This flower petal activity — perfect for spring — encourages your child to make gorgeous potions with the flower petals that you find in your yard. This is a winner for keeping the kids occupied all afternoon. They’ll love using pipettes to mix colours and add pretty petals to their potions. This flower petal activity […]
Teach your kids how to braid using grass
How did you learn to braid? Did you use your doll’s hair? Your sister’s hair? Or your own hair? I want to introduce you to a new ‘outdoor’ way of learning how to braid. It’s a little quirky but learning to braid using grass is really fun. If you think this is an activity only […]
Nature finger puppets your kids will enjoy creating
If your children want to make crafts but you can’t be bothered driving to the craft store, look around you. Nature can be used in so many ways. This time I’m showing you how we made nature finger puppets. Crafting with nature has brought so much joy to my family and I. Even I had […]
50 ways to play in the rain!
It’s so much fun to play in the rain. It’s wonderful! I love how only a quick downpour transforms the nature around our house. It sometimes feels like we live in the middle of a rainforest with all those vibrant greens popping off the foliage. Many of us stay indoors when it’s raining, but as […]
Stick-lets: building with sticks just got easier!
This is a sponsored post I think you’d agree that every child should play with sticks, that every child should create with sticks and every child should build with sticks. It’s pretty easy to allow children to build with small sticks but it takes some decent rope-tying skills to build something big. Well, it used […]
Nature Boats: Collecting, building and floating fun
Who would have thought making and playing with nature boats could be so fun?! Every child should experience the achievement of making a boat using natural materials and then watch it floating down a trickling river. Why make nature boats? Nature boats are simple to make You only need a few materials There’s learning to […]
Popcorn snow: try this summer snow fight
I’ve been enviously fixated on winter instagram images on that contain snow. I’ve devoured the stunning snow capped mountains, longed to walk down those snow littered pathways and felt joy at the images of children with snow laced into their homemade gloves. I’ve never experienced a white Christmas. In fact, I’ve seen snow only once in my […]
Make a wooden spear and practise with a target
Most mothers probably wouldn’t expect to stumble on their child making a wooden spear in their home. They probably wouldn’t imagine being excited about it either. But when I caught Miss Possum making a weapon, I’ll admit I was surprised, but I was genuinely thrilled that she was creating nature craft without any prompting from […]
Nature Shelter for kids: how to make lasting memories
Build a strong, lasting memory of playing with your children in nature by making a nature shelter for kids. They’ll love making it with you! While on our camping trip with another family, we stayed on a stunningly spacious farm that held a few, magnificent pine forests. As soon as we drove past a long […]
Making mud stew – messy play for kids
Have your children ever had a mud kitchen? I haven’t made one for my girls but to be honest we haven’t really needed one yet. One of their favourite activities is to make mud stew or mud potions. They combine ingredients in empty plant pots, our bird bath or if they’re really sneaky, sometimes I […]