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Free Valentine’s Day Printables
Free Valentine’s Day Printables Please feel free to download and print these Valentine’s printables for all of you Valentine’s crafts, cards and decorating! Have fun! Ciara xx
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Lola the Toilet Roll Love Bug Butterfly Valentine’s Craft
Toilet rolls are so great for seasonal craft ideas and these cute butterflies are perfect for Valentines day or Mothers’ day! Toilet Roll Love Bug Butterflies – A Preschool Valentine’s Day Craft What you need: toilet rolls paint – pink or red paper – red, pink, purple googly eyes glue pipecleaners sellotape What you do: paint the tubes pink or red and leave to dry – may need two coats cut lots of various sized hearts out – small, medium, and 2 large hearts glue a medium sized heart onto the top half of the tube as a head glue two googly eyes onto the heart face curl two pipe…
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Keeping Toddlers Busy in the Garden – A Guest Post by Building Blocks and Acorns
Hi, I’m Louise and I’m so excited to be guest-posting here at ‘Our Little House in the Country.’ My usual ‘home’ is Building Blocks and Acorns, where I share the activities I do with my two year old son, on my days off as a Primary School teacher and nursery worker. Often, the activities we do have a nature or sensory focus. We are fortunate enough to have a little space at the back of our house to call our own; our garden. It’s not huge, but its ours and we love it. My two year old (who is lovingly known as ‘Darth’ over on my page, thanks to my…
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Toilet Roll Penguins
Toilet roll penguins – a cute and easy wintry craft for preschoolers!The weather has been pretty awful this week so we have been keeping busy in the afternoons with lots of toilet roll crafts! Hope you enjoy our Penguins! Toilet Roll Penguins – A Winter Preschool Craft What you need: toilet roll tubes black paint paper – white, orange, black, yellow googly eyes glue sticks cotton wool scissors What you do: paint the tubes with thick black paint and leave to dry when dry, glue white tummies onto the tubes using either white paper or cotton wool glue on two googly eyes cut out feet shapes in black paper and…
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10 Valentine’s Day Crafts and Activities for Kids
10 Valentine’s Day Crafts and Activities for Kids Love Birds:Valentine’s Day Bird Feeders: This is such a clever a cute idea from Wine and Glue, lots of fun to make and would be a gorgeous gift to give! Homemade Valentine’s Day Lolly Pop Cards: This is a simple yet super sweet card for kids to make from My Frugal Adventures. Pom Pom Valentine Monsters: This gorgeous little craft idea can be found at Crafts Unleashed. I love making pompoms and these would be so much fun to make for Valentine’s Day. Heart Chandelier: these heart chains are simply adorable and all of the family could join in this activity from…
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Toilet Rolls and Cotton Wool Snowmen – A Preschool Winter Craft
Cotton wool and toilet roll snowmen – a perfect craft for preschoolers and toddlers! Much to our disappointment we have had no snow yet this year – there’s a small possibility of some in the next day or two! So we have been making do with reading about snow in our winter book collection and these super cute snowmen were inspired by some of the fun books we have been sharing recently. Toilet Rolls and Cotton Wool Snowmen – A preschool Winter Craft What you need: toilet rolls cotton wool scraps of ribbon or fabric (we used ribbon and cut up some old tshirts googly eyes coloured paper pva glue…
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10 Snowman Art Projects for Cold Wintry Afternoons
Fun and easy snowman art projects to keep children creative through the winter season.
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Sparkly Winter Art Based on Jack Frost by Kazuno Kohara
The sparkly beauty of frost and ice is the perfect inspiration for a winter art project and when paired with the magical book Jack Frost by Kazuno Kohara you have all the perfect elements for a wintery masterpiece!Now that the decorations have all been packed away and the children are back at school the real winter has begun! Personally I love this time of year. I love the cold, crisp weather (not too fond of the rainy days though!). I love opening the curtains most mornings to find a blanket of sparkly frost covering the garden and surrounding fields. I bought the book Jack Frost by Kazuno Kohara a few…
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10 Wonderful Winter Art Projects
A collection of winter-themed art projects for kids—ideal for chilly days indoors.
