Christmas At The London Transport Museum

We had the most amazing weekend exploring the galleries of The London Transport Museum including their new Hidden London exhibition and the new cafe bar which recently opened. Hidden London Exhibition: We had the chance to explore the new immersive exhibition which holds many fascinating secrets of L…

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KidZania London - Review

After hearing so many amazing stories we were really excited to go KidZania in Westfiled London, KidZania is a cool child sized city where children can choose from more then 60 real life role play activities from working in a Dentist, Police station or as chocolatier, there is a role play activity…

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Loving Loom Bands

They are many trends that I have seen in my lifetime, Back in my childhood in the 80s we has Yo-yos, Neon friendship bracelets and Scoopy doos and not forgetting Garbage Pal kids stickers. All which I have very fond memories of collecting sharing and swapping with my friends.  My children however ar…

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Baking Cookies - Activity

This is a wonderful activity you can do with children of any age... Children love nothing more then  joining in a shared experience of baking  .... I have chosen a semi prepared cookie mixture ... Which is ideal for younger children who may have short attention span, also its a quick and simple in…

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The Cardboard Box

It never ceases to amaze me how interesting a cardboard box can be to children....no matter how many fun..fab toys our children have...they will always love nothing more the encasing themselves in a huge cardboard box ... I have seen this with both my boys and the children I work with... A cardboa…

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Threading Mittens

What you will need Card (Lamintate if Possible) Shoe lace Hole punch Activity Draw and cut out a very simple pair of mitten shapes (draw around a pair of mittens if need be)...then then punch several holes around mitten around the edge. Put a large knot in one end of the shoe lace..or tie it on one …

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Handprinted Reindeer Christmas Cards

Every year we like many other Schools/Children's Centre's ..... like our children have the opportunity to create their own Christmas cards. My colleague came up with a novel way of creating them this year....and I loved it so much that I wanted to share it with you...simple yet so creative. …

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Snowflake Craft

What you will need White circular paper Scissors Activity Fold circle in half.. and encourage you child to cut out small triangles and small snips out of circle to create their own snowflake designs....these can be hung or stuck onto  windows using white tack..you can also sprinkle with white rainbo…

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Winter Activities - Gloves

Hunt the glove what you will need Glove Activity (Ask all children to leave the room)...Hide the glove in a room...and encourage your child/ren to find the glove use word...Cold - when no where near where the glove is hidden and... Hot - very close to where glove is hidden This is an extremely fun ga…

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Autumn Activity Ideas

Autumn Hunt What you will need Bucket to collect various....Autumn objects eg Leaves,Twigs , Pine Cones ,Conkers. Activity Go on your hunt in your garden or park look for your Autumn objects to collect, Talk to your children about what you have found....how many....and who has found what. What will m…

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