We bought value sponge cakes for 58p each, some sweeties, a block of butter and some icing sugar…we already had food colouring in the cupboard. We made cake stands using a food tin topped with a circle of cardboard covered with a doily, we mixed butter with icing sugar to make the cake covering and icing sugar with water and… View Post
Tipi Building
We found a length of material at a car boot sale and decided to head out to try our hand at tipi building… We took some string and found an open spot to build, we gathered some long strong branches and began putting it together… Here’s how we got on.. Looking good…. For first time teepee builders we did a… View Post
Prehistoric Ice Age Meltdown Challenge
We decided we were going to make our own prehistoric ice age scene and attempt to save our prehistoric friends from the big freeze. We had lots of fun and messy play with a little scientific education thrown in… Here’s how we got on.
Baguette Battle Picnic Competition
With a love of Subway in tow we decided to head to the forest for a springtime picnic with a difference… We were going to have a baguette battle & compete in making our own deliciously filled baguettes. We had a few other activities on the agenda including duck feeding, fairy door building & searching for signs of spring, but… View Post
Things to Do With Boxes
We love cardboard boxes, versatile, imaginative, sustainable, frugal, fun & mostly free…. boxes can become anything from dens to space rockets, camper vans to lost worlds… Here’s a selection of some of the fun we have had with boxes… We made an ice cream van… Russian dolls… A woodland obstacle course.. A Minecraft themed tea… A toddlers prehistoric lost world…… View Post
Minion Lunch Pails
What can you do with an empty cheese ball caddy? How about making minion lunch pails… Here’s how I did it…
Kids Rap Battling
The kids decided they wanted to have a rap battle, so we set about making our own boom box and decks, we used empty boxes to do this. We took our guitar, play station microphones & our decks (play station dj hero & our original 1970’s FISHERPRICE record player)…. We found a perfect spot for our battle… Here’s how we… View Post