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Providing children with opportunities to engage in arts and crafts allows them to explore ideas and concepts and then express that through making something they can feel proud of, use to entertain others or simply look at for pleasure.
Chrsitmas angel for toddlers to make craft

Christmas angel using a paper roll

December 14, 2014 by Kate Leave a Comment

When Christmas arrives it’s always ridiculously chaotic and busy. It is for this reason that I find myself choose fun activities that aren’t going to add extra stress with lots of different materials, mess or be something that takes days to complete.   This adorable little Christmas angel using a paper roll is one such activity […]

Filed Under: 3 - 5 years, 5 - 10 years, Art & Craft, Christmas, Making, Paint, Uncategorized Tagged With: Christmas, craft, paper rolls, toilet rolls

Paper plate poppy craft for kids to make for veterans or remembrance day

11 simple Poppy Crafts for Kids

November 6, 2014 by Kate 5 Comments

Remembrance Day or ANZAC Day  is a memorial day  It’s a day that recognises all the members of the armed force who died in a line of duty since World War 1. The blood red poppies are a significant symbol of this day as they were the first flower to grow from the battle fields and […]

Filed Under: 1 - 3 years, 3 - 5 years, 5 - 10 years, Art & Craft, Craft, Special Events Tagged With: Anzac Day, art, craft, Remembrance Day, special events

Colour painting with droppers

Dropper Painting for Kids

October 28, 2014 by Kate 16 Comments

If you’re looking for an activity for your little one that is simple to set up, will have them engaged in learning about colours and developing fine motor skills then I present this fun and creative approach to painting. It’s dropper painting for kids.   Possum (almost 3 years old) absolutely loved, loved, loved this painting activity. She really didn’t want […]

Filed Under: 1 - 3 years, 3 - 5 years, 5 - 10 years, Art, Art & Craft, Fine Motor, Paint Tagged With: fine motor, indoors, learning colours, outdoors, painting

finger painting with edible and shiny 2 ingredient paint

Homemade edible finger paint recipe

September 15, 2014 by Kate 14 Comments

Here is a homemade edible finger paint recipe using 2 ingredients. Your children will love the silky sheen this paint leaves behind and the fact that it’s edible adds to the fun of finger painting with it.  My little Possum (aged 2.5 years) loves to paint and spreading lots of colour over a blank page makes her day. This […]

Filed Under: 1 - 3 years, 3 - 5 years, 5 - 10 years, Art, Art & Craft, Messy Play, Paint, Uncategorized Tagged With: activity, art, colours, fine motor, homemade, paint, painting, recipe, sensory

Paper cupcake flower craft for kids to make for spring

Cupcake paper flowers

September 12, 2014 by Kate 31 Comments

Cupcake paper flowers is a simple craft for kids and is great way to teach them about Spring and the many changes we can experience in a season.  The Spring season would have to be one of my favourite times of the year. I just love watching the buds of growth start to appear in the garden and […]

Filed Under: 1 - 3 years, 3 - 5 years, 5 - 10 years, Art & Craft, Spring Tagged With: art, craft, cutting, paper, seasons, spring

handmade wrapping paper with cardboard shape stamps

Cardboard shape stamps

July 30, 2014 by Kate 11 Comments

    We always have lots of painting activities on our ‘to do’ list and I was pleased to finally get around to doing this one, cardboard shape stamps. It’s not a new activity, in fact Mama, Papa, Bubba inspired me with this post, but it was one I knew little Possum (2.5 years) would have […]

Filed Under: 1 - 3 years, 3 - 5 years, 5 - 10 years, Art, Art & Craft Tagged With: colours, indoors, outdoors, paint, painting, recycling, shapes

DIY fine motor activity of threading straw beads

DIY threaded straw necklace

July 21, 2014 by Kate 12 Comments

Possum (2.5 years) is very much into making things at the moment, especially things that can be worn. The weather has been very cold lately and so we have found ourselves indoors and getting creative what whatever we have on hand. For a bit of fun I thought we could make a threaded straw necklace. […]

Filed Under: 1 - 3 years, 3 - 5 years, 5 - 10 years, Art & Craft, Fine Motor, Gift Idea, Indoor play, Making, Party Tagged With: colours, fine motor, handmade, patterns, preschooler, random act of kindness, threading, toddler

