Today we are featuring a simple craft and learning activity with my favourite Christmas book, movie and memory from my childhood and one that my ...
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Story Sequencing – The Nativity
One of my favourite ways to help children review and understand stories is my retelling them in their own words, through play or with activities. In ...
Rudolph Clothespin and Clip Cards
We are finishing off the first of our Storybook Advent books with this Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Clothespin Craft plus a little free counting ...
Storybook Advent for Kids 2017
It's that time of the year again with 24 days to go until Christmas we will be counting down with Crafts, Activities, Recipes and Fun for the Family ...
12 Days Nativity Story Inspired Arts and Crafts for Kids
At the end of this first week of Storybook Advent, I wanted to share with you, even more, ideas for activities and crafts for The Nativity Story. I ...
Christmas Crafts and Activities for Toddlers
As Christmas draws nearer and nearer our lives get busier and we need some Christmas Activities for Toddlers that let us take a back seat allow them ...
Easy Wool Angel Ornament Tutorial
Today I've got an easy wool angel tutorial for kids to make. This one's great as a gift, an ornament, or for a nature table display! We sometimes make ...
Beginning Sounds Polar Express Activity
Simple and easy to do activities are the order of the day here no matter what time of year but during busy seasons like Christmas the quicker to set ...
Sugar Plum Fairy Clothes Peg Doll
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 ...
Rustic Hanging Stocking Tutorial to Decorate your Home
Inspired by my Twig Ornaments collection and Natural Ornaments I wanted to create some more natural decorations to decorate our home. I'm not a ...
Beautiful Advent Window Star Tutorial
Today I have a tutorial for a beautiful Advent window star that reminds me so much of the North Star from our Nativity story. This is one of the ...
Felt Christmas Stocking – Beginner Sewing Project for Kids
At the weekend we saw my parents and as my Mum helped me put together a tutorial which will be up later this week on creating a burlap stocking we ...
How to dry citrus fruit for festive decorations
Bringing natural elements into the home during the festive season is one of my favourites, and if we can create them ourselves even better - twigs and ...
Baby’s First Christmas – Making it Magical
As a parent your Baby's First Christmas is one that you will never forget, probably not for the gifts that you give to your child but for the ...
Advent Activities for Toddlers and Preschoolers
I try and steer away from the chocolate or gift versions of the advent calendars instead since my children were little we have made it an effort to ...
Twig Crafts for Christmas
Twigs and sticks, every time we leave the house we seem to come back with more. I have a plant pot by the back door where I get the kids to put them ...
Gingerbread Snowflakes: Kid-Made gift for neighbours
There is one thing that I have failed at year after year - making Gingerbread, but this year I've been playing around in the kitchen a lot creating ...
Christmas Traditions for Families
It's the most wonderful time of the year - or so say the words of one of my favourite Christmas songs go and I do love it and over the years we've ...
Walnut, Cranberry, White Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe
It's been almost a year but we're nearing the end of the cooking with kids A to Z, in fact we're up to W - and today I'm sharing a quick and easy ...
Pattern Making Gingerbread Friends Garland
Although officially we're not hosting the Virtual Book Club for Kids this month I couldn't let the opportunity go to share this fun seasonal craft to ...
The Perfect Gifts for Star Wars Fans
Advertisement Feature Back in October 2012 my husband suddenly announced that we had a babysitter provisionally booked in for December 2015. I was ...