Green & shiny pennies
Here's another fun experiment with pennies. You need half a cup of vinegar and a teaspoon of salt. Mix it and put the coins in the solution. The dull ones [...]
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 [...]
Bubble catching
We play with bubbles all the time, but never tried this until today. Great variation.
Ball garland, stay home ideas 1
Get some tape and balls from the ball pit and make garlands. Short activity, but they can use the tape several times so worth making a few attempts to practice [...]
Autumn pasta play
Easy sensory bin play with uncooked pasta and autumn related materials (cones, nuts, chestnuts, leaves and other natural materials). Just let the children mix and play. My eldest made me [...]
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 [...]
Flower soup
This is an easy and colourful summer activity. You need water, flowers and kitchen utensils (I added flower buttons too and she pretended the were salt and spices). These flowers [...]
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 [...]
Toys ideas
Here are some ideas of toys for when you are in holiday or at someone else's house. 1. Pegs - my little ones like sorting them, clip them to clothes, [...]
Shredded paper paddling pool
I had a big bag of documents needing shredded and did it with the help of my wee one. Once finished, we put all the paper in a paddling pool [...]