How to make a magnetic marble run Ingredients: a bagful of toilet roll tubes, paint, a sheet of magnetic circles, a group of enthusiastic children (aged 4, 7 and 9)…oh and a marble! Step one: leave children to paint designs on the tubes. Allow time to dry. (Tubes, hopefully not […]
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How to make a felt daffodil or two
Some of you that visit my blog on a regular basis, might remember that the children made felt daffodils for St David’s Day. They are fairly simple to make. This was a spur of the moment activity, so I quickly drew up the template and adapted it as we went […]
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I had a small patch of miniature daffodils flowering outside the front door. I knew that I wanted to photograph them for St David’s Day. Then the chickens found them. Now their delicate, little trumpets are looking very moth-eaten. Or should that be hen-pecked. Certainly not photogenic. So instead, the […]
Read moreBath Bomb activity for children
This is for Fiona and anyone else who would like to do a bath bomb party. This has to be the most popular activity I run. So easy. There are many tutorials out there showing how to make bath bombs, but I’m going to share how I run this as […]
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