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Spring is here, Yay!!! and what better way to celebrate but to decorate the house with spring bunting!!! On this occasion, home made bunting made by your children!!! You're probably thinking, why on earth would I want to get a sewing machine out with a child aged...

5 brown eggs in a nest of hay, One yellow chick popped out to play. 4 brown eggs in a nest of hay, Another yellow chick cheep cheeped good day. 3 brown eggs in a nest of hay, Crack went another one, hip hip hooray, 2 brown eggs in a nest of hay, One more chick pecked...

Easter morning, Easter morning, Easter morning dawning fine. Have to find the Easter eggs now, I've already picked up nine... Fill the basket, fill the basket, fill the basket every time. Candy eggs, and jelly beans, are tucked behind each growing pine. Bend and...

Easter eggs, Yellow and blue, Easter eggs, For me and you. Easter eggs, Candy sweet, Easter eggs are good to eat. Easter eggs, Pretty and funny, But... Where oh where is the Easter bunny? what you need... paint paint pots spoon tray easter egg cut out marbles what to...

Easter duck and Easter chick, Easter eggs with chocolate thick, Easter hats for one and all, Easter bunny makes a call! Happy Easter always brings, Such a lot of pleasant things. What you need... A4 coloured card small circle paper cut out large circle paper cut out...

So today, in my little fred's music class, they were singing all about animals. From pigs to chicks, to ducks to worms. I think my most favourite song and props of the class had to be the sock hand puppet of 'wiggly woo' the worm. what you need... a sock a couple of...

what you need... compost flower pot gardening trowel daffodil bulb water watering can what to do... fill the flower pot with compost using the gardening trowel make a shallow hole in the compost place the daffodil bulb in the shallow hole cover the daffodil...

Ok so, this one is for the dads!!! (mums pass the blog over to that man in the house!!!) Be sure not to disappoint that ever so important woman in your life who holds an unconditional love for you and your children...this is sure to make her heart strings ping!!! (and...

  what to do... cut out a card or paper template of a duck using some white paint, paint the duck find a boggley eye or two and glue them onto the duck cut out a yellow felt beak and glue it onto the duck   then into a little dream adventure... singing the...

Don't under estimate the fun of painting with children, although it can all be over in a flash and you're left with a pile of wet soggy paper and paint splattered everywhere, and children covered head to toe is an assortment of multicoloured paints!!! I think one of...

  'Having flown this earth for 300 million years, dragonflies symbolise our ability to overcome times of hardship. They can remind us to take time to reconnect with our own strength, courage and happiness.' ___ what to do... Fold a strip of paper carefully over...

Flutter, flutter butterfly, Floating in the summer sky. Floating by for all to see, Floating by so merrily. Flutter, flutter, butterfly, Floating in the summer sky. what to do... select three different food colourings. (I have used red, blue and yellow.) using a...

  Snails Slimy and slippery, Snails are so much fun, Slowly they move, they can't even run. Leaving their trail, behind them as they go. You can see where they've been, and how very slow. On their back is a shell, its really their home. Its ever so small, but it goes...

With great excitement and anticipation we made our way to see the wonderful production of Julia Donaldsons 'stickman' at the Leicester Square theatre. It was fantastic and a brilliant start to the Christmas holidays. Always a much loved story book in our household at...

5 little lady birds climbing up the door, one flew away and then there were 4. 4 little ladybirds sitting on a tree, one flew away and then there were 3. 3 little ladybirds landed on a shoe, one flew away and then there were 2. 2 little ladybirds looking for some fun,...