Shrinky Dinky Do, well do you?
I do, remember them I mean. Shrinky dinks the fabulous shrinking plastic, that you pop in the oven for a minute and it twists, curls and then ends up 7 times smaller.
crafts
Less is more when it comes to gluing
MiniMad loves gluing and sticking, it is one of his favorite craft activities and he would do it all day and every day if given the chance. My one tip for this is to have everything accessible and easily seen, so that children can do all of this themselves. In my sticking box, as he
It might not look like much
But this hat is only the second thing ever that MaxiMad has brought home from either Preschool or school craft wise. I guess it is due to the fact that he crafts so much at home.
Craft cupboard finnished
Thanks to a wonderful friend and my in laws, I have managed to finish the inside of the doors on our craft cupboard in the dinning room. I have hooks for the boys art smocks on one door and on the other door inside I now have a wonderful cork board, so that I can
Enjoying a break in the rain
We have tried to make the most of today, as the Mini’s are pretty much over their virus (poss swine flu). The day started with nude wii (only the boys of course – I would scare the neighbours) So we have been to the supermarket, been to the park on the way home. Called at
Wax relief painting
As both the boys are still not fully recovered from what we think might be swine flu, but also just may be a nasty virus, they are not allowed out of the house and are getting a little stir crazy. Even the garden was out of bounds for most of today due to torrential downpours,
A work in progress
One of my Friends mentioned that they had used blackboard paint on the door of their playhouse and I had a light bulb moment – ding! We used the boys birthday moneys last year to get them a playhouse and at the time painted it in two shades of green as they had requested. I
Childrens Centre Craft Afternoon
The mini’s were invited to a craft afternoon at our local children’s centre. It was still raining this afternoon, so along we went. The boys had great fun as usual and went a little overboard on the glitter and all things sparkly (they take after their mum on that one) Here is a selection of
DIY Kids Stone Bugs: Fun and Easy Craft Project
Today was another raining British summer day today, so we decided to paint some stones that we collected the other weekend at the beach. The minimads have been examining bugs and lady birds lately in the garden, so I thought we could make our own colourful stone bugs. This was a really easy activity for
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