Tag Archives: fine motor

Threaded Cereal Bird Feeders

After the slight disaster of the squirrel stealing our loo-roll bird feeders, I saw this idea at a local country park and had high hopes that they might stay put a little longer! The bird feeders are simply made from …

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Paper Punch Art

Paper Punch Art

Coloured paper, paper punches and glue. Simple, and so pretty! This was one of those spur of the moment crafts that had no real plan or direction – I just saw the paper punches and thought that Annabelle would really …

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Gingerbread Playdough

Gingerbread Playdough

“Run, run as fast as you can. You can’t catch me, I’m the gingerbread playdough man!” My last post was all about our Gingerbread Biscuits that we made after reading ‘The Gingerbread Boy’, but we continued our gingerbread fun by …

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The Gingerbread Boy – Learning Through Eating!

Gingerbread folk

They say there are three ways to learn – by watching, listening, or touching; but this list is missing one important learning style – eating! Today was all about ‘The Gingerbread Boy’ for us so we looked at the book, …

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Water Beads

Water Bead Fun

Water beads are ‘water retaining polymers’ that swell up into soft squidgy balls used for flower arranging, but I have read a lot about them being used for play, below are just a few ideas from some of my favourite …

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