If you read Rainy Day Mum regularly you may have noticed our slight obsession with Fudge. We love making it, especially when it's simple and easy to ...
Valentines
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 ...
Classic Valentine and Love Rhymes and Songs for Babies, Toddlers and Preschoolers
Singing nursery rhymes together with your babies, toddlers and preschoolers is a great way to help with language development. The rhythm and ...
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 ...
Broken Hearts Number Bonds
With Valentines Day around the corner we have chosen the perfect theme and book for this week's Virtual Book Club for Kids - LOVE and the featured ...
Valentines Oobleck Recipe for some Sensory Spelling Practice
Each week I dread opening my daughter's homework folder as in there will be her spelling list. She's in year 1 in the UK or 1st grade in the USA and ...
Needle Felted Hearts – Beginner Needle Felting Project for Kids
Over a year ago I brought a set of supplies for needle felting with the idea of trying the craft out myself and then introducing the kids to this ...
Cut out Heart Card – Valentines Card Craft for Kids
It always amazes me the cost of cards we pay in the shop when it is so easy to make your own. With a few materials, you and your kids can make a very ...
5 Books about Love – to share with babies and toddler year round
With Valentines at the end of the week, I've been raiding our bookshelves looking for some books about love to share with the kids. I realize that we ...
12 Money Saving Date Night at Home Ideas
Valentine's Day is just around the corner, and it's the season of LOVE, or so all the stores seem to be proclaiming with hearts and flowers ...
Collaborative Heart Art
One of the joys I'm experiencing as my kids get older is that we can work together on projects for the home. Our art and crafts are moving away from ...
Valentines Craft – Bubble Wrap Printing Card
Painting without brushes is always fun, and this bubble wrap printing technique makes a beautiful pattern which can be used to make a Valentines Card ...
Valentines Craft – Tissue Paper Heart Card
A fun and easy Valentines Card craft using tissue paper and glue. This is a simple activity to do with children from toddlers up and produces a lovely ...
Valentines Sensory Play and Craft ideas
With Valentines day around the corner, preparing and getting activities ready for the lead up and the day is one of the things that as parents and ...
Valentines Playdate Hearts Bunting
Creative Fun - Hearts Bunting Sometimes it's the simple things that are best for play dates - especially with a mix of ages. Recently, we set up a ...
Playdough Bakery
Chocolate and Strawberry Playdough Bakery With the snowy weather we have been having I've mixed up a couple of batches of my favourite playdough from ...
Heart Crafts for Toddlers
Valentines Crafts on Tuesday Tots - Hearts Crafts Welcome back to this week Tuesday Tots on Rainy Day Mum. I loved looking through all of last week's ...
Valentines Cupcake Recipe for Kids
Cooking with Kids - Valentines Cupcakes Recipe J and T had a play date on Friday last week and in preparation we baked some very simple Valentines ...
Chocolate Playdough for Valentines Day Imaginative Play
Chocolate Playdough for Valentines Day Imaginative Play Make some Chocolate Playdough this Valentines day for some imaginative play creating your own ...
Valentines Day Activity for Toddlers – Heart Mobile
Simple Valentines Day Activity for Toddlers a heart Mobile Valentines Day is a perfect opportunity to talk to toddlers about Love and what it means ...
