Have fun making this Little Miss Muffet inspired Bouncing Spider craft with your kids. Rhyme Time is back! We’ve had a little break from our usual fortnightly schedule (summer break madness!) so we are delighted to be back today sharing activities to do alongside the nursery rhyme “Little Miss Muffet”. Previously on Rhyme Time we … Read more
Cute paper plate crab craft for kids to make this summer. One of our favourite places to visit in the summer holidays is our local aquarium. We all love to watch the fish swimming around in their tanks and all 3 of my kids love to get hands on with the different sea creatures in … Read more
Invitation to make… Incy Wincy Spider This fortnight on Rhyme Time we are sharing ideas for activities for the nursery rhyme “Incy Wincy Spider”. “Incy Wincy Spider climbed up the water spout, Down came the rain and washed the spider out, Out came the sunshine and dried up all the rain, And Incy Wincy Spider … Read more
Are you forever saving up cardboard tubes for a “rainy day”? TP Rolls have to be one of the most versatile pieces of recyclable trash to use in kids arts and crafts activities. Save some up and make these Old Macdonald inspired Farm Animal Puppets for some pretend play with your kids. Next up on … Read more
Poor Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep in today’s Rhyme Time activity. And when she does eventually catch up with them, they’ve left their tails behind them. This post contains affiliate links for your convenience. To help Little Bo Peep reunite her sheep with their tails, I set up the following activity for my … Read more
February 1st marks the first day of spring over here in Ireland and our garden certainly seems to be in agreement with this. It is still very cold, but we have got a few green shoots appearing above the garden now. These little shots not only signify new life in our garden, but also better … Read more
We LOVE giraffes in our house and after a recent trip to the Zoo, we just had to make some with our favourite Junk Art material Bubble Wrap and make some cool Giraffe Paintings. We enjoyed a trip to Dublin Zoo just before we went away on our holidays last week. My mum was over for a few … Read more
A fun sponge painting for kids activity to enjoy doing as part of a Farm Unit or after singing the popular children’s nursery rhyme, Baa Baa Black Sheep. My 2 year old daughter is really enjoying playing with her farm animal set this week. She’s great at making all of the animal sounds now, even if … Read more
My eldest son had a very exciting delivery to this classroom last week. Five baby caterpillars. We have been eagerly checking them each school morning to see how much they have grown. They are growing at quite apace. My son has been explaining to his siblings about how they are going to turn into cocoons … Read more
My toddler is obsessed with Mini Beasts. She gets so excited each time she spots a bumble bee or a ladybird, a little too excited at times and a few poor ladybirds have met an untimely end! She doesn’t love all mini-beasts though, she’s not that keen on flies or spiders, as she thinks they’re … Read more