Here’s a super easy, quick and creative idea for a kids craft that’s fun to make and even better to play with :: tea party puppets! Kids crafts :: tea party puppets Three reasons why we love these tea party puppets: One :: they’re free! Made from all recycled materials, using whatever you have lying . . . → Read More: Kids crafts :: tea party ...

Here’s a kids art idea that you can try at home using recycled items that you’d otherwise throw away – we’re up-cycling and exploring texture to make touchy feeling patchwork pictures. Kids art : exploring texture We started off with some big pieces of strong card, packaging from a book delivery. It’s really nice . . . → Read More: Kids art :: ...

Are you spring cleaning and wondering how to organize kids’ craft supplies in your home?  Here’s how we organise things in the NurtureStore playroom, so we positively encourage creativity but also keep things neat and tidy and know where everything is. This post is by special request from Becky at Ar-blog, who wanted to know . . . → Read More: ...

Welcome to Nurturestore’s day to host the Creative Christmas Countdown, where we’re going to let it snow! I’m joining with some of my favourite kids bloggers to bring you an Advent of creative activities you can use with your children to have some fun this festive season. Each day until 24th December there’s a different idea to . . . → Read ...

Shiver me timbers, have I got some fabulous pirate activities for you! With ideas from Nurturestore and a crew of kid bloggers from around the seven seas, here are over thirty five ideas you can use with your little pirates. There’s everything for some pirate-theme play and learning – pretend play, food, dressing up, story telling, . . . → Read ...

The girls hatched a plan as our holiday in Anglesey approached. They wanted to make a sailing boat they could sail in the rock pools on the beach. B’s been reading Why The Whales Came by Michael Morpurgo and really wanted to make a sailing boat herself – a wooden one, which would really float. So . . . → Read More: Make a sailing boat

B is all about the ocean right now, and with a trip to the seaside coming up in a few weeks she’s thinking about how she might like to be a sailor. So when a big cardboard box arrived in the house she knew just what she wanted to do ~ make a boat! Be a sailor: make a . . . → Read More: Be a sailor: make a boat!

Here’s an idea for DIY art caddy. Colourful and practical and made from left-over materials it’s proving a great way to store art materials and have them easily available for the children to use when they want to create. Make your own art caddy We had some acrylic paint left over when we’d finished making our painted . . . → Read More: Make ...

Whether you’re celebrating St. George’s Day, the patron saint of England, this month or whether you just need a junk model dragon to add to your play, here are four dragon craft ideas you can try. What colour is  a dragon? Do they have wings? Do they breathe fire?  All of ours were made from bits and . . . → Read More: Dragon craft: 4 ways for ...

We’re joining in with TinkerLab’s Creative Challenge today with an egg carton treasure box make-over. As soon as Rachelle laid down her challenge to see what we could make with egg boxes my girls were united and divided. Both wanted to make treasure boxes, but each with a very different style to match their individual passions. . . . → Read ...