In search of traditional childhood fun in a modern world
 
 

February, 2014

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Creativity

In the let kids be kids household, we love creativity, arts and crafts. There is so much fun to be had when exploring, learning and getting creative. My children love organised craft activities, but they also seek out creativity of their own too. They love junk modelling and sticking random things together, then telling me …Continue reading

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An alien adventure

When I heard about Barny’s Winter Little Adventures Linky Challenge, I thought it sounded like a fantastic idea to get the children outside, using their own imagination for fun, fresh air and exercise. Here is what we got up to….. A wet alien adventure I told the children we were going on an adventure and …Continue reading

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Spaghetti art

Children love messy play. Messy play is good for them, it teaches them about texture, exploration, imagination, fine/gross motor skills and art. But above all, it’s FUN! However, many mums out there I know are cringing at the thought of all the mess. It can be difficult enough keeping on top children’s mess, let alone …Continue reading

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Let kids be kids linky 25/2/14

Welcome to let kids be kids linky. This is a linky all about letting kids be kids, getting back to basics and having great childhood fun. We live in such a fast paced modern world with so much technology and stresses round every corner, we often need to be reminded to just ‘play’ and have …Continue reading

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Fishy races

We love having good old fashioned family fun, so when we heard about the Center Parcs indoor family-time challenge, we had to have a go. It’s all about making up your own family game from what you’ve got at home. Whilst reading Lisa Brown’s top tips for making the most of what you’ve got at …Continue reading

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Park fun

The storms and rain have meant we have all been taking a bit of a battering, with fences and walls down, power cuts and floods, not to mention children climbing the walls being unable to get out as much as they’d like. So as soon as we glimpsed the sun at the weekend, we were …Continue reading

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Fish – #WoTW

For us, this week, has had a large focus of ‘fish’. Last weekend we were very lucky to be given a fish tank from a neighbour who is moving. We don’t have any pets. Hubby and I used to have cats, but unfortunately we lost them before the children came along. We don’t feel ready …Continue reading

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Engineer in the making?

Can you tell what your children are going to be when they grow up? I think we have another engineer in the making. BB’s daddy is an engineer and his Grandad was an engineer, now BB is definitely showing signs of the engineering in his blood. From the moment BB could move around (even as …Continue reading

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Let kids be kids linky 18/2/14

Welcome to let kids be kids linky. This is a linky all about letting kids be kids, getting back to basics and having great childhood fun. We live in such a fast paced modern world with so much technology and stresses round every corner, we often need to be reminded to just ‘play’ and have …Continue reading

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Marzipan sweet fun

Children love play doh and they love cooking, so how about combining the two activities and make marzipan sweets? Here’s our marzipan fun…. I gave my girls a bowl with marzipan in each and added some red food colouring. They spent ages squashing it and mixing it all in. We did have very red hands …Continue reading

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Making a Rain gauge

The weather has been so bad now for so long, I must admit I am struggling to come up with more inventive ways to get the children engaged with outdoor play. This week however, I decided to embrace the weather and make a rain gauge so we can talk about the weather together and measure …Continue reading

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Mess

This week, it’s been all about ‘mess’ in our house. Last week I wrote about the rules we started here, so we have been continuing them. This means the children have been generally making less mess and are tidying up the mess they do make. I think our rules and pasta reward cups are definitely …Continue reading

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Indoor snowman fun

It’s winter, my children really want snow, but sadly, all we get at them moment is rain, rain and more rain, so last week we made our own snow!! It was fantastic messy fun! It’s so simple to make, just mix cornflour and shaving foam. You do need quite a lot of both. I used …Continue reading

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Musical letters

Ever since we tried playing musical letters several months back, my children have been asking to play it again, but I kept forgetting to make the letters up for them, until now, so here is our fun afternoon of dancing, music and learning. Musical letters is such a fantastic game. It provides exercise, dance, music, …Continue reading

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Let kids be kids linky 11/2/14

Welcome to let kids be kids linky. This is a linky all about letting kids be kids, getting back to basics and having great childhood fun. We live in such a fast paced modern world with so much technology and stresses round every corner, we often need to be reminded to just ‘play’ and have …Continue reading

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Rules

Over the last few weeks, things have been building up in this house. The children have been making a horrendous mess with their toys, I have been having a terrible fight with them to get them to tidy up and this week it has all come to a head. We needed to do something about …Continue reading

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