you follow my play dough board on Pinterest for m...

Paper Plate Poppies

Nanny Anita

11 November, 2019

Blogger, Crafts & Activities, Living

It is that time of the year that we pause and remember those that gave the ultimate sacrifice to help protect our country. This year we have been making paper plate poppies. It is a simple craft that is good to...

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...