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Earth Day STEM Art Globe

Earth Day takes place annually on the 22nd April and was first held in 1970. Each year has a different theme and there are different events co-ordinated in over 193 countries. You too may be looking to support this event with the children doing fun Earth Day arts and crafts to introduce discussion about Earth Day and the importance of looking after our planet.

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Easy Hold Glitter Panels

I wanted to share with you a personal review of a product from our online shop - our Easy Hold Glitter Panel range. The shop has been open since 2020 and we have been busy building our superb ranges and supplying settings and homes up and down the UK. If you follow us on Instagram you will see lots of behind the scenes from the shop as we continue to build and grow.

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Art and Crafts Mothers Day Older Preschool Spring Summertime Toddler Young

Pour Painting Flower Pots

In preparations for Spring gifting for Birthdays and Mothers Day I did the most wonderful activity with the children that we all had so much fun with - using the pour painting technique on terracotta pots! I shared the video of this activity over on Instagram and Tiktok this week so do make sure you come and join us over on there to see all the other lovely things we share!

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Poppy Stained Glass Art Remembrance Day

We made such a lovely poppy window display together. With Remembrance Day coming round quickly and the children seeing poppies as they walk around in shops and on people’s cars and clothing I like to do activities that will open up conversations as we create and make together. I shared this lovely craft over on Instagram last night....

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Art and Crafts Autumn Older Preschool Seasonal Toddler Toddlers Young

Leaf Confetti Nature Wands

We made some lovely nature confetti wands that I want to share with you today. With cardboard in abundance at the moment I really like to reuse as much of it as possible and it's great to be able to use some of it for crafting with the children.

I cut out 4 stars using my Cricut machine and after a walk at Dudmaston National Trust recently we collected some leaves and sticks. You may have seen this outing as I shared it over on Instagram. The children enjoyed throwing the leaves around and I got some lovely slow motion videos of them playing.

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Magic Paper Towel Science Art

Last year I shared our magic paper towel science activity where you add colour to images you have drawn on kitchen towels by dipping them in water. You loved doing this with your own children and today I am here with another really fun, effective and simple art that my daughter absolutely LOVED!

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Art and Crafts Autumn Older Preschool Seasonal Toddler Young

Nature Collage Boards

It's currently half term for us and with so much change on the cards I wanted to have lots of Autumn fun with the children during this break. I booked a National Trust and with a back pack full of potential activities we set out for a day surrounded by the beautiful colours of Autumn. After our picnic we started making our Nature Collage Boards just before we started our Autumn walk trail.

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Art and Crafts Halloween Older Preschool Scientific Seasonal Toddler Young

Halloween Magic Paper Towel Art Science

With Halloween just a couple of weeks away I am looking to do some fun, frugal activities with the children. As we really enjoyed doing a version of the magic paper towel art during the Spring I thought it would be fun to redo with a Halloween theme!

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Elmer Sensory Play

I set about making a batch of rainbow rice and used our black tray to spread out the small amounts I made up. Once the rice was all placed out like that it reminded me right away of Elmer the patchwork elephant. It's a story we have been enjoying through the day as my daughter has the collection of stories. We got the collection for £10 in a local school book fair. 10 books for £10!

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Art and Crafts Evergreen Nature Older Preschool Recycle Toddler Young

Nature Binocular Scanners

Going out walking has been what's kept us going over the last 3 months with lockdown being enforced. Yesterday we ventured out together and I can't express how much I needed that time out to recharge for the week ahead. Whilst out yesterday I packed a bag with a couple of activities for the children to do whilst they were out in the woods. Usually we would create at home and take things with us already made but it was a game changer taking our crafting outdoors in the woods for a change.

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Art and Crafts DIY Evergreen Older Preschool Scientific Sensory Play Toddler Young

DIY Cardboard Space Rocket

With 3 Space fascinated children I created a rocket for them to launch off into space, complete with twinkling stars. My daughter has always had a space fascination. After some bedtime stories the boys have also started to ask questions and show a real interest for the topic space. I love when the children show what they're interested in and I always love to support their interests.

