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
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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
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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
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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,
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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.
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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
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Do you want to build a snowman or in this case paint or create a snowman? Then take a look at these 10 gorgeous Snowman Art Projects. 10 Snowman Art Projects for Cold Wintry Afternoons Melted Snowmen: This is such a clever painting idea from Tina at Mamas Like Me, perfect for preschool or early primary school aged kiddies. Snowman
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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
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As the Christmas holidays are almost over I have been scouring Pinterest and some of my favourite blogs for winter art inspiration. I have lots of fun projects planned for me and the kids over the next few weeks which I cant wait to share with you but these beautiful ideas are sure to encourage you to try some winter
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Do you want to build a snowman? 10 super fun playdough (snowdough) snowman activities to enjoy this winter! We had a lot of fun making snowmen with our playdough yesterday! We got our inspiration for this activity from Nicola, the fantastic blogger at Multicraftingmummy! Here’s a quick peek at what we did plus 10 more fab activities for you try
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