I love Easter and it’s a holiday I look forward to for weeks. Sadly, due to lockdown we will not be visiting family and friends, but we will still be celebrating at home. Spring is a lovely time of year and we are all enjoying the longer, warmer days. The children have re-discovered the garden…
Are you making the most of your daily exercise time? With two young children our daily exercise is absolutely essential to stop us going crazy indoors. Thankfully the weather has been amazing all week and the children have been more than happy to go for a walk around the neighbourhood. Every day we have been…
Although we’re self isolating at the moment we did go out for a short walk with our puppy. The streets were incredibly quiet but we stayed a respectful distance from anyone we did see. My daughter doesn’t really enjoy walking (she’d much rather ride her bike) but she was kept busy spotting rainbows in windows….
I don’t know about you, but my kids love raiding the recycling box for their craft materials. One thing we always seem to have plenty of is toilet paper roll. The cardboard inner makes the perfect craft material and we’ve featured plenty of crafts using them, from toilet roll chicks to toilet roll angels. We’ve…
My children have always enjoyed sensory activities, the ones which allow them to use touch, taste or smells have always worked well with them. This is a lovely quick activity if you are looking for a quick, indoor boredom buster. It takes minutes to set up and is easily enjoyed by a wide age range….
I think celebrations on St Patrick’s Day are going to be pretty subdued this year, thanks to the outbreak of Covid-19. St Patrick’s Day parades are being cancelled across Ireland, although it looks like the St Patricks’s Day parade taking place in London this weekend is still going ahead. You can still celebrate St Patricks’…
I may have mentioned that we have a naughty little Bichon puppy called Chewie. He certainly keeps us on our toes with frequent little walks, puppy training and play. My daughter loves to draw pictures of him and he has inspired our easy paper puppy puppet craft for kids. Paper puppy puppets supplies: Coloured craft…
If you’ve ever thought that you’re not creative or can’t draw then I have a great book review to share with you today. I Can’t Draw: this book will prove that you can by Lydia Crook contains 60 fun and quirky art activities for all ages. I Can’t Draw {book review} I Can’t Draw: this…
I’ve been adding a lot of printables to my site recently. They seem really popular with my readers and my children have a lot of fun with them too. With St Patrick’s Day coming up next month I thought it was time to share our free St Patrick’s Day printable notes. These are easy to…