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in Outdoor Fun· Summer

‘Seeing Out Summer’ Paper Lanterns

26 Aug

We decided we wanted to make some paper lanterns to help us say goodbye to the summer during a twilight walk. We mainly used sticks & sticky tape, greaseproof paper (you can use tissue paper), some pva glue and battery operated fairy lights.. Here’s what we did…

in Embrace Imagination· Indoor Fun· Outdoor Fun

100+ Half Term Boredom Busting Ideas

24 May

Digging in the archives I’ve selected over 100 different boredom busting ideas for the kids to try out during the school holidays… Indoors & out, sunshine or rain, here’s my choice to keep the kids entertained… 1.Make your own fairy doors.. 2..Make a box dolls house using samples collected from B&Q… Be your own interior designer! 3..Make your own pine… View Post

in Indoor Fun

Minion Money Box

18 May

We decided to make a Minion money… We used an empty spaghetti container. Here’s how we did it…

in Indoor Fun

Minion Lunch Pails

3 Mar

What can you do with an empty cheese ball caddy? How about making minion lunch pails… Here’s how I did it…

in Embrace Imagination

Prehistoric Toddler World in a Box

26 Feb

I decided that I wanted to make a dinosaur world for Noah…. So we started with a really big box…

in Embrace Imagination

Worry Grubs

24 Feb

We decided to make some worry grubs in an attempt to take any worries away we may have. We used air dry clay wrapped with wool and a matchstick box. You could also use pebbles or small sticks. Here’s how we did it…

in Indoor Fun

Monster Men Bottle Banks

24 Feb

We wanted to make some piggy banks so set about making some alternatives, We bought some bottles of value water for 17p each. We painted our empty bottle with Matt emulsion (because that’s what we had in the garage!) we left a viewing window so we could see our savings building up. We cut out some lips.. We then added… View Post

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