As a child, we always used recycled greetings cards to make our own jigsaw puzzles. My mum would give us a pile of recycled cards and a pair of scissors each and off we'd go. One year, being more than slightly competitive in nature, I decided that I would make a much better puzzle than my brothers and sister. I cut my card into so many tiny pieces ...
Last week we made salt dough decorations using flour, salt and water and biscuit cutters.
You can find our Air dry salt dough recipe here.
Top Tips when making Air dry Salt dough:
The thinner you roll out ...
Have fun making paper chain decorations and develop your scissor skills.
What you need:
Wax crayons, felt tips, paint, oil pastels etc.
Plain paper (you can also use construction paper ...
Autumn is a great time to get outside with your kids and explore the natural environment.
In Leaf Hunt Maths, we used the leaves to introduce and develop maths concepts but freshly-fallen leaves are also great for creating colourful autumn crafts.
So grab a paper bag, ...
Make a pair of binoculars out of just a cardboard tube and some glue. What can you see through them? Maybe you will use your binoculars to play I spy, or go exploring, or in imaginative play. Have fun!
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or a cardboard tube e.g. ...
Be a creative, science detective with this easy, inexpensive craft. Create amazing art and investigate why wax resist painting works.
What you need:
An inexpensive craft that keeps kids busy and develops creativity. Display their art on the wall, or fridge, or use it to make inexpensive personalized cards or bookmarks.
What you need:
Wax crayons or oil pastels
Paper
Tempura or acrylic paint
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Encouraging your child to draw, or make collage, faces can provide opportunities for discussions about emotions and mental well-being.
Ask your child how they think their drawn or collaged face is feeling? Why do they think this?
Draw their attention to how facial features (and body language) can give us clues to ...
Get your kids being creative maths detectives and investigating tessellation using 2D shape patterns. Display their art on the wall, or fridge, or use it to make inexpensive personalized cards or bookmarks.
What is tessellation?
Tessellations are repeating patterns of 2D shapes that ...
These Spring Chicks are easy to make and look great displayed on a wall, or fridge, or used as greetings cards.
Make the egg open and close and become a design technology detective as you explore using simple hinges and levers.
What you need:
An easy, inexpensive craft that keeps kids busy and creative. Display their art on the wall, or fridge, or use it to make inexpensive personalized cards or bookmarks.
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Make a delicious picnic for your Teddy Bears with air dry salt dough.
Air dry salt dough is an easy to make, inexpensive, modeling material. Using just flour, salt and water, your kids can get creative making their own modeling dough and sculpting it into their own role-play toys, models and decorations.
Be a creative, science detective. Make your own Whirly, Twirly Spinning Top toys, have fun playing with them and think about how you can make them spin faster and longer. Try out your ideas.
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Looking for an easy, inexpensive craft that will keep your kids busy?
Get busy and creative, recycling empty yogurt pots into decorative containers that make great paper clip holders or ornaments.
What you need:
An easy, mess free and inexpensive craft that gets kids being creative. Display their art on the wall, or fridge, or use it to make inexpensive personalized cards or bookmarks.
What you need:
Looking for a no mess craft that will keep your kids busy?
Let them get creative with just a piece of card and some strips of recycled paper, ribbon, fabric etc.
What you need:
An easy, inexpensive craft that keeps kids busy and creative. Display their art on the wall, or fridge, or use it to make inexpensive personalized cards or bookmarks.
What you need:
Looking for an easy craft that will keep your kids busy?
Let them get creative with just a bit of glue, a recycled jar lid, kitchen foil and some scraps of recycled paper, ribbon, buttons etc.
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An afternoon tidying the closet leads to the re-discovery of a box of cards made by my kids and brings back memories of many hours spent crafting with them.
Crafting is a great way of spending quality time with your kids and provides opportunities for ...
Looking for an easy craft that will keep your kids busy?
Let them get creative with just a bit of glue, a recycled jar lid, aluminium foil and some scraps of recycled paper, ribbon, buttons etc.
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