Crafts & Activities for Kids More Amazing Wooden Train Track Creations! Posted on February 27, 2014May 2, 2025 By Becky BeckyMeet the award-nominated UK lifestyle blogger behind Spirited Puddle Jumper – a mum of three living in South East London! Becky shares the real ups and downs of family life, parenting tips, and lifestyle inspiration, proving that being a mum doesn’t mean you stop being fun or having other interests!… Read more
Crafts & Activities for Kids Sensory Play Tuff Spot Tray Ideas – Trams in the snow Posted on February 23, 2014October 3, 2025 By Becky For aaaaages now, Freddie has been pretending that he is driving his toy trams ‘through the snow’, after viewing probably one too many You Tube videos of the Croydon Tramlink during winter, so I thought it would be good to combine this love with some sensory play tuff spot tray… Read more
Crafts & Activities for Kids Tuff spot play – Trams in the snow Posted on February 23, 2014 By Becky For aaaaages now, Freddie has been pretending that he is driving his toy trams ‘through the snow’, after viewing probably one too many You Tube videos of the Croydon Tramlink during winter. So, what better way to make the smallest man in my life happy, than to bring his tram-loving imagination… Read more
Crafts & Activities for Kids Montessori at home – Pipe Cleaners and Colander Posted on January 23, 2014 By Becky Over the last year or so, I have dabbled with some Montessori-inspired activities with both Freddie and Sasha. I like the way this method encourages self-learning and motivation to learn new skills. In turn, this builds confidence- something that I think Freddie in particular benefits from. Most of the activities… Read more
Crafts & Activities for Kids Tea Set Washing Up Posted on January 21, 2014 By Becky Whilst Freddie is at preschool, I often have to crack on with a few jobs, including washing up. Sasha is too small to really help with this, but is at the stage now when she wants to do what Mummy is doing, and I am definitely NOT going to discourage… Read more
Crafts & Activities for Kids Learning letters with Play-Doh Posted on January 14, 2014 By Becky The other morning, whilst we were still in Pyjamas, the littles asked to get the good old Play-Doh out. Now, when we do this, I also get out an assortment of rolling pins, cutters, rubber stamps for them to use with the Doh, but this time I thought that I… Read more
Crafts & Activities for Kids Rainbow Finger Paint Trees Posted on January 10, 2014May 2, 2025 By Becky Today we made Rainbow Finger-Paint Trees, inspired by a favourite book of Freddie’s, and now Sasha’s, called ‘I am a Zebra’, about a zebra who lives in a “forest of beautiful rainbow trees”. This was a great bit of respite this morning, as we were indoors due to the rubbish weather AGAIN (hello,… Read more
Crafts & Activities for Kids Painting Fillings On Toast Posted on January 8, 2014 By Becky Bet you never thought about using bread for this activity huh? No, me neither, but desperate times called for desperate measures yesterday, when Fred reached the height of tinker behaviour, and I was racking my brains for something to keep him occupied (and away from wrestling with his sister). Now,… Read more
Crafts & Activities for Kids Amazing Wooden Train Track Creations Posted on January 7, 2014 By Becky The first in a new mini-series shows off the creativity of my OH when it comes to building complicated wooden train tracks with Freddie and Sasha! I’m rubbish, and Freddie is already getting better than me- just hoping Sasha takes after Daddy rather than Mummy when it comes to this…… Read more