Water cycle in a bag
Another activity from Sophie's homework. Easy way to learn the cycle of water and its stages by putting some water in a sealed bag close to a source of heat [...]
Coloured salt jars
Make some rainbow magic salt jars using fine salt and chalk. Just pour some salt on a paper and rub the chalk on the salt until you get the desired [...]
Beetroot Red Velvet Pancakes
Today is Shrove Tuesday and we've done some pancakes. I wanted a different recipe so tried the red velvet ones made with beetroot. You can't really taste the beetroot, but [...]
Lighting a bulb with static electricity
Static electricity can provide enough power to light up a fluorescent light bulb for a short time. All you need for this is a balloon, a woolly scarf and a [...]
Snow vulcano
This volcano was requested again, this time in the snow. Yet again I only had red dye so the final result looked like a massacre. All you need for this [...]
Painting on snow
We are trying to make the most of the snow indoors and outdoors as it's unlikely to have it for long. Here's an indoor idea with snow. Bring some snow [...]
Chinese paper dragon
Sophie's homework was to build a paper dragon so here’s her end result. Happy Chinese New Year everyone! Not my temple, but it seems to be everywhere on the internet [...]
Fabric scraps collage houses
If you like me keep fabric scraps here's an idea. Get some cardboard and glue and some markers. They can do anything rainbows, cars, butterflies. We went for houses this [...]
Find me snow trail & car play
Sophie's idea - a hide and seek variation where you leave a trail in the snow. The car play might be even better in deeper snow. Get those diggers and [...]
Drawings in the snow
Use the snow as canvas and give the kids some sticks to draw or write on it.