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How to make a peg dollTake some wooden pegs, add recycled materials from your making box and let the kids get to work, making whatever characters are in their imaginations. Read more »
After the great pocket money debate, over the summer holiday the girls have started to earn a little money. A very exciting new thing for them, which meant on our recent trip to the zoo they had some of their own money to spend on a treat. So, we now have a family of wild animals in need of a home. On our return we transformed a humble cardboard box into not just a jungle, but a savanna and watering hole too. The hippo is very happy in her new home – and the play scene is giving the girls the chance for lots of imaginary play and chat. How to make a jungle from a cardboard box Read more »
We used our favourite easy no cook playdough recipe and added the black colouring and plenty of glitter. L said it looked like a planet from outer space – so we searched out some other alien items to play with. Read more »
Our latest free ebook is packed with ideas for junk modelling.Junk modelling is just perfect for free, creative fun – with lots of opportunities for developing maths and literacy skills as you play. Download your free copy Read more »
I talked yesterday about one of the golden rules for a happy school holiday being to provide some great supplies for the kids to use, so I thought today I’d show you what fabulous play (and learning) can happen when we give children materials to try out. This is B’s idea for a lollipop stick craft: a Popsicle Park. Lollipop sticks, along with paper plates, toilet roll tubes and egg boxes, are one of the craft supplies we always have in stock, ready and waiting for when inspiration strikes and my master crafter needs to make something. Read more » 
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