Dragonflies

Dragonfly craft for kids

June 27, 2014 by Kate 9 Comments

There is something so wonderful about dragonflies, something magical and interesting. Possum (2.5 years) was interested to learn more about them when we came across a poster, which illustrated a dragonfly, amongst other things. So to tap into her curiosity I decided to make a simple dragonfly craft for kids, which also turned in to […]

Filed Under: 1 - 3 years, 3 - 5 years, 5 - 10 years, Art, Art & Craft, Craft, Fine Motor, Play Tagged With: craft, fine motor, making, painting, preschool, pretend play

Paper plate poppy craft for kids

Anzac Day poppy craft made from paper plates

April 24, 2014 by Kate 25 Comments

Anzac Day, on the 25th April, is an important day of national remembrance and marks the anniversary of Australia and New Zealands involvement in their first military action during the First World War. It is this day that evokes a sense of patriotism and heroism, as well as providing us an opportunity to step back from daily […]

Filed Under: 1 - 3 years, 3 - 5 years, Art & Craft, Celebrate, Craft, Paint Tagged With: Anzac Day, australia, craft, event, paint, painting, toddler

Easter Activities for Kids

Easter activities for kids 2014

April 14, 2014 by Kate 2 Comments

I have looked all over the internet with a fine tooth comb to bring you a wonderful collection of Easter activities for kids 2014. My focus was to find activities that you could do with your children at home that would be fun, flexible and use materials commonly found at this time of year. Wishing […]

Filed Under: 1 - 3 years, 3 - 5 years, 5 - 10 years, Art & Craft, Celebrate, Making, Uncategorized Tagged With: easter

Easter Decoration made by toddler

Easter Egg Suncatcher

April 4, 2014 by Kate 6 Comments

Easter is just around the corner and Possum and I have been having fun making this Easter egg suncatcher! It was so much fun for her to make and right now it’s hanging proudly on our window at home receiving lots of comments from visitors.  Recommended Age: 3+ years To make an Easter egg suncatcher […]

Filed Under: 3 - 5 years, 5 - 10 years, Art & Craft, Celebrate, Uncategorized Tagged With: colours, easter, fine motor, sensory

handmade DIY string bowl craft for kids

How to make a string bowl with kids

February 15, 2014 by Kate 22 Comments

Here are the instructions on how to make a string bowl with kids. It’s a great craft activity that is great for developing fine motor skills, especially in older children. I find it really rewarding to transform simple items into something useful. My husband has almost stopped rolling his eyes at the moments his found […]

Filed Under: 5 - 10 years, Art, Art & Craft, Craft, Gift Idea, Making, Paint, Uncategorized Tagged With: children, craft, fine motor, how to, kids, make, painting

How to weave paper craft

How to make paper weaving placemats

January 29, 2014 by Kate 33 Comments

I have such great memories of weaving paper placemats when I was young at school. Making them again for this blog post reminded me how fabulous they are as an indoor activity and how few materials it requires. It is also great for developing fine motor skills and creativity. Age – 3+ (This activity is open to […]

Filed Under: 3 - 5 years, 5 - 10 years, Art & Craft, Fine Motor, Making, Party, Uncategorized Tagged With: activity, children, craft, fine motor, kids, paper, party, placemats, threading, weaving

Blue Ringed octopus craft for kids

Blue-Ringed Octopus craft for kids

January 20, 2014 by Kate 12 Comments

Here is a craft that will have children learning more about the Blue-Ringed Octopus. For those who have visited or heard the rumours, in Australia you can find some very dangerous animals. One of the most deadly (and attractive) marine animal, mainly found off our east coast, is called the blue ringed octopus. Here is […]

Filed Under: 3 - 5 years, 5 - 10 years, Art & Craft, Uncategorized Tagged With: australia, blue-ringed octopus, craft, kids, marine animal

Clapping Sticks

Aboriginal Clapping Sticks

January 13, 2014 by Kate 19 Comments

There is so much about Australia that I love, however, I have always been interested in the beautiful art of our indigenous Australians . With this in mind I thought it might be fun for Possum and I to make our own version of the traditional musical instruments called clapping sticks.    Suggested Age: 2 years + You will […]

Filed Under: 1 - 3 years, 3 - 5 years, 5 - 10 years, Art, Art & Craft, Celebrate, Fine Motor Tagged With: music, painting, play, sticks

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My name is Kate and I am a mum to two little girls, Possum and Boo. We have lots of fun together learning with play at home and are pleased to share some of what we do with you.
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