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2 Quick and Easy Hedgehog Art Projects – Autumn / Fall Art for Kids
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 scrub sponges (with rough side and sponge side) paper paint brushes What we did: Using the sponges we painted a mound shape To make the spikes we used the rough side of the sponge and dragged it up through the paint We added a face and snout with our brushes…
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Bubble Painting with Straws – Indoor Messy Art Fun, Perfect for a Rainy Day
Today we had a really thundery afternoon, with lots of heavy rain downpours – a perfect day for messy art. I had been planning on doing some bubble painting with straws for awhile now as I love to do this in school and I knew that Doodles and Oodles would absolutely love it! Little did I know that we would have the messiest fun we have had in a long time! Originally my planned activity was along the lines of these great activities from Nurture Store and Meet The Dubiens . However, our afternoon of creativity took on a life of it’s own and this is what we got up to!…
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Our Top 5 Spring Themed Paint Activities for Children
We’ve had a very busy day today. We decided to have a painting afternoon and try out a few different Spring ideas I had spotted on the net over the past few weeks. Before I share our top 5 Spring Painting Activities I like to let you know about one or two things that I have coming up on the blog later in the week. We are in the process of putting together a new playroom. We had a fantastic playroom, unfortunately it was on a different floor to the rest of the living areas in our home. While it was a gorgeous, large, light and airy space with the…
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(Kids) Rainy Day Survival Plan (and a little moan!)
Just when I thought Spring was well and truly under way, the storms returned. It is dark and dreary, very wet and windy outside! We got soaked running from the house to the car and car to school on the school run this morning! Doodles and Oodles were delighted as they got to use their Mickey Mouse and Peppa Pig umbrellas! I am dreading going out again shortly to take O to her “Mummy and Me” music class, but she loves it and I know that I’ll enjoy it too once we get there. To top it all off, I’m tired, very, very tired this week. All my plans to…
