Shaving Foam Painting (& Outdoor Play Party)

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Welcome back to another Outdoor Play Party!  This week we did a little shaving foam painting in the chilly sunshine.  A little messy, but a fun sensory way to paint.

Treasure Hunt in the Dark! (& Outdoor Play Party)

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Welcome back to another Outdoor Play Party!  If you've been outside with kids this week then why not link up what you've been up to?  Our Winter so far has been very mild, but very wet and it gets dark by about 4.30pm, so its not my ideal outdoor play environment to say the least!  But, today I was determined to get outside rain or shine and enjoy the darker evenings.

Leaf Collection and Collage (& Outdoor Play Party)

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Welcome to another Outdoor Play Party!  If you've been outdoors playing with kids then please do link up.  This week we did a bit of leaf collecting in the garden, plenty of leaves to choose from as you can't actually see the grass for leaves at the moment!  But, Little Dude who had been ill early in the week seemed to enjoy the opportunity to be outdoors.

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....

Treasure Hunting (& Outdoor Play Party)

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Welcome to another Outdoor Play Party!  If you've played outside with kids this week then please do link up.  This week we've been treasure hunting, we walk a lot and this activity is guaranteed to keep our Pre-schooler walking!

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.....

Marbles and Mud (& Outdoor Play Party)

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Hooray for another Outdoor Play Party!  You'll be pleased to hear that the British weather is now hot, hot, hot so the outdoor play is pretty much constant, plus the school holidays start tomorrow - more cheers at least from the boys!!  If you've been playing outdoors don't forget to link up below.  

We've been digging for treasure in the dirt, this activity definitely required a bath afterwards so maybe it should be a three splatter, at least we didn't add water this time!  Read on to find out what we got up to...

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.....

Matching Shoes

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Some super quick fun today.  When Bud gets home from school, the boys can be a bit excitable so one day in desperate need of some distraction we started playing with the shoes by the door.  Next thing I know we have a whole game of matching pairs on our hands.

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.

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...

Kid made flower planting kit

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In May we have lots of family birthday's and this year I'm trying to make as many homemade presents as possible.  What can be better than a handmade present from your Grandchild / nephew.  As we are big on gardening at the moment we thought we'd try our hand at making some flower kits that I'd seen in a kids activity book we have.  Here's how they turned out....