After the slight disaster of the squirrel stealing our loo-roll bird feeders, I saw this idea at a local country park and had high hopes that they might stay put a little longer! The bird feeders are simply made from …
Tag Archives: fine motor
Threaded Cereal Bird Feeders
Posted by Ailsa on 8 December, 2013
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Paper Punch Art
Posted by Ailsa on 1 July, 2013
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Coloured paper, paper punches and glue. Simple, and so pretty! This was one of those spur of the moment crafts that had no real plan or direction – I just saw the paper punches and thought that Annabelle would really …
Gingerbread Playdough
Posted by Ailsa on 14 February, 2013
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“Run, run as fast as you can. You can’t catch me, I’m the gingerbread playdough man!” My last post was all about our Gingerbread Biscuits that we made after reading ‘The Gingerbread Boy’, but we continued our gingerbread fun by …
The Gingerbread Boy – Learning Through Eating!
Posted by Ailsa on 12 February, 2013
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They say there are three ways to learn – by watching, listening, or touching; but this list is missing one important learning style – eating! Today was all about ‘The Gingerbread Boy’ for us so we looked at the book, …
Water Beads
Posted by Ailsa on 8 January, 2013
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Water beads are ‘water retaining polymers’ that swell up into soft squidgy balls used for flower arranging, but I have read a lot about them being used for play, below are just a few ideas from some of my favourite …
