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 [...]
Musical wine glasses
Always been fascinated by the sounds of the crystal glasses. It turns out any cheap wine glass does the job. To do it with your kids is best to have [...]
DIY Hologram projector
What a cool thing to be doing with your home schooled kids. Use some plastic foil from used packaging (clear fruit punnets or toiletry gift boxes) to make a piramid [...]
Garden play ideas
Some of them can be done indoors. We have used some pegs to play a sort of follow my trail hide and seek, played with water and syringes (had different [...]
Giant bubles
More for the idea rather than the perfect recipe. I have used two sticks laying in my garden, some cotton embroidery string and a pair of keys, I had to [...]
Chalk ideas
Plenty of ideas out there. Animals, shapes, flowers. The one my little ones enjoyed the most are "be a butterfly" and colour our fence. There's scope for many hours of [...]
Beauty station – stay home ideas 10
Lots of play with a make up mirror, hair clips, glasses (old frames), fascinators, scarfs and some perfume and lipstick.
Placard making – stay home ideas 9
We've taken part in the Scottish CND challenge #windowsforpeace to make a placard and display it in the window. Stamping, cutting and sticking, writing and coloring on a cardboard kept [...]
Stay home ideas 6
Here's some of today's highlights: - hot chocolate outside - practicing letters - sensory shaving foam & colours bag
Water slide/puddles activity
I have been waiting for a hot day to do this for a while now & it finally came. You need a big tarpaulin sheet, a water hose and one [...]