"Small world play is acting out scenarios (scenes from real life, stories and/or imagination) in a miniature play scene, created with small figures and objects. Anything from your own home or garden will do, there is no limitation to your creativity which is why it’s a truly inexhaustible subject!" (Little Worlds Big Adventures) There are many ways… Continue reading Setting up small world play for kids
It is less than a week to go until Valentine's Day, so we thought it was time to share some of our favourite heart crafts for kids. You can make Valentine's Day cards and gifts for family and friends using: recycled materials wool/yarn fabric scraps paper and card natural materials felt rocks & pebbles salt… Continue reading Valentine’s Day heart crafts
There are so many different fun ways for kids to learn about colours. You can do colour exploration, matching and mixing activities with toddlers, preschoolers and older kids using: paint and liquid watercolours loose parts, including buttons and glass gems paint chips wooden clothes pegs and craft sticks paper, paper plates and cardboard stickers egg… Continue reading Cool ways to learn colours
My son is currently obsessed with trains (or anything with wheels!), so today we are sharing some of our favourite train crafts for kids. You can make trains with: egg cartons cardboard tubes shoeboxes corks and buttons construction paper paint and sponges paint and rocks/stones wooden craft sticks, spools, blocks and crates Trains can also… Continue reading Train crafts for kids
In today's blog post we are sharing some of our favourite wooden bead crafts for kids. These are great activities for kids to express their own unique creativity and style by painting and decorating the beads, then putting them together to make a range of gorgeous jewellery and accessories, including necklaces, bracelets, key chains, fairies… Continue reading Beautiful bead crafts for kids
When it's hot outside these school holidays, why not cool your kids down with some fun sensory play with ice?! You can try: coloured ice activities, like stacking, smashing and colour mixing excavating things from ice doing science experiments with ice adding other sensory elements to ice (eg flowers, shaving cream, spices) painting on and… Continue reading Sensory play with ice
To celebrate summer here in Australia, we are sharing some of our favourite ocean crafts, all of them made with paper plates. You can make under the sea scenes, as well as a variety of fish, jellyfish, crabs, whales, seashells, scuba masks, submarines and boats! Paper plate tissue paper fish craft from Crafty Morning Paper… Continue reading Ocean inspired paper plate crafts
