Monthly Archives: December 2012

New Year Firework Art

Posted by Ailsa on 29 December, 2012 4 comments
toddler firework art

Ok, I’ll be honest – these activities were actually for Bonfire Night (Celebrated on the 5th November in the UK!) but by the time the photos were uploaded, Bonfire Night was long gone so I saved them up for New …

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Beads for busy fingers

Posted by Ailsa on 18 December, 2012 1 comments

We have been warming up for present and card opening by working on fine motor skills with some threading activities! We tried threading beads onto sticks a little while ago, and this is an activity we repeat quite often now. …

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Before Christmas

Posted by Ailsa on 15 December, 2012 1 comments

Here are a few of our busy little moments from before the Christmas fun and madness began! Movember Annabelle has been supporting Movember! No, she’s not drinking espresso – can you imagine a two year old on caffeine??! Just frothy …

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Blackpool!

Posted by Ailsa on 8 December, 2012 None comments
Lytham St Annes

Annabelle and I were treated to a trip to “The Las Vegas of the North” (ahem!!) a couple of weeks ago by Grandma and Grandad. Our main agenda was the Sea Life Centre but we also enjoyed lots of other …

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Homemade Rainbow Wax Crayons

Posted by Ailsa on 5 December, 2012 None comments
homemade rainbow wax crayons

Wow, it’s been a while. My ‘quiet moments’ for blogging seem to be disappearing as Christmas approaches! Anyway, here is a lovely simple activity that is not at all ‘Christmassy’ but very very cool! We seemed to have hundreds of …

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