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Simple ways to keep kids entertained indoors during Spring showers

March 23, 2021 by Catherine Leave a Comment

Collaborative post As we finally shake off the cold of winter, we can look ahead to warmer weather, more time outdoors and the arrival of spring. Spring brings with it sunshine, beautiful flowers, blue skies and a sense of hope and optimism – something we all need after 2020. Of course, not every spring day is full of light and sunshine! Spring also often involves fresh, rainy downpours, which can leave us stuck indoors until those ...

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Filed Under: Family Home Tagged With: Active kids, Baking, Children, craft, Kids, Kids craft, Parenting, Spring

3 hands-on educational projects to keep kids busy

January 18, 2021 by Catherine Leave a Comment

With the kids at home more right now, you're probably on the lookout for ways to keep them busy that don't involve screens. Arts and crafts are a great option. As well as being really entertaining, they're educational projects that offer an easy way to develop essential skills. Firstly, arts and crafts are great for improving hand-eye coordination. This is an especially important skill because we use it in a variety of different activities ...

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Filed Under: Craft Tagged With: Children, craft, crafting, Family, Family Fun, Kids craft, Nature, Science, Wildlife

Handmade Christmas decorations: pine cone trees

December 3, 2020 by Catherine 7 Comments

My kitchen is covered in festive coloured paint, but that's all part of crafting at this time of year isn't it?! We've already started our homemade Christmas crafts with cute Pom Pom Pine Cones, and these gorgeous pine cone trees are our latest handmade Christmas decorations project. This DIY Christmas ornaments activity is absolutely ideal for children of all ages. There are no fiddly bits, and it's a pretty simple craft. DIY ...

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Nature Crafts for Kids: how to make a journey stick

July 24, 2020 by Catherine 31 Comments

journey stick outdoor activity children

Making a journey stick is such an easy, fun outdoor craft to do with the kids - and a great low-cost way to have some fun family time. We learnt what a journey stick is and how to make one at our local nature reserve in Nottingham, which is part of the Wildlife Trusts. What is a journey stick? A journey stick (also known as a story stick or nature stick) is essentially a memento of a nature walk, featuring items collected whilst on the ...

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25 easy nature crafts you can do at home with the kids

April 8, 2020 by Catherine Leave a Comment

nature craft - how to make noughts and crosses from natural materials

Are you searching for inspiration on how to keep the kids busy? This selection of easy nature crafts is a great place to start! I've rounded up 25 lovely nature crafts that you can do with materials from your garden - perfect for combining some outdoor activity with a fun craft. Scroll down for nature craft online resources and recommended reads too. 25 easy nature crafts to do at home Natural noughts and crosses game from Growing ...

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