• Free printable Easter i-spy activity for kids
    Crafts for kids - Easter - free printables - screen-free activities

    Free printable Easter i-spy activity for kids

    April 9, 2020 - By 

    If you’re looking for a last minute activity to keep the kids busy this Easter weekend then you will love our free printable. We love this Easter-themed i spy activity and colouring sheet for kids from the gingerbread house blog! Keep kids busy and screen free with this free printable. Free printable Easter i-spy activity for kids My children love activity sheets (see here for more free printables). They are happy to sit and colour so I thought it was time I added an Easter activity and colouring page for kids on my site. A colouring activity is a great…

  • Ravensburger's Dog's Delight
    Family Life - screen-free activities

    Positively puzzling with Ravensburger’s Dog’s Delight

    March 19, 2020 - By 

    If you’re looking for a screen-free activity to keep the kids busy then look no further than a jigsaw puzzle. We’ve always enjoyed an activity that the whole family can enjoy together and puzzles tick all the boxes for us. The dining room table is the heart of our home and the perfect place to sit and puzzle. The history of the jigsaw puzzle Did you know that John Spilsbury, an engraver and mapmaker, is credited with inventing the first jigsaw puzzle in 1767? He used a map, and since then, pretty much anything has been made into a puzzle,…

  • How to make a DIY Nerf target
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    How to make a DIY Nerf target

    April 23, 2018 - By 

    My children love their Nerf blasters. They have so much fun with them but needed some kind of target to get more from them. With my son’s birthday party coming up, and a whole bunch of boys running around our house, I knew it was time to make a DIY Nerf target to use at home. I’m going to tell you how we made ours. There are loads of ideas out there for spinning Nerf targets but we wanted to make something a little more substantial. Most can be whipped up in 30 minutes if using cardboard but we really…

  • How to dye pasta for kids to play with
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    How to dye pasta

    May 28, 2014 - By 

    The past couple of days we’ve had a lot of rain so we’ve been trying lots of crafts to keep us busy. Today we thought we would show you how to dye some pasta shapes as we’ve been having lots of fun with dried pasta, it’s surprisingly quick and easy too. To dye your own pasta you will need: pasta shapes white wine vinegar food colouring cocktail sticks plastic bags tray How to dye pasta Measure 1 teaspoon of white wine vinegar into a small bowl. Add a generous amount of food colouring and mix with a cocktail stick. Place…