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Fruit & vegetable stamps
I have not posted in a while. With lockdown lifted we try our best to get out for walks and other activities. Here’s our last indoor project idea. Make some stamps for painting from celery, lemons, apples or patatoes. Get a big cardboard and some paint and let the mess begin. Do make sure to…
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Painting bread
All you need is a couple of slices of white bread and some diluted paints (food colouring can also be used).
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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 bugs for the garden. We have also made two spider cards. You need caps, acrylic pens and a finishing spray if you want them waterproof.…
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Natural resources princesses
Go out and gather plants, petals, flowers, acorns, moss, feathers and any other interesting resources. On some cardboard draw some girls with puffy dresses. You could instead make animals, monsters or houses, anything your kids like. Glue the plants in place.
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Recycled windsock
Get an used can. Paint it or glue some nice fabric on, glue some strips of ribbon comming out from the inside of the can and make a hole in the top of the can to add a string and hang it somewhere in the garden for the wind to blow the ribbons. I had…
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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.
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Stay home ideas 16
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 longer lashes and coloured hair.
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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 a spray if you use normal acrylic on your stones. This way it will last longer.
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Stay home ideas 15
Feeding snails, cardboard nail salon and sleeping bag play.
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Slate painting
Same thing as painting pebbles: acrylic markers and sealent spray. I used some broken slates to make houses and an old tile to make a multi-storey block. You can put them in your garden or in a fairy corner.