A selection of the arts and crafts articles from our blog.
Are you looking for an autumn arts and crafts project that all of your children can enjoy doing together? Why not make our giant autumn tree collage! You will also find lots more ideas for simple autumn tree projects for kids here as well. Fall is finally here! We are already starting to enjoying … Read more
Are you looking for a new playdate activity to keep some little monsters entertained? Have fun making these silly (not scary!) felt monsters. Little Miss B had a friend over to play on Tuesday morning, so I decided to prepare an “Invitation to make…” activity for them to do alongside each other. Following our weekend’s … Read more
Neon Leaf Fish After dropping the boys off at school the other day, I took Little Miss B on a leaf hunt. Autumn is my favourite season. I love to watch the leaves change colour and when they fall from the trees we get a much better sea view out of our back windows. We … Read more
This awesome autumn owl collage is ideal for toddlers and pre-schoolers working on shape recognition, as well as for their older siblings to enjoy alongside them. Ahead of the activity, I cut out circles, triangles, squares, rectangles, stars and diamonds from red, yellow and orange paper to reflect the colours of autumn. I then laid … Read more
Exploring autumn colours with a toddler. I took the opportunity to indulge my 2 year old daughter with a one-to-one painting session last week, when her two big brothers were off with Nanna for a couple of hours. This is not something I get the chance to do very often, so I was really looking … Read more
Celebrate the arrival of Autumn with this fun Bubble Painting Activity for kids. Autumn in our favourite season. I love all of the changing colours and the freshness in the air after the summer. And the kids love getting back to school after the long summer break (or is that me as well?). It’s also a … Read more
Make your own DIY Bird Feeders My children love collecting sticks, rocks, flowers and other natural objects. We spend countless hours outdoors and as a result, our house and porch are usually full of their collections. I instead of filling up our flower beds or garbage can with sticks, I am always looking for crafts … 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
We have had great success with sunflowers in our garden this year. Earlier in the summer my children helped to plant sunflower seeds into pots, which we kept inside for a few weeks before planting out into our garden.The kids really enjoyed looking after and watering their plants and arguing over who was going to … 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