On Saturday, my friend Louise brought us together for a day of making. Lou, Jo, myself and our girls spent the afternoon creating Christmas wreaths from natural materials like leaves, native flowers, rattan, ivy trails and wisteria tendrils we cut straight from the vine. Natural art forms woven tight with the sacred art of friendship….
Definitely play with your food
My kids have always loved playing pretend with food. It gives my inner Type-A Bronny heart palpitations (wasted food! all that mess!), but I can’t deny that food play is good solid fun. Plus, it gets me off the hook for having them help me prepare the real food –. I can only cook with kids so…
Indoor teddy bear’s birthday picnic
My girls still love playing with their teddy bears. It warms the cockles, I tells ya. When I was a kid I had a teddy bear called Bill that I just adored. When I was about 10 I felt like I was too old to play with babyish teddy bears and I gave Bill to Vinnies….
Minute to Win It party games are the BEST
I’ve been wanting to write about the awesomeness that is Minute To Win It party games since Badoo had her party in June. Life, huh? We actually replicated the exact Minute To Win It party games we had at Max’s party back in May (again, blog silence – it’s been a hellava quick year), so I can…
Nature mandalas and art for kids
For a long time my girls have created little nature mandalas and art whenever we are at the park or out for a walk. They gather collections of things as we wander and bring them together to make nature mandalas. This is an activity that is good for the youngest to oldest of kids (I…
The unbelievably simple secret to sibling harmony
After taking so much time off over summer to go to Europe, I’ve no holidays left in the kitty at work. So I’m working through these hols. Bart is taking a couple of days each week to keep the kids occupied, and they have been to friends’ places and activity camps and the like. They…
20 really good book series to tempt reluctant readers
I’ve been a reader from the moment I learned my ABCs, but some kids take quite a bit longer than that to catch on. Reading doesn’t seem to be for everyone. For instance, Cappers is a smart kid who reads well, but she very rarely picks up a book unless prompted. She’d rather spend her…
Make a dream catcher with the kids
Instead of screens today, why not make a dream catcher… We were recently at a country market and the Badoo’s eye was caught by a stall selling beautiful dream catchers. “What are those?” she said, all eyes and awe. “They’re dream catchers,” I explained. “The Native American Ojibwa nation made them to protect their kids from…
6 recycled craft ideas for kids
Instead of screens today, why not dig into the recycling box? Our recycling boxes get raided on almost a daily basis. Before we ever get to put our cardboard boxes, empty containers or tin cans out for the truck, they have probably had at least three incarnations as recycled craft. The girls gather their supplies…
10 achievable ways to limit screen time
I’ve been banging on about limiting screen time for a while now, but I’m aware that it’s a lot easier said than done. I think the awareness of how bad overuse of screens can be for kids is growing and growing, but so is the sense of overwhelm. Technology is such a modern paradox. On…
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