Posts Tagged ‘activities’

PostHeaderIcon Stay-at-Homes Don’t Have To Be Boring At Home

These days, it’s a rare person indeed who hasn’t learned that there are practically 1 million things to do while at home on any given day. Those who have had to experience stays at home — either voluntarily or involuntarily, really do have a great many activities they can engage in, some of which are purely personally edifying while others can involve the Internet and the generation of income.

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PostHeaderIcon Children’s drawing and coloring – the cultural differences

Culture plays a large role in  many things – from what we eat to how we dress – and it even has an effect on the minutae of life – like whether or not drawing will enter into a child’s repertoire of behavior.

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PostHeaderIcon Kids on school holidays? here’s some crafty recipes for fun

School Christmas holidays will soon be here and little kids the world over may soon be chanting, “Mummy! I’m bored!”

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PostHeaderIcon Your children and arts and crafts

The benefits of arts and crafts such as drawing and coloring for kids are frequently argued by child development experts, educators and parents alike… especially so for the real impact they have on child development. However, it is difficult to disagree with the top three reasons why we should all encourage the children in our care to take part in arts and crafts.

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PostHeaderIcon Toys and activities that won’t cost you a cent

Are you fed up with paying top-dollar for the latest piece of over-hyped plastic? Answer “What can we do now Mum?” by making and creating activities from items you already have around the house or that cost nothing at all.

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PostHeaderIcon Eight crafts to keep ‘em busy!

When the kids get home from school in the afternoon and say ‘I’m bored’, at least you can point them towards doing their homework – however – when it’s the week-end or school holidays – you know that it won’t be long until you hear ‘I’m bored’ several times a day!

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PostHeaderIcon Boredom busting recipes for messy fun!

Here you have a dozen play-time ‘recipes’ to help keep your children entertained during the school holidays. Here you can learn how to make homemade goop, papier mâché, cinnamon ornaments, soap crayons and much more besides. When the kids say, “I’m bored!”, print off this article and stick it to your fridge – it will be one of your best weapons against the ‘boredom’ gremlins!

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