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Art and Crafts Bugs Older Paint Sticks Preschool Seasonal Toddler Young

Rocking Snail Craft

With bugs being a recent topic of interest as the discoveries in the garden of various bugs and insect have brought joy to the children, last week we made rocking snails.

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Art and Crafts Bugs Caterpillar Older Preschool Seasonal Spring Summertime Toddler Young

Very Hungry Caterpillar Craft

With the children making lots of insect observations over the last few days in particular - in the garden and when out on our walks I wanted to explore with them more closely some fun facts and crafts, linking to insects.

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Art and Crafts Evergreen Nature Older Preschool Seasonal Toddler Young

Filter Paper Butterfly Craft

We created these adorable butterflies using a classic technique that creates beautiful watercolour art! The children spent all day on and off doing the different stages of these butterflies and come afternoon we had any adorable set of brightly coloured butterflies!

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Art and Crafts Evergreen Nature Older Preschool Toddler Young

Twig Owl Craft

Today I wanted to share with you a wonderful owl craft that the children have been busy creating. I love crafts that involve nature. We ventured out on our daily walk to collect sticks and headed back to get cracking on our twig owls.

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Art and Crafts Evergreen Older Preschool Rainbow Toddler Young

Scrape Painted Rainbows

We are really enjoying our ice activities lately. We have done some painting on ice with watercolours, painting on ice with paint sticks. We've done an ice rescue after freezing water beads and this week we did a frozen paint scrape rainbow.

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Art and Crafts Baby Evergreen Older Preschool Toddler Young

Paint Printing Art with Q-Tips

One thing I love doing so much with the children is painting and creating outdoors. The sun has returned here in Birmingham so today we have been busy out in the garden with our paint stash.

The artwork created today is going to be created into some colouring lanterns once they've all dried. It involved some really awesome process art and that's what I want to share with you today - paint printing art using q-tips.

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Art and Crafts Evergreen Older Preschool Seasonal Toddler Weather Young

Rainbow Suncatcher Craft

Today we have been making rainbow sun catchers. We have really enjoyed spotting the rainbows out and about in our local area as of late. The children can’t get enough of them and keep asking to make more of them. I’m not complaining as they are so delightful.

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Evergreen Numeracy Older Preschool Problem Solving Toddler Young

DIY Problem Solving Puzzles

One thing I can't get enough of for the children is open ended toys. It always amazes me the amount of learning and play opportunities the children create from toys that don't have a set outcome or purpose. Construction toys are a firm favourite here in particular our Connetix Tiles. They are played with daily. The boys have short attention spans often fleeting from one activity to the other. The Connetix Tiles hold their attention for sometimes an hour or more - unheard of for them usually.

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Back to the Garden

Schools are closed but it doesn't mean an end to education! Spring is here and it's time to start planting your seeds ready for your summer blooms!

Last year I had the pleasure of being the ambassador for a Get out and Grow campaign hosted by Sudocrem. I am very passionate about nature and encouraging children to enjoy gardening and appreciate all it has to offer, so I am thrilled the time has come round again! The campaign this year is called Back to the Garden and I can't wait to share with you all it has in store.

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Earth Day STEM Art Globe

Easy Hold Glitter Panels

Pour Painting Flower Pots

Poppy Stained Glass Art Remembrance Day

Leaf Confetti Nature Wands

Magic Paper Towel Science Art

Nature Collage Boards

Halloween Magic Paper Towel Art Science

Elmer Sensory Play

Nature Binocular Scanners

DIY Cardboard Space Rocket

Rocking Snail Craft

Very Hungry Caterpillar Craft

Filter Paper Butterfly Craft

Twig Owl Craft

Scrape Painted Rainbows

Paint Printing Art with Q-Tips

Rainbow Suncatcher Craft

DIY Problem Solving Puzzles

Back to the Garden

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