Creative Activites for Kids

We love to play with playdough in this house keeps B entertained for ages. We make animals or people, even monsters lol. It’s easy to make and keeps in an airtight container for quite a while. We use cookie cutters to cut out shapes or i have bought some playdough cutters that are great too.

Here is the recipe i use to make playdough.

2 cups plain flour

4 tbsp cream of tartar

2 tbsp oil

1 cup salt

2 cups ...

One of our favourites is to just cover the ground with butchers paper (or sheets of A3 paper but that is a bit more expensive). Tape it all down then squirt paint all over it. Take the kids shoes off and let them run through it, do their hand and feet prints - throw some glitter in there. We also love to get plastic forks and matchbox cars and run them through the paint to ...

Now that I have sort of backyard for Charley, I am trying to work out things to do with it to give her an area to play - she is an only child and now that I have been working so much from home it is hard for her!

So one of things (beside the cubby house and all the other stuff I am getting for her that I can’t afford) is that I have sourced ...

Like most of Australia it has been a long time since we have seen any substuantial rain, and finally it has arrived.  So the girls are confined inside for the moment.  One of their favourite rainy day activities is to make a cubby house - usually in the middle of the lounge room.  They use all dining chairs, towels and their quilts.  Making it is half the fun as well as playing in it ...

I just want to say a big welcome to the new memers that have joined the group. Please feel free to create your own posts as the idea is to share as many ideas as possible.

School holidays in NSW are now over and although 2 weeks seemed like a long time, on the other hand it has gone quite quickly. During the holidays I managed to get the paint out the the kids. They did ...

The school holidays are now upon us. Out goes the routine of the last term and in comes the kids asking "what are we doing today?" It’s an all too common occurance in the holidays, and at many other times with younger children at home, that our kids want to be amused for 16 hours of the day. What do you do to keep your children amused and happy? This is the place to share ...

We all know that keeping the kids happy, active and amused is something that as a mother we do every day. But there are many times when we just get stuck for ideas on what to do. This group has been created for everyone to share ideas on how to involve their children in different creative activities, from indoor play, outdoor activities, craft ideas, cooking, games to play, quiet time, group activities…the list is endless. ...