Be Fun: Activities & Craft

Mother’s Day: Hilarious Photo Bookmark

May 7, 2013

A couple of years ago, I made personalised tea bags using photos of the kids. The reaction from my grandparents was priceless! They LOVED it.  Using the same concept, I decided to create a bookmark this year.  The idea is to give the impression that the children are hanging from a rope.  When I did [...]

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Paint Leaves

May 5, 2013

To celebrate Autumn, the younger children and I went to one of our favourite exploring spots for a rainbow leaf hunt. We also collected dry leaves to later paint and hang in the kitchen (we did this last year with maple leaves). I love doing this sort of stuff with the children because it has [...]

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DIY Cute Knees Tights

May 3, 2013

I love feeling that chill in the air.  It means the time has come to pull out the tights and jumpers.  The girls and I had a bit of fun with the tights by drawing cute designs on the knees. So quick and easy to do! Materials Tights Black Sharpie Fabric Marker Designs For best [...]

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Pebble Fairy House

April 21, 2013

Surprisingly easy and utterly adorable, the Pebble Fairy House turned out even better than I expected!  It took 20 minutes to construct and it now takes pride place at the base of our backyard tree. Materials Pebbles or stones (collected or you can find them at places like a nursery, Bunnings, discount stores or garden [...]

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School Holiday Fun with Boys

April 15, 2013

Guest Post by Tierney Kennedy I was chatting to Tierney on facebook about activities for boys, and wow, she has some awesome ideas! This post is about the fun Tierney and her boys Rohan and Jared had on the school holidays. There are BRILLIANT ideas, like my favourites: the Bubble vs Water Pistol Game and [...]

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Imaginative Play: Tree Rope Ladder for Toys

April 9, 2013

She was making some sort of fairy land with a plush toadstool cushion (like this one). “If only they had a ladder to climb up,” Miss 7 said wistfully as she showed me the set up. And so we made a small ladder of twigs and string.  That was a few months ago now…but the [...]

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