Playdoh Christmas cookies
Kids are getting excited about Christmas so here is an easy activity. Take your cookie cutters out of the baking drawer, some sprinkles and/or a mix of buttons and start [...]
Guess the fabric – tactile challenge
Teach your child the names of fabrics, what they are made of and how they feel than cover their eyes and ask them to guess their names by walking or [...]
Friction experiment
Teach your little ones about friction and different surfaces with a toy car, an improvised ramp and different covers for the ramp. We choose a selection of fabrics and learnt [...]
Bamboo poles tent
I made the frame for this tent using bamboo sticks, tape and some plastic pipes from a game we have in the house. I then covered the structure with a [...]
Skeleton made of sticks
Start by going to a forest walk and gather sticks and some leaves on. Get a mix of sizes. Then form a skeleton with the kids and teach the names [...]
Stay home ideas 17
Cake decoration with cardboard and leftover icing, hit the balloons with the spoon for the baby and roller painting cardboard boxes.
Pretend cupcakes
I had some icing from some biscuits I made so had to find other uses for it. I always keep expired food items for play (it doesn't happen often, but [...]
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Decorate biscuits with icing and sprinkles and make a cardboard make up salon with faces for kids (girls might like this more) to paint. Mine put lipstick, eye shadow, made [...]
Painting curbs & stepping stones
Have you got any curbs, garden fences or stepping stones to paint? Get the kids to do it and you can finish off with the final touches. Finish off with [...]
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 [...]