With the last frost due later this month, it's time to get the gardening season off to a start with the kids. We have a brand new garden and as we ...
Spring Activities and Crafts
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 ...
Spring Bucket List for Families to Enjoy!
Although I do like Winter and the cold, icy, sunny days that we occasionally get, as the weather starts to warm up, I love how our garden changes. The ...
Easy Rice Crispy Chocolate Nests for Kids to Cook
Although making chocolate nests seems to be an activity for Easter time they are great to make all through spring especially when you are learning ...
Spring Nursery Rhymes and Songs for Tots
Every year I say that spring is my favourite time of the year until summer comes along and then I switch to that season. However, after the snow, ice ...
DIY Tadpole Food Recipe
With spring lots of animals come out of hibernation and one of our favourites are the frogs. Suddenly the pond is teeming with frogs and very soon ...
How to raise tadpoles from frogspawn
Can my kids get even more excited! - Well yes, they can and it's not about the normal things it's because we heard the first croak when out in the ...
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 ...
Gift ideas for Kids with Green Fingers
One of the best ways to encourage kids to eat their vegetables and try new food is for them to grow it themselves and then cooking and baking with ...
How to Fold a Paper Window Star Flower
Here's a striking and easy paper window star flower to make with the family. While we're all waiting for summer to set gardens into full bloom, why ...
Fun Frog Books for Preschoolers to Read and Enjoy
Ribbit.... ribbit. I can hear the song of the frogs now. These amazing creatures are always a hit with kids. Especially when they become characters in ...
How to Fold an Origami Tulip
Spring is here but if spring flowers are still a few weeks away for you, as they are here, why not fold an origami tulip - or a bouquet of them? This ...
Fun Frog and Tadpole Crafts and Activities for Toddlers and Preschoolers
It's that time of year where my eldest's obsession with Frogs comes out again. Although this year for the first time we don't have a pond set up to go ...
Garden Flower Ten Frame
The garden provides lots of opportunities for learning and crafting - from creating seed bombs to measuring weather as well as learning about how ...
Les Menuires – Family Fun on and off the slope
Skiing with kids as we discovered at Christmas time is a whole different experience than skiing with your parents or with a group of friends. Finding ...
Right as Rain – Dress for Spring with Joules
With our Easter break almost over I am so glad that we've been able to get out and about and explore the country side around our house - we haven't ...
Wormery journalling
This week's #playfulpreschool theme is all about The Earth, both of my kids are fascinated by what goes on underneath the surface of the earth and ...
Spring Themed Easter Egg Maracas
The sun is shinning and I've been inspired to hunt through our craft kits for some Spring and Easter themed stuff to get creative with the kids. At ...
Simple Rainbow Cookies Ideal to Cook with Kids
We recently bought a packet of Rainbow cookies from the store. The kids love them, and they have become one of their favourite after-school treats. ...
Gardening with Kids – Starting off seeds
With last week seeing the official start of Spring our gardening and growing season has moved into full spring and we're starting off some seeds. When ...