DIY toy ideas for kids to make from simple materials like paper, recyclables and glue
Australia day is coming up very soon and to celebrate we’ve created some Aussie koala masks! There is a printable template in either gold, green, grey (like a real koala) or blank so the kids can colour and decorate their own. To make one of these at home I’d recommend using a heavy paper stock if you have it…
This is a sponsored post for DC Entertainment I’m pretty excited for my girls because there is a new DC Super Hero series out starring all girl super heros. My six year old has been a big fan of Wonder Woman for the past two years now, so much so that one of her favourite toys is a Wonder Woman action figure…
If you’ve followed our blog for a while (it would have to have been a long while!) you might remember that we made some simple toilet roll shakers when my girls were both in pre school. Now they are at big school, and we’ve made some cardboard tube shakers with longer paper towel rolls using the same basic technique….
My kids are big fans of board games. They love all the classics like Snakes and Ladders, Monopoly Junior, Ludo plus more. We’ve even made our own game from a cereal box. We’ve also had our fair share of ‘runaway dice’ – aka overly enthusiastic dice-rolling that ends up on the floor half way across the room….
This week we had need of a Super Hero mask at the last minute for one of my girls. It was school disco night with a ‘Super Hero’ theme and Miss R had grown out of her Super Girl costume. No problem! She decided to go as a “Princess Super Hero” instead, teaming a fairy dress with…
This week the girls are on holiday from school so we decided to have some fun with this classic craft and DIY toy. I’m guessing that many people from my generation or older would remember making telephones from cups or tin cans as kids. I know I do and I remember how much fun my sister…
Today we are posting a craft idea for dance and play that has been inspired by a little boy fighting a big battle that no child should EVER have to go through. Finlay is his name and you can read more about him at the end of the post. The dancing ribbons we have made in his honour…
Recently the girls and I decided to make some tiaras out of foil. My kids love to create paper crowns and often make them on their own without any help from me. This version with the sparkly foil was even more appealing to them but they did need help with the pipe cleaner twisting and foil wrapping. The…
Miss K, at age 5, is still very fond of her toy kitchen. She has lots of pretend food to cook, such as rock cakes, toilet roll fish and even the glitter sponge cakes we made a long time ago are still going strong. Sometimes she doesn’t even need food that looks real, ordinary round seed pods become chocolate…