I’m using these five guiding principles as my manifesto of how to raise happy kids this year.
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I’m using these five guiding principles as my manifesto of how to raise happy kids this year.
Are you making resolutions with your children this new year? I love the energy that crackles at this time of year. All the hopes and dreams and possibilities.
By nature I’m a planner and a list maker so I love to start the new year with a resolution of some kind.
In the past we’ve made a wish tree and wishing wands but today we decided to try something different. Combining art with good intentions we created our Words of the Year..
New year, new projects, new play ideas, new fun! Here’s my guide on how to do an awesome new year review with your creative kids, so you head into 2016 with fabulous plans for creative learning.
This handprint Christmas wreath is easy to make and oh so festive!
This article is one of NurtureStore’s easy Christmas crafts for children and part of our Christmas activities and crafts.
Remember the scented Christmas paints we used to make our homemade Advent calendar? We couldn’t resist getting our hands in!
We used a roll of brown paper to stamp out lots of colourful handprints. The whole family joined in, all except for the cat ~ although my daughter was quite keen on that!
Then we cut them out, so we had lots of prints in a variety of sizes from little sister right the way through to daddy-size.
To make our Christmas wreath, we drew round a dinner plate on some card, then drew round a side plate in the centre, to give us our ring.
We covered the cardboard ring in glue and started to place the handprints on.
You can use a variety of colours, or stick with red and white.
Be as random or as meticulous with your pattern as you like.
You might like to use the adult-sized handprints around the outer edge, then fill in the centre with some over-lapping child-sized prints.
We filled the whole circle, added a ribbon at the back, and our easy handprint Christmas wreath is ready to hang.
Here’s a simple, sensory play idea from my daughter: play dough fireworks!
These firework crafts and cookies are great whether you’re celebrating 4th July, Diwali, New Year or Bonfire Night on 5th November. All the ideas are child-friendly – no noisy bangs, but some yummy edible fireworks and gorgeous craft ideas.