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 ...
Arts and Crafts for Kids
"Every Child is an Artist"
Pablo Picasso
Invite creativity into your life, nurture the Artist in them and explore crafts that will set foundations for a creative life
"a creative mind is never a bored"
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 ...
Fine Motor Leaf Garland Craft for Kids to Make
We are almost at the end of our first set of activities for Storybook Advent this year all inspired by Bear Stays Up for Christmas by Karma Wilson. ...
Bear Stays Up for Christmas STEAM Project for Kids
It's December, and for my family, it means reading lots of Christmas-themed books and doing lots of fun-related activities. Bear Stays Up for ...
Gingerbread House Ornaments for the Christmas Tree
We've spent some time recently reading some classic "fairy tales" and have decided to create some ornaments for our Christmas tree this year inspired ...
Rockin’ Gingerbread Men Saltdough Ornaments
As we count down to Christmas our 2 favourite activities are to get creative and also to head to the cinema for a family movie time. This year we are ...
Easy Salt Dough Decorations to Make with Toddlers
One of our favourite advent activity with toddlers is to make Salt Dough decorations. Salt dough is one of our favourite materials to craft with. It ...
Keepsake Fingerprint Nutcracker Saltdough Ornament for the Tree
When I was a child, my grandmother decided to start a nutcracker collection for each of her grandchildren. Year after year, she would buy us a new one ...
Sugar Plum Fairy Clothes Peg Doll for Toddlers and Preschoolers to Make
Nothing to me says Christmas like the story of the Nutcracker - I remember as a child reading it as well as being lucky enough to go and see the ...
Reindeer Footprint and Handprint Christmas Tree Cards to make with Babies and Toddlers
In the lead up to Christmas last year I got together with friends and we created our Christmas cards for family members. At the time F was 9 months ...
Easy Grinch Popsicle Stick Christmas Craft for Toddlers
Today we have a Simple Grinch-inspired craft for you to make with your toddler or preschoolers. Creating Christmas Activities inspired by Books is one ...
Easy Grinch Ornament Craft for Toddlers
We're all about the Grinch at the moment with the new movie coming out soon and Christmas around the corner How the Grinch Stole Christmas Crafts and ...
Simple and Easy Toddler Crafts
Crafting with your toddlers is a simple and fun way to spend quality time together. It's also a great way to incorporate some simple learning, the ...
Simple Halloween Skeleton Craft for Toddlers
We love creating simple Halloween Crafts with the toddlers here on Rainy Day Mum and these Mini Skeletons are ideal. They use a simple template and ...
Straw Blown Ghost Craft
Are you getting ready for Halloween with your little ones? This simple Halloween Craft for Toddlers and Preschoolers is ideal. Quick and Simple to set ...
Fun and Simple Halloween Crafts for Toddlers
Halloween can be quite a scary time for little ones but you can make it fun and a lot less scary for them with some fun and easy crafts for toddlers. ...
Rubbish the Recycled Robot Monster and Create your Own Happy
One of the things that makes me so sad is the way that my generation has become so throw away. Clothes, toys, materials etc... of course it's made ...
B is for Bird – Animal Letter Craft for Toddlers
Last week we introduced our Alphabet Animal Crafts series here on Rainy Day Mum with our a is for ant craft for toddlers. This week we are moving ...
