Kids' Crafts and Activities
Creative, fun, and seasonal activities for children - from nature crafts to educational play.
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10 Forgotten Halloween Games to Bring Back This Year
Halloween once meant apple bobbing, ghost stories, and quirky fortune-telling games. Here are 10 forgotten Halloween games worth reviving this year.
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15 Quirky Halloween Crafts Using Things You Already Have at Home
From paper bats to ghost lanterns, here are 15 quirky Halloween crafts you can make with what’s already in your cupboards. Fun, simple, and low-cost.
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Back to School -10 Great Art & Craft ideas for the classroom
Summer is almost over! How did that happen? Where did the last 2 months go? With a little under 2 weeks left until we go back to school my mind has been increasingly drawn to planning for the new school year. Ssshhh, don’t tell anyone but I actually love starting a new school year and enjoy setting up my room and making plans etc. So next week, while my children are at camp, I will probably be found dragging furniture around my classroom and organising materials and putting some sort of a plan in place for the early days of the new school year. As you know Art or…
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Camping Activities for Kids
We love camping as a family and we tend to take our camping trips as the perfect excuse to unplug and leave our devices at home. We do take our phone but as a rule turn off our data settings and only use them for necessary calls and texts. So while we are enjoying a screen free weekend or couple of weeks we try to explore the great outdoors and incorporate lots of fun and simple nature based activities. Below are a list of some of favourites to do and some we will be trying out this summer! Our Favourite Camping Activities for Families 1. Scavenger Hunts are so…
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Our Ultimate Tent Camping List
Camping has become one of favourite ways to holiday. We love the freedom, the fresh air and the opportunity to completely unplug and spend unhasssled, non busy time together as a family. Living in Ireland, our camping trips are unfortunately limited to short weekend trips over the summer when the weather is reasonably good and our annual trip to France for 2-3 weeks. This year we will be heading off to France for 3 weeks in the middle of July. This will entail a two hour drive, followed by an overnight 16 hour ferry trip followed by a further 5 hour road trip to the Vendee area of France with…
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How to blow eggs for Easter decorations.
Ever wanted to know how to blow eggs for making Easter decorations? It’s so easy and fun to do! ***step by step instructions below***. What you need: eggs, thumb tacks, cocktail sticks, bowl, straws (optional). What you do: gently but firmly push the tack/pin through the pointy end of the egg. now push the tack through the other end of the egg. take a cocktail stick and carefully insert it through one of the holes. swirl the stick around in order to break up the yolk. the cocktail stick also helps to make the holes a little bigger and easier for the yolk and white to be removed. place your…
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The Clever Tykes Books -Super, Positive, Encouraging, Engaging! (Book review)
Recently we were approached to review a series of 3 books called Clever Tykes and today we are thrilled to share our review of these fantastic books. The Clever Tykes Books What are the Clever Tykes Books? Clever Tykes, a series of three storybooks for primary school children has been bringing positive entrepreneurial role models to the classrooms of over 50 schools across the UK, and is now available for the home. The stories follow three separate protagonists as they each realise that there is something they are especially good at or passionate about, and they set about making this into their own venture. Included in the series is Walk-It Willow, a girl…
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10 Christmas Crafts and Activities for Kids
Christmas, my favourite time of year, is fast approaching. I love to do crafts and activities with the children at this time of the year. Today I would to share some of our favourites with you and stay tuned for more fab ideas in the coming weeks! 10 Christmas Crafts and Activities for Kids Potato Print Reindeer Cards: These super cute and very easy potato print reindeer cards are perfect for getting little ones involved in the festive season. Potato Print Reindeer and Santa Wrapping Paper: This potato print Reindeer Christmas Wrapping paper is so cute and really easy to make! Christmas Tree Cards: Making Christmas cards is a lovely…
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Witch Crafts for Kids – More Halloween Fun!
5 Fantastic and Easy a Witch Crafts for Kids Continuing with our Halloween theme this week, why don’t you take a look at these super cute witch crafts for children! If it’s a ghost, bat or pumpkin you’re looking for, then simply click on the highlighted words for fantastic spooky ideas for kids! Our 5 Favourite Witch Crafts Flower Pot Witch (includes two more projects) by The Chirping Moms Stained Glass Witch by I Heart Crafty Things Witch Pine Cone Owl by All Free Kids Crafts Witch Hat Craft by Little Family Fun Paper Plate Witch by Crafty Morning Have lots of Halloween fun! Ciara xox Further Reading: 👉 You…
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Ghost Crafts for Kids to do at Halloween
5 Ghost Crafts for Kids to Make at Halloween Ghosts are always fun to make for Halloween. These 5 crafts for kids are perfect for creating your own spooky decorations! Have fun with these cute and spooky Ghost Crafts this Halloween! 1. Pencil Eraser Halloween Ghosts by Crafty Morning 2. Paper Plate Ghosts by Clean and Scentsible 3. Hanging Ghosts by Blog Me Mom 4. Cotton Ball Ghost by Seven Thirty Three 5. Popsicle Stick Ghosts by Glued to My Crafts Happy Halloween! Ciara xox Further Reading: 👉 You can also browse all seasonal posts in one place over on the Autumn blog archive.
