10 Ways To Get The Kids OFF The Screens These Christmas Holidays
This Post Is Sponsored By Springfree Trampoline School holidays are looming. Some kids have up to 10 weeks over Christmas off school. Keeping them occupied and not having them sit in front of screens for days on end is on many a Mums mind. I for one need ways to get and keep my kids […]
ONE INGREDIENT PAINT
Some days I wish I was one of those Pinterest mums who loves doing crafty things with my kids and making stuff from scratch haha. Most attempts I have made trying to do creative DIY stuff with my kids has ended a little cray cray. On occasion I do muster up the courage to tackle […]
Best DIY Playdough Recipe EVER
I have attempted a number of home made recipes in the past for playdough and this one BY FAR has been the easiest, had the best consistency AND lasted the longest. I thought it sounded strange initially to be using Jelly Crystals in playdough however the strangeness of it appealed to me. The kids also […]
Pool Noodle + Marbles = BEST FUN EVER
I have been meaning to make this little activity for my kidlets for some time as I remember the first time I saw it I thought it was the best idea ever!! Marbles we have but a pool noodle with a hollow center was what I was after. Yesterday afternoon I just so happened to […]
Moonsand : Homemade Version of Kinetic Sand
There has been a lot of talk about kinetic sand and how awesome it is. I have heard around the traps that there was a version you could make at home. I thought over the school holidays we would take up the challenge and make ourselves some Moonsand as they call it. Recipe and Ingredients: […]
How Walking Helped My Family Enjoy Life in the Slow Lane
Motherhood can make you nostalgic. For life in the slow lane. For simplicity. For music, for games…and for how you got around. ME – I was a walk-to-school, walk-to-the-park, walk-to-the-shops and walk-to-the-neighbours-with-a-bag-of-lemons kind of kid. MY kids…well let’s just say they are a chauffeur driven lot. A mix of a busy life-style and semi-rural location […]
Fairy Dust Recipe
Last Christmas my daughter was living and breathing Rainbow Magic. On Christmas day she woke to a small jar of fairy dust and a letter from her beloved Rachael and Kirsty. There were so many gifts exchanged on the day, but nothing was near as exciting as the little jar of fairy dust and her special […]
Ideas for Rainy Days with Kids
When you get struck down by a rainy day it doesn’t necessarily have to equal bored children. How you keep them entertained entirely depends on what sort of things your children like to do. Are they creative or adventurous? Are they imaginitive or inquisitive? Put some thought into what they might like to do. This […]