We love crafts that give a little than just looking great and getting creative. I think this is one of the reasons why I love STEAM activities the ...
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"
Solar Print Dinosaur Footprints for Kids to Make
We love exploring more about dinosaurs and how we know what they we like here on Rainy Day Mum, as this second activity for our annual Storybook ...
10 Easy and Fun Farm Animal Crafts for Toddlers and Preschoolers
There are two times of the year that I made a real effort to get to the farm with my kids, spring to see the baby animals and new growth in the fields ...
Easter Story Stones
The message about why we celebrate Easter hides behind the Bunnies and Eggs. Many children don't know the Easter Story. But you can help them ...
Easter Hats for Kids to Make
Growing up every Easter there would be the Easter Bonnet Parade at school and church. I remember spending time with my mum and her craft supplies ...
Salt Dough Layers of the Earth Model
Science is full of concepts that are a little abstract and you can't actually experience yourself. Things like there is zero gravity in space or the ...
Rainbow Sensory Bag for Toddlers
Rainbows have fascinated people for years - from thinking that pot of gold can be found at the end of the rainbow to showing that in fact light is ...
St Patrick’s Day Green Salt Dough Shamrocks
With St Patrick's Day coming up it's time to get a little creative and we have a fun twist on our classic salt dough recipe to make some green salt ...
Over 30 Recycled Material and Junk Modelling Crafts for Kids of All Ages
If you take a peek into our house at any point you will find a collection of junk models and boxes and bits and pieces from the recycling drying as ...
Easy Mother’s Day Card for Toddlers to Make
With Mother's Day coming I thought I would share this simple to make Mother's Day Card. This is perfect for children toddlers upwards to do with an ...
Spring Crafts for Toddlers
Spring is finally here, well trying to make an appearance, even if it’s still a little cold! So, it’s the perfect time to start thinking about Spring ...
String Art Canvas Heart for Kids and You to Make
Art projects that we can collaborate on as a family are a lot of fun like our collaborative ocean canvas. At this time of the year through instead of ...
Simple Kids Crafts for Valentine’s Day
Love is in the air and I love celebrating valentine’s day, as do the children. Decorating the home with hearts and creating cards and gifts to share ...
Snow Crafts and Activities for Toddlers and Preschoolers
I'm keeping my fingers crossed that this year will be the year that the kids get to see snow in the UK even just a little snowflake would be good. But ...
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 ...
Fun Snowmen Activities, Crafts and Recipes for Toddlers and Preschoolers
Whether you use Snowmen as Winter theme or Christmas theme there are so many fun activities, crafts and recipes that you can do with kids based on ...
Christmas Card Creation Station
If there’s ever a book to encourage kids to create and send their own Christmas cards to friends and family it’s the Jolly Christmas Postman. When I ...
Hands-On Early Literacy Activity Inspired by the Jolly Christmas Postman
Both my four-year-old and five-year-old have an especial interest in spelling and reading right now. All I want is to foster this natural desire in ...
Sending Playful Holiday Mail With The Jolly Christmas Postman
Growing up, many of my grade school teachers kept The Jolly Christmas Postman in their holiday libraries. My classmates and I were always enamored ...
How the Grinch Stole Christmas Activities, Crafts and Recipes
When it comes to storybooks and movies that you can watch time and time again at Christmas then How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr Seuss is one of ...
Flying Snowman STEAM Activity for Kids
In the book The Snowman by Raymond Briggs, the snowman can fly. This STEM design challenge is based the book invites your children to design a snowman ...
