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Ooooey Gooooey Slime! – Simple Indoor Rainy Day Messy Play Fun
On Friday it rained!!!!! Shock, horror :O ! Having been away in sunnier climes for a few weeks and a number of weeks of hot, sunny weather here since our return we had almost forgotten what rain was like! Over breakfast Doodles and Oodles discussed with me what they would like to do for the day! First on the agenda – PJs day, they had no plans to get dressed! Second on the agenda – make purple slime (and pink playdough). What we used: a little warm water 1 cup PVA water soluable non toxic glue 2 cups cornflour/cornstarch purple food colouring What we did: We mixed a few drops…
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How to Make a Fairy Tale Castle – Outdoor Summer Fun for Kids!
I don’t know about you, but when I was a child I absolutely loved to build houses, tents, dens, castles, clubhouses etc. My two monkeys are exactly the same and when our chickens and their coop arrived last Sunday (more about that later!) they were far more excited about the two huge cardboard boxes the flat pack chicken coop came in than their 3 new feathered friends! Honestly, so was I! I immediately started to conjure up all sorts of ideas for what we could create with the cardboard – I probably should have been more interested in Mr G as he expertly constructed the chicken coop – good job…
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Feet Painting or Printing- Outdoor Messy Summer Fun for Kids!
As the weather is gloriously sunny at the moment we have been doing nearly all of our activities outdoors. Over the weekend we had the opportunity to do several art projects outside, you may have seen our Miniature Garden project which was really great fun. Another little project that we had great fun with was feet painting – this also has a lovely sensory and messy quality to it so it is sure to capture your little ones’ imaginations! What we used: Long sheet of paper – we buy several rolls of “newsprint” paper from Ikea every few months – cheap and cheerful and great for big projects and everyday…
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Miniature Gardens – Outdoor Summer Fun!
This morning while lazing in bed in true Sunday morning fashion I came across a tweet from Nicola who blogs at Multicraftingmummy. She had tweeted a link to a recent post she had done for MumRx. (I love Nicola’s blog, we blog about similar things, have similar aged children and she lives along the east coast of Ireland too, so we’ve lots in common. She has tonnes of fab arts and crafts activities for younger children and well worth checking her blog out!). She had written a post about miniature gardens. As a child I loved making miniature gardens and for years I have been making them with the kids…
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5 Tips for a Fun and Stress-Free Summer!
Summer is well and truly under way here at Our Little House in the Country. The weather is stunning, the paddling pool is out and we spent the morning at the beach! Hi all, apologies for the short hiatus in posts, we have been away on holiday in the South of France for the past few weeks and while away we decided to take a total break from cyberspace! The only thing our iPads were used for were for reading several books and we even turned off our data roaming services so that emails and all other notifications couldn’t interrupt our family holiday. I must admit that I really and…
