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Homemade shrinky dinks

As a child, I have very fond memories of making shrinky dinks. You could buy them as a kit and colour them in, put them in the oven and they would shrink down amazingly! I used to be fascinated watching them. For my girls craft birthday party, they made shrinky dinks too and loved it, …Continue reading

Apr

How to play and learn with water beads

I have read lots of other people’s posts about water bead play, so I thought it was about time we tried. I bought some water beads off the internet, very cheap. I soaked them in bowls for a few hours and over night, then they turned into slippery squishy marbles! Here’s how we played with …Continue reading

Apr

Let kids be kids linky 22/4/14

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

Apr

Outdoors

The last few weeks has provided us with some beautiful spring weather. The sun has shone, the air has been fresh and warm, what more could you want. After such a wet, horrible winter, this recent weather has definitely been needed and relished. We have all been outside every day. We have been gardening, planting, …Continue reading

Apr

Fishy windsock fun

Last week we were at Nana and Grandads caravan in the New Forest. We love it there, but staying in a caravan with three small children can be fraught at times, if you are not prepared. I have found the best thing to do is to take a few art or craft activities to do …Continue reading

Apr

Worms in mud pudding

After a lovely day in the garden planting and worm hunting, what better way to end it, than to make these delicious worms in mud puddings? These puddings are very simple to make: Worms in mud pudding Ingredients: Chocolate mousse pots Packet of oreo biscuits Worm sweets How to make worms in mud pudding: Stir …Continue reading

Apr

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 …Continue reading

Mar

Outdoor fun

Yay! It looks like spring may be on its way! We have had a glimpse of some warm sunshine at last. Last weekend for us was an incredibly busy weekend with my three children having their birthday, which also meant two birthday parties! On the sunday, the children opened their presents (just like christmas all …Continue reading

Mar

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

Feb

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

Feb

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

Feb

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

Feb

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

Feb

Lets go fly a kite

Going to the park is fantastic. Most of the time we visit the park to play on the swing, slides, climbing frames etc. However, last weekend, the sun came out for a change and I thought, how about taking the kite hubby got for his birthday (erm, back in September), which we haven’t tried yet. …Continue reading

Feb

Marble run review

The other week we had a try at making our own marble run out of recycled toilet roll tubes etc. We had such a fantastic time. So when we were sent the Marvellous Marble Run to review we were very excited. When the children first saw the box for the marble run, the look on …Continue reading

Feb

Weekend box review

In our house, we all love doing crafts, activities and cooking, so when we received our first weekend box to review, we were thrilled. A weekend box is a box of activities for children aged 3-8 years old, sent to your home every fortnight. The box contains: Something to make Something to explore Something to …Continue reading

Jan