Dancing Cotton Bud Skeletons – a great preschool Halloween and/or Science activity! If you follow us on Facebook then you may have seen this activity on our page last week! It is a super easy activity but lots of fun and really effective. I have used this in school both for Halloween and science! What you need: – white cotton
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Monster Madness has taken over Our Little House in the Country. These cardboard box monsters were so much fun to make! A favourite book of ours at the moment is Scaredy Boo by Claire Freedman & Russell Julian. Doodles (5) has been very busy drawing his own monsters based on the little monsters in this book so we decided to
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PopPom Monsters are a great simple Halloween craft for kids. These cute little guys have been the centre of much monster fun and mayhem at Our Little House in the Country! Super Easy PomPoms I used to love making pompoms as a child but they can be tedious and sometimes tricky for younger children if using the traditional method of
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There are so many fantastic picture books about Halloween, however some can be quite scary especially for the more sensitive child. With that in mind we have compiled our favourite spooky stories for younger children from our vast collection of books! Our Top 10 Halloween Picture Books The Night Before Halloween – Natasha Wing & Cynthia Fisher: A spooktacular take
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These 5 beautiful picture books about Autumn are my little girl’s favourites at the moment. We have a book rack in our kitchen that we use to display seasonal books and since I took out all of our Autumn and Halloween themed books last week she has been fascinated by these five in particular. Our 5 Favourite Autumn Picture Books
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These 5 books for younger children about Autumn/Fall and Halloween are great for teaching children about the season and associated festivals in a simple and informative manner with some great photos and facts! Our Top 5 Non Fiction Books about Autumn and Halloween Halloween – National Geographic Kids- Laura Marsh: This is a fantastic Level 1 book jam packed with
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Playdough provides children with endless possibilities to play and create as well as developing all sorts of physical and cognitive skills. As Halloween is not a million miles off, I thought it was time to make some Halloween inspired playdough and invite my little munchkins to get creepily creative!!!!!! After Christmas, Halloween is my favourite holiday! Mind you, I love
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Cornstarch dough is the perfect dough for making decorations to hang on a tree. These cute little pumpkins are great for this time of year to add an autumnal feel plus they are perfect for Halloween and Thanksgiving too! We have a plain white tree/branch in a tin bucket in our home all year round. As the seasons change we
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We were so excited to be accepted as a Lottie Doll brand ambassador and even more excited when the Pandora’s Box Lottie Doll arrived in the post last week. Oodles (almost 3) loves to play with dolls and she has not left this little treasure out of her hand since it arrived. We also have 2 dolls and accessories to
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My little boy has started school! How fast the years fly by! Two weeks ago my little boy Doodles started primary school. So when I was approached to participate in the Fairy Non Bio Power of Soft Campaign (“encouraging parents to make the most of those oh-so-soft cuddles with their little ones while they can!”), it hit a chord with
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