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I’m trying out some different food-based paint recipes (still a few more to try before sharing!), and thought I’d put this blue paint to the test for a simple picture frame design. After making a bird shape, Lila used a spatula, her hands and rose petals to paint and stamp. The petals also stuck nicelyContinue reading “Bird Picture Frame”

We were so excited to visit Dublin Zoo yesterday and were inspired to make this messy giraffe masterpiece! 🦒  Can you guess what we made it with? Answer below… 👇🏻 To scoop, shake and spread out our two ingredients we used a spoon, an egg carton and our hands (which was Lila’s favourite). We also hadContinue reading “Wild and Inspired”

What are you reading?  We love the story ‘Where Are You Puffling?’ by Erika McGann and Gerry Daly so we decided to make a sea-life scene. We used a selection of petals and leaves to make our sea creatures and plants!  To make the jellyfish we folded a sheet of cling film around a leafContinue reading “World Book Day: Sealife”

My 12 month old had a lot of fun with this activity! Using two uncooked lasagna sheets, I dropped some paint blobs on and just let her go mad.  She squashed the paint on the lasagna with her hands, then we turned them upside down onto a piece of card. Great trick for dexterity –Continue reading “Mucky Lasagna”

This activity can be done two different ways, using chopped potatoes as stamps. Option 1: Write the name of the bugs first and get your little one to stamp the potatoes to match the names. Option 2: For a more imaginative challenge, make some random and abstract potato stamps together and see what bug patternsContinue reading “Spud Bugs”