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2 Quick and Easy Hedgehog Art Projects – Autumn / Fall Art for Kids
2 Quick and Easy Hedgehog Art Projects for Kids. Oodles (almost 3yo) and I had alot of fun with these two little paint projects this morning.Since we made our hedgehog collages last week she has been eager to do some more hedgehog activities and these are what we came up with. 1. Sponge Painting Hedgehogs What we used: paint pot scrub sponges (with rough side and sponge side) paper paint brushes What we did: Using the sponges we painted a mound shape To make the spikes we used the rough side of the sponge and dragged it up through the paint We added a face and snout with our brushes…
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Yummy After School Snack – Mixed Autumn Vegetable Soup
Homemade Autumn / Fall Vegetable Soup – a perfect after school snack Homemade soup and some brown bread or a bread roll is a perfect after school snack plus its a great way of getting lots of fresh vegetables into children! I make a big pot of this soup or something similar every Sunday so that it is to hand in the fridge for the week ahead. It’s a tasty, nutritious snack, perfect for hungry school kids and will keep them going until dinner time! Ingredients: Any vegetables that you like and best to use those that are currently in season! 1 Butternut Squash 1 Sweet Potato 1 Green pepper…
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10 Fantastic Fall Activities for Kids – Autumn Arts, Crafts and Lots More!
10 Fantastic Fall Activities for Kids – Autumn arts, crafts and lots more from my some of my favourite bloggers and pinners! 10 Fantastic Autumn Activities for Kids I have pinned! (if you click on the the “pins” displayed below it will take straight to each blogger’s own pin to repin to your own boards) 1. If you haven’t already, you should check out Kyla’s – The Train Driver’s Wife – blog – it is full of amazing and creative activities for babies and toddlers. I love this fun colourful activity for encouraging babies to discover autumn colours. 2. Craftulate is one of my favourite websites for creative and fun…
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Autumn / Fall Coloured Play Dough – Quick and Simple Recipe
A quick and simple recipe for Autumn / Fall coloured playdough. This playdough is perfect for all sorts of autumn themed play activities. It quick and simple to make and should last for a number of weeks if kept in an air tight container in the fridge. Ingredients: (per individual colour) 1 cup flour 1 cup salt 1 tsp ground cinnamon or mixed spice or a few drops of your autumn scented oil of choice 1 dessert sp olive oil 1 tbsp paint colour of choice (red, orange, brown, yellow, gold) 1/4 cup of water (may need a little more) Method: If using a food processor, which I did for…
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Lottie’s Holiday Adventure Writing Competition
Disclosure: I am an Ambassador for Lottie Dolls, I have received a doll in exchange for a fair and honest review (coming soon), Arklu, the manufacturer of Lottie are currently running this writing competition that I thought some of our readers may be interested in. All queries and questions should be forwarded to the contact details supplied below not to Our Little House in the Country. A little about Lottie: ‘Lottie’ is an award winning doll for kids aged 3-9; Lottie retails in 30 countries and has won 19 awards.In the UK Lottie is available on Amazon as well as retailers including Hamleys, Debenhams and independent toy shops. Lottie dolls retail…
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Family Autumn / Fall Bucket List
Our Family Bucket List for Autumn 2014! Autumn is one of my favourite times of year and I often find that it provides lots of opportunities for family activities and fun times together! Below you will find our bucket list of 15 things we hope to do in the coming months! What’s on your Fall Bucket List for 2014? Let us know if you have anything planned or special family traditions for this time of year! Have fun! Ciara x For lots and lots of activities, ideas, crafts, decor ideas etc take a look at our Autumn themed Pinterest boards, a full list list can be found here!
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Autumn / Fall Themed Pinterest Boards – Lots of Activities, Crafts, Books and Décor Ideas!
Pinterest – one my favourite little spots on the web! I love Pinterest, in fact Pinterest is probably one of the reasons I started this blog! This time of year Pinterest is overflowing with ideas for Autumn, Halloween and dare I say, Christmas! Today I am sharing some of our Autumn / Fall themed boards that are packed with tonnes of amazing crafts, activities, books, ideas etc. Please feel free to check them out and follow any or all that catch your eye! I also have a number of collaborative boards which are all open to new contributors at the moment. If you would like to join, simply, follow the…
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Scarecrow Wooden Spoon Puppet – Autumn / Fall Crafts for Kids
Our list of autumn / fall crafts and activities is growing by the day. Why not try our latest – a cute Harvest Scarecrow Puppet! My kids love puppets and putting on their own puppet shows. They also love scarecrows. And they absolutely love this scarecrow puppet I made while Doodles was at school and O was taking a nap as a follow on activity from our Scarecrow Collages. Now I have to go and buy some more wooden spoons so that we can make more for a show they want to put together!!!!! What we used: felt scraps hessian/burlap scraps buttons wooden spoon 3 drinking straws pieces of straw…
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Hedgehogs – Leaf and Paper Collages – Autumn / Fall Preschool Craft
Hedgehogs always remind me of Autumn, and these collages are a lovely, simple preschool Fall activity to celebrate the season. We have a hedgehog who regularly helps himself to our cat’s food at night before hibernating for the winter, so my kiddies were delighted to create their own paper version of “Hedgy”, our little prickly buddy! We have lots of other autumn activities for you to try in our Seasonal section of the blog. What we used: card – flesh coloured and blue sugar paper in autumnal colours glue sticks leaves buttons crayons scissors What we did: I helped the children to draw a rough shape of a hedgehog using…
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Scarecrow Collages – Autumn / Fall Crafts for Kids
Scarecrow collages are a great Autumn/Fall craft for younger children. Hope you have as much fun making these as we did! Continuing with our autumn theme we have been looking at scarecrows and using a variety of materials to make collages. My little girl Oodles (2.5yo) and I made these but they are suitable for preschoolers and children in the younger classes at school. What we used: variety of coloured paper and card straw buttons googly eyes PVA non toxic glue paper plates pre-cut face templates fake sheafs of wheat stickers stapler and staples What we did: We started by gluing some straw onto the top of a paper plate…
