Salt dough is a fabulous, quick and easy clay-type material to make at home or in the classroom with kids, but one of the big drawbacks is the time that it takes to dry especially if you dry in the oven or air dry the clay. If you’re working with a time limit like a class schedule or with impatient…
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With tweens in the house, we’re in the midsts of sleepovers, campouts with the occasional lazy Sunday morning when we don’t have things to do. And on those days the normal cereal for breakfast just isn’t enough for the hungry kids. So although the apple and cinnamon muffins go down well it’s my ever so easy lazy morning waffles (as…
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We love ice-cream, who doesn’t and this is such a fun activity to do with the kids and the bonus some delicious ice-cream to eat afterwards. We’ve got a top tip further down which worked out really well with the kids when their arms start to ache. We made the ice-cream in the bag with vanilla flavour but watch out…
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We love space-themed activities and crafts here on Rainy Day Mum it’s been one of our favourite themes since the kids were little. They’ve been fascinated by all things out of space and out of this world. So this simple junk model craft lets them get creative and then use their imagination to play moon landings and more. So here…
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There is nothing better than on a Sunday evening sitting down to a roast dinner with a crumble served up for dessert. Throughout the year we alternate what we put into our crumble from Rhubarb in Spring to Apple crumble as the temperatures drop and Banana and Rum in the summer months. It’s a favourite and although I have special…
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There is nothing worse than the constant “I’m bored” coming from the kids and yes boredom is great but if your a mum you know on a wet day there is a point in the day where you break so I’ve put together a list of our favourite Rainy Day Activities that you can dip into any time to find the…
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Painting with Babies and Toddlers isn’t just a visual activity or process art it’s sensory and it can start when they are young – we’ve shared before our first forays into painting with our 6-month-old with some easy edible paints and now we’re sharing our recipe for homemade baby safe paint that is taste safe so ideal for a multisensory experience…
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