Crafty Kids at HomeMake this Haunted House and Spooky Sensory Garden if you dare… We’ve been busy with some more Halloween inspired arts andcrafts projects this week. I have over indulging my children with spooky themed activities to try and make up for the fact that we will not be going trick or treating this year, as we … Read more
We tackled another alphabet craft this weekend to help reinforce the letter which my Junior Infant son has been learning at school. Last week he was working on I, so he decided that he wanted us to create some igloo’s to put up on his bedroom letter gallery. We love to use bubble-wrap to … Read more
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Are you looking for an autumn arts and crafts project that all of your children can enjoy doing together? Why not make our giant autumn tree collage! You will also find lots more ideas for simple autumn tree projects for kids here as well. Fall is finally here! We are already starting to enjoying … Read more
Are you looking for a new playdate activity to keep some little monsters entertained? Have fun making these silly (not scary!) felt monsters. Little Miss B had a friend over to play on Tuesday morning, so I decided to prepare an “Invitation to make…” activity for them to do alongside each other. Following our weekend’s … Read more
Neon Leaf Fish After dropping the boys off at school the other day, I took Little Miss B on a leaf hunt. Autumn is my favourite season. I love to watch the leaves change colour and when they fall from the trees we get a much better sea view out of our back windows. We … Read more
Spooky Spiders craft for kids. I love Sunday mornings now the kids are back to school. It’s the perfect antidote to the long week of dashing to school and various activities followed by “Sports Saturday”. After Sunday breakfast the boys often start colouring or making something themselves and then when I’ve fully woken … Read more
This awesome autumn owl collage is ideal for toddlers and pre-schoolers working on shape recognition, as well as for their older siblings to enjoy alongside them. Ahead of the activity, I cut out circles, triangles, squares, rectangles, stars and diamonds from red, yellow and orange paper to reflect the colours of autumn. I then laid … Read more
I was transported back to my old infant school classroom last week during one of our arts and crafts activities. Chatting through some ideas with a friend recently, she reminded me about a great activity from our school days. Do you remember doing Mirror Painting? How to do Finger Print Mirror Painting Add paint to a tray. … Read more
Exploring autumn colours with a toddler. I took the opportunity to indulge my 2 year old daughter with a one-to-one painting session last week, when her two big brothers were off with Nanna for a couple of hours. This is not something I get the chance to do very often, so I was really looking … Read more