If you are wanting inspiration for home made Christmas presents or a Christmas activity to do at home, nursery, school or pre-school then Salt Dough is a great option! What do you need? 3/4 cup water 1 cup salt 2 cups flour Playdough/biscuit cutters What do you do? […]
This is a fun activity which enables even the youngest of children to create Christmas pictures easily. What do you need? Masking Tape Paints Paper How do you make them? 1.Either mask out the Shapes yourself using masking tape on paper, or if the child is able- encourage […]
If you’re keen to introduce a few Halloween activities to young children either at home or at your nursery/school or preschool, but like me..don’t want to scare them at all, then have a look at our top 3 Halloween Activities for Young Kids. Also fantastic for any Halloween […]
For those of you that follow us on Twitter or Instagram, you may also have seen the messy fun we had on Friday trying out an array of wonderful equipment from Early Years Resources to help practise mark making. What is Mark making? It’s simply making marks using […]
1. Daffodil Craft 👉What do you need: Paper, Paint, scissors, bun cases, glue. 👉What do you do: Cut out the shape of the flower and it’s stem & leaves. Decorate/paint and then add the bun case in the centre. 2. Painting Eggs 👉What do you need? Real Eggs […]
I love making and painting salt dough with children, it’s a great sensory experience for them. It also make children feel very proud as they can do it all by themselves (minus taking it in & out of the oven!) and they can show off their wonderful keep […]
We loved our wonderful guest post from Undercover Mumsy a couple of weeks ago so much (read it here) that we’ve got another ‘painting in a zip lock bag’ activity to show you: What do you need? Paints (we used ArtWorks Poster Paints from The Works) Zip lock […]
Paint Play (mess free)! Guest Post By Undercover Mumsy (www.undercovermumsy.co.uk) I love the idea of giving my little one paints and letting her creative side show, but then I think of the amount of mess I will need to clean up and it doesn’t seem like a great […]