Dressing up is a very important part of role play. It allows children to become other people and explore different personalities and emotions. Readymade costumes are big business but there…
If kids aren’t busy dressing up themselves, the next best thing is to dress up their favourite dolls or teddies. There is a huge industry built upon clothes for toys,…
Children’s love affair with dressing up games and costumes results in a mountain of clothes, accessories and jewellery. This can become a problem for anybody who keeps an organised house….
Decorating biscuits and cakes is a great introduction to cooking with kids. It offers a wide range of opportunities to learn new skills. For example, children have the chance to…
The importance of music in a child’s growth and development should never be understated. It helps develop important listening skills, a keen sense of rhythm and it’s great fun too….
Kids are always told not to play with their food. Happily, some rules are made to be broken. There are many craft ideas to try using pasta and rice and…
Quality play is an essential part of a child’s life. The best example of this is role play. Role play uses a variety of different props that extend your child’s…
They say if you have a carton of eggs, you have a good meal. If you have a carton of eggs, you also have the basis of a variety of…
Kinetic mobiles are an art form pioneered in the early twentieth century by a talented sculptor called Alexander Calder. Kinetic mobiles were used to describe hanging sculptures or moving art….