A selection of the arts and crafts articles from our blog.
Get all of your kids involved in this creative Flower Collage. Finding an arts and crafts project to suit all three of my children is not without its challenges. I have to find the right balance between providing enough interest for my 5 and 7 year old sons, but which isn’t too frustrating for my … Read more
Poor Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep in today’s Rhyme Time activity. And when she does eventually catch up with them, they’ve left their tails behind them. This post contains affiliate links for your convenience. To help Little Bo Peep reunite her sheep with their tails, I set up the following activity for my … Read more
Popsicle sticks to many, but they’ll always be lolly sticks to me. Whatever you choose to call them though, you should never thrown them away after you’ve finished your treats. They make an excellent addition to your kids arts and crafts supplies, coming in handy for so many different activities. Here are a selection of … Read more
Roar! Do you have Dinosaur fans in your house? Keep them busy with these fun Dinosaur Activities. Dinosaurs are a firm favourite around here and we are always looking for new ways to add them into our activities. Here is a round up of our absolute favourite arts and crafts, small worlds, sensory play, science … Read more
Have fun with your kids turning paper plates into Crazy Chicks, the more colorful the better. We always keep a stack of paper plates in our “Making Box” for splodging paint onto for easy clean up when we are getting arty. Paper plates are also very handy to turn into all sorts of fun things in … Read more
Use this Hickory, Dickory Dock felt learning clock to teach your kids how to tell the time. We have joined forces with a fab team of kid’s bloggers to bring you “Rhyme Time” every second Wednesday. Each part of the series will focus on a different children’s nursery rhyme and each of the bloggers involved will be sharing … Read more
Bubble wrap Tortoise We are delighted to be taking part in Best Toys for Toddlers 60 Day #junkplay challenge. Today is the turn of bubble wrap, which is one of our favourite junk materials to craft with. It is such a versatile material to work with in kid’s arts and crafts projects. We have already … Read more
This week Little Miss B has been working on some spring flower crafts, whilst her big brothers have been busy in school. She had such good fun with them over the school mid-term break last week and she’s really been missing them this week, so I’ve been trying to keep her extra busy to distract … Read more
The shamrock is a very important symbol in Irish legend. The Patron Saint of Ireland, St Patrick showed this 3 leafed clover to the Irish people to teach them about the Holy Trinity. Celebrate it in your arts and crafts this Spring. St Patrick’s Day is celebrated by Irish people all over the world on March … Read more
Collaborative rainbow collage for kids This week the boys wrote a play together called “The Magic Rainbow” and they wanted to make their own Rainbow backdrop for their play to help set the scene. We had a supply of large sheets of cardboard left over from a recent splurge in Ikea, which were perfect for … Read more