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Rainy Day Craft Ideas For Children

Looking for rainy day craft ideas for children? Discover simple, low-prep indoor activities that boost creativity, fine motor skills and imaginative play.

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Making your own number line with duplo

Making your own number line with Duplo

I know that the sound of the duplo box being emptied out into the floor sends a shiver down my husbands spine each time he hears it, but I honestly think that the duplo bricks are the best toy that we have bought for our children. They can be used for so many activities, although I think they are best for letting children just be creative and...

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Cross the River game

Cross the River game.

The “Cross the River” game has been one of the biggest hits for both my children during lockdown.

It’s an activity that we were given by my daughter’s pre-school and it is super easy, needs no real other equipment, can be adapted really easily and teaches the children lots of skills whilst they are having fun! What’s not to love!

So, what do...

Learning about letters and letter formation through painting

After lots of homeschooling over the last year, I have been looking at different ways to make learning more fun. Painting is always a go-to activity for me as you can adapt it in so many ways and sneak in lots of learning opportunities. Today’s painting activity involves learning all about letters and letter formation.

What you need:

Paints – I always try to use washable paints

Butterfly painting

This painting activity is so much fun and teaches children all about symmetry!

What you need:

Butterfly shapes cut out. I find it easiest to fold a piece of paper in half, then draw one half of the butterfly from the fold. When you then cut it out you will have a perfectly symmetrical butterfly.
Paints. I try and go for washable

Number tracing with paints activity

My daughter absolutely loves painting, so I thought what better way to teach her numbers than through a finger painting activity ? This activity was super easy and your children won’t even know they are learning at the same time.

What you will need:

Paints. We always make sure we use washable paints as my daughter always ends up totally covered!
Painting apron

Skittles rainbow experiment

My four year old is a bit obsessed with rainbows recently, I think it started with us supporting the NHS by filling our windows with pictures of rainbows at the start of the pandemic! This skittles activity is a great, quick activity that will entertain them and teach them a bit about science at the same time.

What you need:

Some

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Magic Painting activity

Magic Painting

This is my go to activity on sunny days when the children need a bit of extra stimulation but I haven’t set anything up and don’t want a big tidy up job afterwards.

All you need is a paintbrush and a pot of water, that’s it! Then tell the children that they can go and paint anything out in the garden. They may want to paint pictures on the patio, or pretend to...

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LITTLE PLAY IDEAS THAT CAN MEAN A LOT THIS EASTER

KINDER OFFERS FREE ACTIVITIES FOR PARENTS TO ENJOY WITH THEIR KIDS THIS LONG WEEKEND

Activities include a virtual dance class and ‘story time’ with Diversity Star Jordan Banjo
Exclusive drawing workshop with ‘ Draw with Rob’ , a Q&A with Dinosaur Expert, Dr Dean Lomax plus more
Available as part of the Kinder Masters of Play Festival to help families

How to build a bug mansion

Build your own bug mansion and attract a multitude of creepy crawlies to your garden.

An average garden accommodates more than 2,000 different species of insect! Very few of these creatures cause significant damage to our prized plants, and there are many more insects that actually help us to control the ones that do! By providing the right habitats, we can greatly increase the...

How to build a hedgehog Home

By providing safe places for hedgehogs to live, you’re much more likely to see these prickly creatures in your garden.

Sadly the number of hedgehogs in the UK has plummeted over recent years. While there were estimated to be around 1.5 million in 1995, today there is believed to be less than 500,000.

Hedgehogs need homes just like humans, so making one for them is a...