Updated for October 2026: still one of the easiest Halloween party games I know, and the skulls are still available at Dollar Tree every year! If you’re in the UK, you could try Poundland, Poundstretcher, B&M or The Range. Looking
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Every year I promise myself I will be organised for Christmas. Every year, I’m not. So, when it comes to teacher gifts I always need something super quick and easy to allow the kids to add a personal touch. I
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I was having a browse on Pinterest, as you do, and came across an idea for making flowers from cupcake cases. This appealed to me in a quick, easy and not too messy kind of a way, so I took
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Our Tuesday morning playdate craft sessions have become a regular occurrence; I wrote about our paper plate butterfly last week, this week we have a toilet roll octopus!
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We have a regular play date with a friend of my daughters, and in an effort to keep the pair of them entertained I generally set up a craft for them to do. A couple of weeks ago they each
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Over the last few months there has been a change in the way that the wee girl draws and paints.
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For the 100th day of school Kindergartners and First Graders at my sons’ school complete a 100 Days project.
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You may have noticed that we’ve had snow… With six snow days so far, we’re running out of ideas, and we’ve had to get creative in an effort to keep from going completely stir crazy.
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Regular readers will know that the wee girl has developed a real love of painting. The paints come out most days; and random, splodgy pictures are produced.
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The wee girl has developed a love of painting. Many an hour is now spent splodging paint on to sheet after sheet of paper. Occasionally I try to guide the splodging to create a piece of artwork that we might
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