Monthly Archives: October 2014

22 10, 2014

lemonade playdough

October 22nd, 2014|Categories: crafts|Tags: , , , , |2 Comments

 

 
We have been enjoying the spring weather! Though I do wish it would make up it’s mind! We have had a hot 36 degree day, followed by a cooler 26 degree day, followed by a couple of days of rain. Never the less, Spring is the perfect time to let nature inspire our playtime and we really enjoyed making our Spring paper plate sun catchers the other day! Continuing on with our little spring time theme, we made this lemon scented playdough which was a real treat for the senses!
I used my favourite cooked playdough […]

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13 10, 2014

spring time paper plate sun catchers

October 13th, 2014|Categories: crafts|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

These are gorgeous and super easy, and fun to make, too!
The kids and I went out to collect some pretty spring time flowers and leaves to make some paper plate sun catchers to hang from the window. 

We found a beautiful range of colours and textures and sizes on our little flower and leaf hunt! Just perfect for creating a colourful masterpiece.
 
What you need:
Paper plates
Clear contact paper
Flowers and leaves
Scissors
Ribbon
Hole punch
Cut the middle out of your paper plates. I found the easiest way to do this is to poke a hole and then pop the scissors […]

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9 10, 2014

playdough and chickpea pies

October 9th, 2014|Categories: A Little Delightful|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

We had some fun last week making playdough pies! The kids LOVE when I make pie and we have some left over pastry. They roll it out and play play play so I thought I would make some playdough pastry for them to play with and make their own little mini pies with some of our rainbow chickpeas!

I pulled out some mini pie dishes for them and grabbed my pastry cutter and a fresh batch of pastry coloured playdough and let them enjoy some chickpea pie making.
It was fun to roll out the pastry and […]

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7 10, 2014

{printable} LEGO mini fig

October 7th, 2014|Categories: printables|Tags: , , , , , |2 Comments

Do you have a lego lover in your life?? 
My kids LOVE the lego movie big time, and so I just knew they’d love this activity! 
I found this awesome outline of a mini fig from here and popped two of them onto an A4 sheet for printing {I like this size as it’s a little more manageable and not so large for colouring etc}
I let the kids have a couple that they could draw on with crayons and pencils. I LOVE how Noah did these three!
 
I also laminated a couple for re-usable play. We use […]

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1 10, 2014

colour me happy :: how to dye chickpeas

October 1st, 2014|Categories: A Little Delightful, crafts|Tags: , , , , , , , , |2 Comments

Recently I dyed some chick peas for the kids for a little bit of fun imaginative and sensory play.
They’re such a great size and very different to the texture of our rainbow rice! 
It’s easier than you may think to dye pasta and rice, and the result is fun and vibrant and irresistible! 

You will need:
Dried chickpeas {you can get these from the supermarket or a bulk foods grocer will have them cheaper – if you are in Perth Kakulas in Northbridge is a great spot for things like this!}
Food dye {I use a gel paste […]

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