Kid made jewellery

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I was looking for a simple friendship bracelet craft for the Sunday School group that I teach when I came across this fantastic tutorial from Club Chicca Circle, so I thought I'd give it a go with the boys.  It's a perfect craft for them as it involves hardware (hello diy store) and perfect for me as it was dirt cheap (yey!).

Slacklines - Outdoor adventure play

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What is a slackline?  It's basically a strap / rope (I believe it's officially called webbing) that you set up between two trees (or anything else that won't move!).  At the first tree you loop the strap round the tree then at the second you ratchet it tight and basically create a tightrope.  Very good fun for adventurous kids and HAS to be done outdoors.

Animation for Kids (& Hue Animation Review)

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Bud has been getting interested in animation recently ever since we had a discussion about how some of his favourite cartoons were made.  He was particularly intrigued by how the stop motion ones (think Wallace and Gromit) were made when I told him they filmed them with tiny movements, so I was thrilled when we were given the chance to review the Hue Animation Moshi Movies kit.  

Not only did we end up making our own movie (Hollywood here we come!), but it turned out to be a great opportunity to encourage Bud's creativity, planning and oh yes - patience!!

We received the Hue Animation Moshi Monsters kit for free, but all opinions included in this review are our own.

What to do outdoors in the rain? (& Outdoor Play Party)

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Welcome back to the Outdoor Play Party!  If you've been outdoors playing with kids then please do link up, we'd love to share your ideas.  It's done nothing but rain here recently and I've been a bit stumped for ideas for outdoor play in the rain, so I've had a dig through the archives and come up with some great activities that we've done before that we are going to do again!  Read on to find out more....

Potion Making (& Outdoor Play Party)

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Welcome back to another Outdoor Play Party!  The weather here has been rubbish, we've been outside lots, but I haven't set any play stuff up for the boys for ages.  So in a rare ray of sunshine we had some potion making fun.

Our Favorite Fall Activities (& Outdoor Play Party)

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Welcome to another Outdoor Play Party, if you've played outside with kids this week, why not link up below.  We love Autumn (Fall) and it's a brilliant time of year to get outside, not too hot, not too cold and loads of natural stuff (leaves, conkers, acorns etc) to play with.  So here's a round up of some of our favourite ways to play outside this fall.

Leaf Play (& Outdoor Play Party)

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Welcome back to another Outdoor Play Party!  If you've been playing outdoors with kids this week then don't forget to link up your ideas below.  This week we've been playing with leaves!

Blackberry Splat Painting (& Outdoor Play Party)

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Welcome back!  It's another exciting Outdoor Play Party, if you've been outside with kids then please do link up your activity ideas below.  This week we've been taking advantage of the last few wild blackberries around and have done some berry splat painting!

Kids Outside (& Outdoor Play Party)

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Welcome back to another Outdoor Play Party.  If you've been outdoors this week then please do link up your post below.  We've been outside loads this summer, but I've not been so great at posting about it, so here are a few of the things the boys got up to during a recent trip to the park, all their own ideas.....

5 fun ways to play outdoors (& Outdoor Play Party)

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Welcome back to another Outdoor Play Party!  We've been doing heaps of Outdoor Play, but as there were so many great ideas from last link up I thought I'd share a few of my favourites!

Marble Chutes (& Outdoor Play Party)

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Welcome to another Outdoor Play Party!  I hope you've had the opportunity to play outdoors this week, if you have then I'd love to see you link up below.  Looking for more outdoor ideas?  Then you've come to the right place, check out all our ideas here.

Last Outdoor Play Party the boys played with marbles and mud this time we made some super simple marble chutes.  Here's how we got on...

Summer Love Books Exchange - Up and Down by Oliver Jeffers

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We love books so have been really excited to take part in The Educator's Spin On It Love Books Exchange.  Basically bloggers are paired up and you each send one another a kids book and related crafts.  We were matched with The Gingerbread House who we sent Aliens Love Underpants (a household favourite) and we received Up and Down by Oliver Jeffers plus no less than FIVE crafts.  Here's how we got on...

Sprinkler Fun (& Outdoor Play Party)

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Welcome to another Outdoor Play Party!  I've finally got internet up and running after our house move just in time for the latest Party, phew!  If you've been playing outdoors with your kids this week then why not link below?  In one of the rare outbreaks of sunshine this week we broke out the sprinkler for some water fun.  This is how we got on......

Outdoor Styrofoam Art (& Outdoor Play Party)

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Yey for another Outdoor Play Party!  For regular readers apologises for my absence, but we've been moving house.  We have however managed to slot in a bit of outdoor play, including this outdoor styrofoam art.  If you've been playing outdoors with kids then please share, and enjoy our outdoor art.

Dragon Hunting (& Outdoor Play Party)

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Welcome to another Outdoor Play Party!  If you've been outside playing with your kids this week then please do link up below.

This week we've been Dragon Hunting!  This activity was all Hubby's idea and involved catapults and colouring, this is what we got up to.....

Busy Bags with Magnets

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I love, love, love busy bags!  No word of exaggeration they have been an absolute life saver on many an occasions.  We regularly take them to restaurants, Doctor's appointments etc and they are perfect for keeping little (and not so little) people busy in quiet time.

If you're not familiar with busy bags the idea is to have a self contained kids activity in a bag that you can grab and go with no replenishing needed.  Perfect for busy parents.  

So, I'm delighted to be taking part in the Busy Bag of the month series.  Each month myself and several other bloggers will be bringing you our latest busy bag ideas.  This month we've been playing with busy bags with magnets.

Angry Bird T-shirt Printing

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Bud recently had his fifth birthday, last year he requested an Angry Bird party and this year he asked for an Angry Bird Star Wars party.  Not wanting to disappoint I put my crafting hat on and came up with some fun games, but my favourite activity was the T-shirt printing we did with the kids.

Gardening with young kids (& Outdoor Play Party)

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It's Outdoor Play Party again and we've been gardening.  If you've been outside with kids then link up below.

Last year Champ really enjoyed growing tomatoes, then at Preschool he began to enjoy digging up potatoes and declared that he loved gardening so to encourage his new found 3yr old passion I decided that perhaps this year I too should learn to garden.  

It's been fun, we've made lots of mistakes, but I've also learnt lots too namely how to garden with kids.  Here are my top tips for gardening with young kids.

Make your own snow

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I saw Growing a Jeweled Roses' Summer Snow the other day and knew we had to test it out.  All you need to create your own snow is shaving foam and a freezer, I also hid a few toys in ours.  This is how we got on...

Dinosaur Small World

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Some super quick summer play today, this kept all three boys (5,3 and 18mths) entertained for ages and all we needed was sand, water and a few dinosaurs.