Coloured pasta butterflies or bows
Using this technique dye your pasta and dry it. Then with acrylic pens paint different butterflies. Teach the kids the different types and characteristics when painting them. My little one [...]
Candy DNA
Make a DNA model out of candy and toothpicks. Warning: kids might eat more than their daily ratio. Explain what DNA and teach them about its structure and sequencing.
Patatoes animals
It all started with a Mr Patatoe figurine from school. The girls wanted to do other animals with patatoes so here’s my dinner gone.
Pom pom spiders
With Halloween coming soon here's a thematic craft project. To make these spiders you need paper, pom poms and wiggle eyes. Get some scissors to cut a base and legs [...]
Bottle caps bugs
I always like to use packaging for playing so I have a lot of caps saved in a drawer for crafts We have used some of them to make little [...]
Stay home ideas 15
Feeding snails, cardboard nail salon and sleeping bag play.
Frog swamp
Here's a messy play idea with the bog mud made of flour, water and a bit of food colouring. Add lizards, frogs, plants, stones and plastic insects.
Painted peebles 2
Insects, snails and frogs. Used glitter because they were meant to be used in a fairy garden for my little ones. I used acrylic pains as well as acrylic markers [...]
Pinecone animals
Cool autumn decorations using pinecones, paper, felt, clay, glue and eyes.
Feeding snails
Snails are so easy to find and very interesting for little ones. Just get a snai or too and add some water and some bread to a plate. Place it [...]