When we did our garden makeover last year, I started to pin ideas for the white wall. I wanted to create a wall hanging full of succulents or a pallet with jam jars to hold tea lights and plants.
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Gruffalo Spotter Trail – Wyre Forest
Sophie loves the Gruffalo, so we decided to try out the new Gruffalo Spotter trail at the Wyre Forest today. We had read that they advise you to download the Gruffalo Spotter app before you visit as the data signal isn’t great in the forest. So we downloaded it, packed a picnic and headed to the deep dark woods…
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Simple Jam Tarts Recipe
I wanted to bake some jam for Valentine’s Day with Sophie so I searched for a recipe online. I found a really simple recipe from Paul Hollywood’s mum on the BBC website.
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Cheerio Bird Feeders
Sophie loves to look in the garden for birds so I thought we could make some bird feeders to encourage more birds to visit our garden.
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Hot Air Balloon Cot Mobile Tutorial
I have been making a list of things I would like to make for baby number 2, although I am not sure I will ever find the time to make anything with a toddler in tow! I made this cot mobile for Sophie before she was born and it is still hanging in her room now. Continue reading “Hot Air Balloon Cot Mobile Tutorial”
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A little announcement…
Things have been a bit quiet on the blog lately but I am back with some exciting news! It looks like 2017 is going to be a busy one for us, as our family will be going from 3 to 4! Baby number 2 is due in July 2017. Continue reading “A little announcement…”
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Cooking a Feast for a Gruffalo
Sophie is really into Julia Donaldson books at the moment and we have done lots of Halloween activities after reading Room on the Broom.
A couple of weeks ago I set up an activity linked to the Gruffalo story. I decided to place the Gruffalo in Sophie’s mud kitchen for her to discover when we went out to play. As soon as she saw it, she went running over. Continue reading “Cooking a Feast for a Gruffalo”
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Painting Fireworks
I wanted to have a go at the classic toilet roll firework painting activity with Sophie as she has really enjoyed watching the fireworks this year. She never turns down a chance to paint and was ready to choose her paint colours as soon as I opened the lid!
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Chocolate Breadstick Sparklers
I can’t believe that it was Sophie’s third bonfire night this year! Now that she understands what is going on and talks about her experiences, I wanted to do some activities linked to bonfire night after the event rather than before. I decided to make some pretend sparklers with her.
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Bonfire Night Small World
When I tidied away the fireworks sensory box, I had left the foil blanket, a black scarf and some sparkly pom poms out as an invitation to play but Sophie completely ignored them! She loves making small worlds so I decided to add some figures and create a bonfire night small world.
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