Category: Family Life
Category: Family Life
Why I let my children go shopping on their ‘own’.
Recently I posted this photo onto my Facebook page of F and S going shopping. An eager eyed friend noticed that it had been screen dumped and posted on to another group discussing supermarket shopping. Whilst I am hardened to comments on social media – I found the discussions occurring around this photo fascinating: “They
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Willow Star wand
Earlier in the year we planted some willow. We decided to harvest some and make these lovely willow wands. Once we cut it we then stripped all of the leaves off. I presume that you could use and fresh, thin tree branch if you don’t have willow. Instructions: Make a bend in the willow about
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Halloween Slime – UK recipe
We have been having a lovely relaxed family day today as we start half term. Seb wanted to make some Halloween slime – so I thought we would share it with you. We still love our simple slime recipe and it literally takes 4 minutes to make. Seb has made a little video showing how
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DIY Braille feely blocks – Sensory Fun
I have been meaning to make this activity for ages. Freya and Seb have really enjoyed it this morning and I was very surprised how well they could actually recognise the letters. We have really enjoyed this magical book called ‘The black book of colour’. #affiliate We have also enjoyed a book called ‘Mole’s Sunrise’ Both
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Slime Bubbles – UK recipe Borax Free
We have been playing with Slime for the past two days. Lots of fun, fine motor and this time we added in straws which the children have been blowing bubbles with! Its been great for controlling breath. We whipped up a batch of Borax Free slime (Recipe available here) and added some straws #affiliate We have had
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Sun Safety for Kids with UV Bracelets
We all know how important it is to teach our kids about staying safe in the sun. Since a young age we have talked about this with Freya and Seb. Sometimes though it is hard for them to see when we need to put on suncream. How can they tell when UV isn’t visible? Well
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DIY Bird Feeders in 5 Minutes!
We have started to learn about the birds in our garden and we decided we wanted to try and encourage some more! A quick trip to the local supermarket and we got some bird seed and dried worms! (Much to Seb’s delight!) You can also order these on amazon http://amzn.to/2nAI4vG #affiliate. We have been using these free
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Easter Egg Pinata
We had so much fun making this Easter Egg Pinata for an event at school. It was really popular there too! I was inspired by a post from Studio DIY for DIY Egg Popper Tree. I have adapted this idea slightly though – see details below. To make this Pinata you will need the following.
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Valentines Slime UK Ingredients
We’ve been playing and adapted our slime for Valentine’s Day – what says I love you more than… Slime! We played around with the recipe a bit and tested them out. We made one Slime which was more like a silly putty. The second was super stretchy and Freya and Seb preferred this stretching it
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Seb’s 6th Birthday Lego Party
I LOVE Pinterest. If am am planning anything, a party, a lesson, a sewing project, I will always make a board and search for ideas and inspiration. If you are interested my Pinterest board is pinterest.com/montessorisoul. But back to Seb’s birthday. The boy is obsessed with Lego so it was an easy option to do
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