Dinosaur Fuzzy Felt Felt This week my middle son turns 5 and as he is a huge Dinosaur fan, his little sister has made him a lovely home-made card with a big dinosaur on the front of it. My initial idea had been to cut out different shapes from coloured paper and use these … Read more
Sitting down to do arts and crafts with your children is not without its challenges and things won’t always go to plan. But there are steps you can take to help ensure your children get the best out of the activity you have planned for them. The most important thing I have learned since embarking … Read more
Our after school activity today was all about learning the letter ‘P’, This was to help reinforce what my middle son has been learning at school in a fun way at home. We actually managed to do this activity one-to-one as well which made a nice change. We love to do our arts and crafts … Read more
We’ve enjoyed another stunning autumn weekend over here on the East coast of Ireland. The sun has been shining, so this morning we ventured out on a family walk and picnic along Bray promenade. Autumn is by far my favourite season. I love the crisp sunny days it often bring and the gorgeous changing colours … Read more
We tackled another alphabet craft this weekend to help reinforce the letter which my Junior Infant son has been learning at school. Last week he was working on I, so he decided that he wanted us to create some igloo’s to put up on his bedroom letter gallery. We love to use bubble-wrap to … Read more
Spooky Spiders craft for kids. I love Sunday mornings now the kids are back to school. It’s the perfect antidote to the long week of dashing to school and various activities followed by “Sports Saturday”. After Sunday breakfast the boys often start colouring or making something themselves and then when I’ve fully woken … Read more
I was transported back to my old infant school classroom last week during one of our arts and crafts activities. Chatting through some ideas with a friend recently, she reminded me about a great activity from our school days. Do you remember doing Mirror Painting? How to do Finger Print Mirror Painting Add paint to a tray. … Read more
Another great summer is coming to an end now and as we set off for a week’s holiday just before the kids head back to school, I d thought I’d leave you all with a little look back at some of our favourite activities from this years school holidays. We began the holidays in the … Read more
We were very excited when we received a parcel from Rainbow Creations containing three Patterned Rubber Paint and Dough Rollers for us to review. The rollers are available to purchase via their website but we did receive them free of charge in exchange for an honest review of this product. Our first test for the … Read more
I was feeling a little weary this morning after a late night family BBQ. So when the kids asked if they could “do making” at 7.30am this morning, I just couldn’t get my brain into gear to actually prepare an activity to sit down and do with them. I really just wanted to curl up … Read more