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Egg decorating

One of the biggest traditional easter activities to do, has got to be egg decorating. It’s such a fun creative activity for children (and adults), I want to make sure we do this every year. This week BB had an egg decorating competition at school, so at the weekend, we got decorating. Here’s what we …Continue reading

Apr

Easter skittles

As it’s nearly easter, we thought it would be ok to start on some easter activities, so this week we made Easter skittles. They are very easy and fun to make, at the same time as fun to play with after. They are also a fab learning tool too. Easter skittles You need: 6 toilet …Continue reading

Mar

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 …Continue reading

Mar

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 …Continue reading

Mar

Craft party

My twin girls turned 4 this week and my son turned 6, yes, on the same day! (But that’s a whole other story). In previous years my children have had joint parties, but I thought now my son is getting older, it wasn’t quite fair. So this year my girls had a craft party on …Continue reading

Mar

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

Feb

Heart arts and crafts

As it is coming up to valentines day, we thought we should do some heart arts and crafts. Here is what we had fun doing….. Heart sun catcher These heart shaped sun catchers are very easy to make and the children get to practice their scissor skills. First we cut out heart shapes out from …Continue reading

Jan

Snowmen art

Now christmas has past, but winter is still here, my children are desperate for some snow to play in, but as yet, it’s not happened. So, last week, we decided to make lots of snowmen art. Here’s what we did….. Paper plate snowmen We inserted a clip to attach two paper plates together, painted the …Continue reading

Jan

Free flow xmas crafts

Children love doing organised crafts, where they have a goal and can see what they are trying to achieve. It is fun, they get to learn to follow instructions and have a great end product. However, I believe it is also important to let children have a go on their own, let them think about …Continue reading

Dec

Christmas lanterns

In the autumn, we loved making some halloween lanterns which they turned out so well, I thought we’d have a go at making some christmas ones. Here’s how we did it…. What you need to make christmas lanterns: Glass jars Blue tissue paper (not too darker colour or the light won’t glow through) Pva glue …Continue reading

Dec

Handprint christmas tree

I love christmas crafts, so I am excited to be able to start now it’s December. This week we loved making a handprint christmas tree. It was so easy, fun and messy! Handprint christmas tree I put some green paint on a sponge and the children used that to create lots of handprints. They did …Continue reading

Dec

Autumn activities list round up

At the beginning of Autumn, I wrote my autumn activities list (on my twinlifeonline site), which was a kind of bucket list of all the things we wanted to do throughout autumn. As we are fast approaching December and christmas, I thought I’d write about how we got on…… Go on a leaf walk (kick about …Continue reading

Nov

Fireworks art

As it’s nearly Guy Fawkes night, I thought it would be nice to do some fireworks pictures with the children. Firstly we did some wax crayon pictures….. Wax crayon fireworks pictures The children enjoyed colouring the bright wax crayon colours and then scraping off the black, to reveal the colourful fireworks underneath. It was just …Continue reading

Nov

Pumpkins, spiders and lanterns

As it’s halloween, I thought I ought to do some things with the children (even though I don’t really like halloween). But I must admit, you can get lots of fun activities out of halloween. Spider cakes First, we made some spider and cat cakes. Nana baked the cakes. The children then iced them with …Continue reading

Nov

Spiders and pumpkin crafts

I must admit, I am not a fan of Halloween, but not wishing to be a party pooper for my children, I like to do a few things with them (without emphasising the Halloween part). Last weekend, we made spiders and pumpkins. Spiders I found some little black pots that had previously had a very …Continue reading

Oct