Wine cork mini rafts are a great, fun craft for kids for anytime of the year. They are especially great for summer creativity and water play but also make a really super rainy day activity. If you follow us on Instagram you may have noticed that I like a glass of wine every now and again (ahem J )and I
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Star Wars Junior ReadyBed® Review Over the Easter Holidays we were delighted to review the new Star Wars Junior ReadyBed! We had recently used one of these while visiting friends in the UK and had thought that it was such a great idea – a blow up mattress and sleeping bag in one!. In case you are not familiar, ReadyBed®
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Fantastic Reading Corner Ideas to Inspire and Encourage a Love of Reading in Children Our home is full to the brim with books and I have created little reading corners and book displays throughout the house for the kids which you may have seen on Instagram and in an older post about displaying childrens books. There is no need to
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Outdoor play and Pinterest – two of my favourite things! Today I am sharing 10 of my favourite Pinterest boards full of outdoor play ideas. The benefits of outdoor play are endless from better sleep to exercise, from exploring the world around us to developing gross motor skills to name only a few! Check out and follow these boards from
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Handprint Daffodil Mother’s Day Card This is a great little simple card for younger kids to make for Mother’s Day! Materials: white card cupcake cases lollypop sticks paint – yellow, orange, green What you do: pour the paint onto trays or plates draw a circle on the front of the card – we used a small bowl to draw around!
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St. Patrick’s Day Crown This is a great little craft for preschoolers-working on fine motor skills and cutting skills! This is so easy to make and is a fun way to use all those stickers that are for sale in discount stores for St Patrick’s Day at the moment (my kids always insist on buying stickers for every event or
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A Simple St Patrick’s Day and Rainbow Themed Phonics Activity! My little boy (5) was becoming bored with his homework recently (ssssh don’t tell his teacher) so I have been coming up with fun ways for him to work on his phonics- initial sounds and sight words! This activity can be used for any of the sounds but for demo
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50+ Rainbow Crafts, Activities, Sensory Recipes and Science Experiments for Kids Being a lover of art and all things creative I obviously love colour and nothing cheers me more than rainbows! In recent years rainbows have become even more meaningful for me since the sudden passing of a very dear friend – everytime I think of her and in particular
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8 Valentine’s Day Crafts for Younger Kids 8 Valentine’s Day Crafts for Younger Kids 1. Heart Buddies: What you need: coloured paper/card – pink, red, purple, white scissors glue sticks stapler googly eyes pipe cleaners What you do: cut out a large heart – the easiest way to do this is to fold a piece of paper in half and
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5 Valentine’s Day Cupid Crafts Cupid’s Arrows Valentine’s Day Craft – Life is a Party Valentine’s Arrows and Quiver – A Night Owl Cupid’s Arrow Pretzel Treats – One Little Project Valentine Cupid’s Arrow Craft – Craftaholics Anonymous Valentine’s Day Cupid’s Arrows Pencil Toppers – Momdot Happy Valentine’s Day! Ciara xx
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Our Little House in the Country 