One of our favourite parts of The Very Hungry Caterpillar Story is the final pages. Where after the caterpillar has been a cocoon and he nibbles a ...
Get Creative
Set your family goal to build a creative childhood for your children. Explore art and crafts throughout the seasons and develop new skills and hobbies as you go.
Check out this Simple Halloween Craft in the video below that you can make this year
We share ideas for crafts that kids can do and also some that are perfect for you to try your hand at.
Top 3 Crafts for Kids
Fun and Easy Crafts for you and the Kids
Easy Easter Eggs to decorate with kids – Wax Resist Technique
We love decorating eggs for Easter as one of our Easter Crafts. It's so simple to do and they look great in a vase or bowl on the table during the ...
Very Hungry Cress Caterpillars to Make and Grow with Toddlers
The sun is shining and we are thinking about starting to get some crafts going for spring with our tots. My toddlers absolutely loved making this ...
Spring Art Painting Daffodils with Toddlers and Preschoolers
With sunshine and March just around the corner, it feels like Spring is upon us and we're getting in the spirit especially with St David's Day coming ...
The Quickest Ever Salt Dough Recipe
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 ...
Valentine Card Crafts for Toddlers and Preschoolers
There is nothing nicer than receiving a homemade Valentine's Card and these fun cards are perfect for making with Toddlers and Preschoolers. Using ...
Scented Salt Dough Letter Beads to Make a Word Necklace with Kids
For years I have been meaning to make some salt dough letters with the kids. They are great to use in crafts as well as for learning activities. As we ...
Lavender Scented Salt Dough Hanging Hearts
Enamoured with all things hearts at the moment my daughter and I decided to create a Lavender Scented Salt Dough Heart Hanging for her room. I love ...
Coloured Salt Dough Hearts for Threading with Preschoolers
Threading is such a simple activity to put together for preschoolers to work on fine motor skills. These Coloured Salt Dough Hearts made with our ...
Simple Toddler Valentine’s Card with Bubble Wrap Printed Hearts.
Your toddler will love this simple printed Valentine's Card using Bubble Wrap to create a pattern and then you cut out some hearts for them to make ...
Easy Salt Dough Dinosaur Fossils to Make with Kids
Dinosaurs are one of those themes that seem to inspire children around the world, and my two are no different. So having a dinosaur-themed day at ...
Simple Toddler Valentine Craft to Make a Tissue Paper Heart Card
This is a simple fun and easy Valentines Card for toddlers to make using tissue paper and glue. This is a simple activity to do with children from ...
Simple Valentine’s Card for Preschoolers to Make
With Valentine's Day around the corner, it's time to get creative with your preschoolers and this simple preschool Valentine's Craft is ideal to make ...
DIY Yarn Wrapped Letters to Spell LOVE
With Valentines Day just around the corner, I have been looking for ways to decorate our mantel at home. I had some beautiful yarn left over from a ...
Aliens Love… Flying Saucer Craft for Kids
Whether it's the Aliens Love... series of books by Claire Freedman or the nursery Rhyme Five Little men in their Flying Saucers. Aliens are such a fun ...
Aliens Love Panta Claus Alien Ornaments
We love the space theme here at Rainy Day Mum to explore with toddlers upwards and when looking for Christmas Books to feature in Storybook Advent we ...
Glittered Snowflake Ornaments
Snowflakes are one of our favourite things about Winter. My kids when they were toddlers loved trying to catch them and then when they started school ...
Mouse Angel Peg Doll Ornaments
We all know what happens if you give a mouse a cookie…right? In the sweet book “Merry Christmas Mouse”, by Laura Numeroff the 3rd book of the ...
Stick Man Paper Plate Puppet Craft
Stick Man is a firm favourite amongst children, parents and teachers alike, and with good reason; Julia Donaldson has a gift for funny and entrancing ...
Stick Man Sun Catchers
One of our new "favourite" Christmas Books is Stick Man by Julia Donaldson and we have a fun simple craft for you to do with your kids to decorate the ...
Salt Dough Stick Man to Make with Kids
We are back with our 2nd Christmas Book for this year's Storybook Advent here on Rainy Day Mum. Your fans of Julia Donaldson will love making a fun ...
