Painting spring flowers
My children love painting, they get very excited when I suggest we get the paints out, so when I heard about the Center Parcs and Tots100 challenge of painting flowers, I knew they’d love to take part. I read Emma Hull’s tips for getting creative and was inspired by her suggestion to “Find materials around …
20 Spring activities
Every season I like to make a list of all the activities I plan to do. That way I have things planned and equipment ready for when the moment is right. So here’s our spring activity list. Spring activities Gardening and planting Spring scavenger hunt Easter egg hunt Easter crafts Egg decorating Easter egg nests …
Logistics
As soon as you give birth to one child life can become a juggling act. From the moment you give birth to a second and subsequent children, life becomes a logistical nightmare! For me this week has been a logistical nightmare. Hubby is away all week, so I am alone trying to get three children …
Caterpillar and butterfly peg craft
Last week we had a free day with no plans, so I asked my girls what they wanted to do. They replied “I want to make a caterpillar”. Ok, so “how are you going to make a caterpillar?” I answered. They said “we can get some balls and stick them together in a line, then …
Active mother’s and active children
I have just been reading this article from the BBC News. It says “The more active a mother is, the more physically active her child will be, suggests a UK study of 500 mums and four-year-olds”. The article and study suggest, children are not ‘born’ active, their activity levels are influenced by how active their …
Let kids be kids linky 25/3/14
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 …
How to catch a star review & giveaway
As a family, we love reading books together. The children delight in listening to the stories, we all like snuggling up together to hear them. So when we were given the chance to review Oliver Jeffers 10th anniversary edition of ‘How to catch a star’, we were very excited. We have been fans of Oliver …
How to catch a star activity fun
We were very lucky to be sent a beautiful presentation box of Oliver Jeffers ‘How to catch a star’ 10th Anniversary edition to review. You can read the review here. In the presentation box, we received 2 stunning books, one for us to review and one to give away (you can enter the giveaway here). …
Outdoor free play
Outdoor play is vital for children. It gives them the opportunity to run, jump, climb, balance, explore, get fresh air, exercise, learn about nature, experiment, get creative and use their imagination. I feel this is a recipe for happy healthy children. There are times when it can be challenging to get children outside. There are …
Calm
After the chaos, busyness and goings on over the last few weeks in this house, this week has all been about trying to calm down and bring things back to normal. Birthdays, parties and family visits is a perfect recipe for hyped up kids. The children have loved every minute of the excitement that has …
Scouting
Guiding and scouting to me are one of the best associations around for children. They encompass everything children need to have fun, learn, explore and experience. The variety of activities and opportunities the scouting movement provides is fantastic. I was brought up through the whole range of guiding/scouting stages. I was a Brownie, a guide, …
Let kids be kids linky 18/3/14
Welcome to let kids be kids linky. Thank you so much to everyone who joined in last week, as always there were some great posts and lots of fab ideas. 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 …
Mother’s Day – Family flowers
It’s almost Mothers day, so last week we made our Mothers day present for Nana, handprint daffodils in a pot. You will need: 1 pot 1 stick per child Yellow and green paint Card Scissors Glue Sellotape Stones & earth 1 Cake case per child 1 Photo of each child Handprint daffodils 1. Ue the …
Birthdays
There are so many words I could choose for my word of the week…..exhausted, fun, panic, stress, parties, but I think ‘birthdays’ probably sums it up best. Three children’s birthdays in one weekend is stressful. We had two birthday parties and three birthday cakes. My girls had a craft party and BB had a bowling …
