These 5 beautiful picture books about Autumn are my little girl’s favourites at the moment. We have a book rack in our kitchen that we use to display seasonal books and since I took out all of our Autumn and Halloween themed books last week she has been fascinated by these five in particular. Our 5 Favourite Autumn Picture Books
Read more
These 5 books for younger children about Autumn/Fall and Halloween are great for teaching children about the season and associated festivals in a simple and informative manner with some great photos and facts! Our Top 5 Non Fiction Books about Autumn and Halloween Halloween – National Geographic Kids- Laura Marsh: This is a fantastic Level 1 book jam packed with
Read more
Playdough provides children with endless possibilities to play and create as well as developing all sorts of physical and cognitive skills. As Halloween is not a million miles off, I thought it was time to make some Halloween inspired playdough and invite my little munchkins to get creepily creative!!!!!! After Christmas, Halloween is my favourite holiday! Mind you, I love
Read more
Cornstarch dough is the perfect dough for making decorations to hang on a tree. These cute little pumpkins are great for this time of year to add an autumnal feel plus they are perfect for Halloween and Thanksgiving too! We have a plain white tree/branch in a tin bucket in our home all year round. As the seasons change we
Read more
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
Read more
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
Read 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,
Read more
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
Read more
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
Read more
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
Read more