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Creative
Ditch the Brush
We love experimenting with different ways to paint and the children are always amazed with what they create. Why not be creative and try some of these ideas!
Mother's Day Cards
, I love this sort of creativity in a card and so do my children. Not only does it look wonderful, I love how the children can't wait to tell their mums, nans, just like a mum, just how they made it. I hope you all give it a go, a very rewarding activity.
Mums are like Buttons
Lovely little Mother's Day card. How much input you give will depend on the age of your little one. Regardless, this is always a favourite with mums and I think the card says it all.
Mother's Day
Button flowers; an opportunity to be creatice with design as well as flowers. Have fun!
Mother's Day Cards
Lovely little card which is very simple, but very effective. Great fine motor practise.
Mother's Day Card
Lovely card, incorporating lots of skills; painting, cutting, gluing, sticking and writing. Every card different as the children chose what to write, colours and the sizes of flowers. They did a great job! ❤️🌸❤️
Fork Printing Mother's Day
Fork painting is wonderfully satisfying and a great way to be creative. Using the forks to create tulips makes for a perfect card to give to mums for their special day.
Bottle Printing
Always good to use what you have, just be creative. I chose to do flowers, but the possibilities are endless as to what you could create. I used an old water bottle, bottle top off an old Pepsi bottle and some paint. Feel free to post your creations... 🎨
Vase & Flowers
An easy make and something that could be staggered over two days. I painted the toilet rolls on the first day and then made the flowers to complete the activity on the second. I used balsa wood for my stems and the children wound pipe cleaners around them, as they still need to improve their fine motor skills. Lolly sticks or even sticks fton the garden work just as well. Lots of fine motor opportunity, lots of creativity, enjoy!
Weaving Eggs
Wonderful fine motor activily and wonderful to be creative with outdoor treasure.
Salt Dough Eggs
Keeping the egg theme going, why not try making salt dough eggs? Moulding, cutting, painting, perfect for little hands, big hands and mummy hands. An opportunity to be creative and an opportunity to talk about Easter and why we have eggs. Have fun!
Salt Paint Easter Eggs
Such a magical way to explore paint. Children love that moment when the paint touches the salt. A lovely way to creative using different mediums.
Potato Chick Printing
Easter is just around the corner, why not have a go at these little cuties. Easy set up, but very effective. Very young children may find it easier to print with the potatoes if they are attached to a fork. These look great on an Easter card. Enjoy!
Easter Bunnies
Toilet roll Easter Bunnies, quick and easy to make. Why not give it a go?
Easter Wreaths
Very simple activity; lots of colouring, cutting and gluing. Lots of opportunity to be creative and to talk about colour and design. Enjoy!
Easter Bunny Potato Printing
A simple and effective art idea
Nature Eggs
A beautiful way to be creative with the wonderful things you find outddors.
Potato Printing Bees
World Bee Day on 20.5.2023 and if you need a creative hook, why not have a go at these lovely potato print bees. An easy way to inspire discussion about bees and the work that they do. We used new potatoes as they were smaller, but you could use corks. 🐝🐝🐝
Dandelion Fork Painting
A great activity which produced not only a lovely piece of art work, but it also created a wonderful opportunity for talking, developing vocabulary and understanding of the world.
Summer Suncatchers
We enjoyed making these and they look so pretty hanging in the windows - sunlight beaming through. Use whatever you have in the garden or maybe go on a 'treasure' hunt. Great for strengthening those little hands, to be creative and to develop focus. Enjoy!
Summer Holiday Bucket List
Need a little challenge to keep some excitement running throughout the summer break; why not set a challenge to complete all of these. If not here are a few extra ideas to keep your little ones entertained. Lots of different scavenger hunts on my website, why not take a look? 🌞🌧️💡
More Summer Fun
A few more holiday ideas to keep the little ones busy. Recipe for the ice cream, bubble painting and Scavenger Hunt are all on my fb page, but easier to locate on the website. Keep it fun!
Flower Printing
Using nature to create art is always a firm favourite with our children. Inspired by these flowers we decided to use them for printing. Simple yet wonderfully effective, you could use the effect to produce mother's day or birthday cards
Snowman Christmas Card
Lovely little card which involves lots of cutting , gluing and sticking - excellent for strengthening those little hands. Have fun!
Salt Dough Gingerbread Man
We loved making these and it was an activity that we worked on over a couple of days. Great for fine motor practise: kneeding, cutting, threading, drawing. I lovely keepsake so we wrote their names and the year on the back. Memories...
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