on December 1st, 2011%

Do you remember the toilet roll tubes from last week’s Play Academy? No-one guessed what they were for! Not an advent calendar, not snowmen but in fact a frosty winter village, for some small world play.
How to make a model Christmas village
We started by cutting our toilet roll tubes into different sizes so we could have a variety of houses and then painted them all white. We used acrylic paint as it covered the cardboard better than our water-based poster paint. Read more »
on November 23rd, 2011%

Ice play provides a rich sensory experience for children to explore. There are so many wonderful creative ways to enjoy ice play, including science, art and maths activities. Here are some of our favourite ice play ideas, from some of our favourite bloggers. Click through on each of the links to discover some fantastic ice play ideas you can enjoy with your children this winter. Read more »
on November 21st, 2011%

Winter’s on the way – time to break out the snow playdough recipe.
Based our our favourite no cook play dough recipe, this snow version has one important variation: we use corn flour instead of regular flour, to get a much whiter dough. And of course we added lots of sliver glitter to give a frosty sparkle to the dough.
on December 30th, 2010%
An activity to keep the children busy, look after the birds in the garden and use up your left-over Christmas dried fruits:
Make a milk carton . . . → Read More: Milk bottle bird feeder
on December 8th, 2010%
How to make a pompom robin.
You can use this robin as a Christmas decoration or make a family of them to play with. It’s probably better suited to children aged 6 plus (my 4 year old hasn’t got the patience to make it, but my 7 year old loves them) . . . → Read More: Pompom robin
on December 1st, 2010%
We have snow! Not as much as other parts of the UK but enough so we can do the school run by sledge. So how about some edible snowflakes as an after school treat?
Tortilla Snowflakes
Fold a flour tortilla in half, and then fold the semi-circle into three.
. . . → Read More: Tortilla snowflakes

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