Crafts & Activities for Kids DIY Wooden Train Station Signs Posted on January 6, 2014September 23, 2025 By Becky Happy Monday evening all! If like Freddie, your child is totally train-mad, then these DIY wooden train station signs would make a welcome addition to any train set. We gave them to F as one of his Christmas presents, and he absolutely LOVES them! Over the last few months, he’s… Read more
Crafts & Activities for Kids How to make homemade reindeer food Posted on December 19, 2013March 3, 2022 By Becky This morning I hosted a little Christmas party for a small group of friends and their toddlers. We all usually exchange token gifts at this time of year, but it’s often hard to find something for little cost, that isn’t just plastic tat or a panic buy. Crafty bits and… Read more
Crafts & Activities for Kids Finger Paint Christmas Trees Posted on December 18, 2013 By Becky So we’re really getting into the swing of Crimbo now, and this was great fun to do yesterday on a rainy morning whilst F was at preschool. Both F & S love using finger paints, and so this festive craft was right up Sasha’s street! You will need: A large… Read more
Crafts & Activities for Kids Sparkler Cork Painting Posted on November 14, 2013 By Becky This is the first year that Freddie has really noticed and enjoyed fireworks if we’ve seen them coming from neighbouring houses, and they watched Adam and I light some sparklers in the back garden last weekend. I can’t wait until they’re old enough to have a go themselves! In the… Read more
Crafts & Activities for Kids Keeping A One Year Old Occupied – The ‘Pottering’ Drawer Posted on November 6, 2013 By Becky At 17 months, Sasha is a proper little fidget-fingers, more so than Freddie ever was at this age. Since Freddie is now at preschool 3 mornings a week, I sometimes need, and use this time, to catch up on some housework/cooking/paperwork, so it’s great is Sasha can keep herself occupied… Read more
Crafts & Activities for Kids Halloween Foam Pumpkins for bathtime Posted on October 31, 2013May 2, 2025 By Becky This was another brilliant Halloween craft idea that I discovered on Pintrest, and decided to give a go: Halloween foam pumpkins for bathtime. Much like the Easy Felt Pumpkins, this Halloween foam pumpkins activity is so quick to make, yet has plenty of play-value- it has been a big hit… Read more
Crafts & Activities for Kids Halloween Easy Felt Pumpkins Posted on October 30, 2013 By Becky This is a fab Halloween activity for slightly older toddlers, and I don’t know about your little one, but F is a BIG fan of Fuzzy Felt. Since I already had some green felt leftover from crafting, I only needed to buy some orange and black sheets. First of all,… Read more
Crafts & Activities for Kids Pumpkin Investigation Chart & Pumpkin Guts Sensory Activity Posted on October 29, 2013 By Becky So, a few days ago, harassed, and on the hunt for some pistachios and a nice bottle of red in Waitrose, I succumbed to Freddie’s request that he ‘needed’ a pumpkin. Once I had lugged the bloody thing home (hard with three bags of shopping and two toddlers!), I wondered… Read more
Crafts & Activities for Kids Making a Cereal Box Jigsaw Posted on October 28, 2013May 2, 2025 By Becky Sometimes, desperate times call for desperate measures. The weather is pants, you’ve been stuck inside ALL DAY, and you’ve exhausted all toy/puzzle/game options, and you’ll be damned if you’re going to cave and order more stuff from Amazon that clogs up your house. This is where the humble cereal box… Read more