Guest Post - Learning About Perspective
Last year, as soon as I spotted the dinosaur scene colouring pages, I printed them out. But not for colouring, I wanted them for drawing ideas.
Guest Posts
Since August 2017 we have featured a weekly guest post, sharing ways in which Activity Village resources can be used for learning at home, crafts with your own children, or group craft activities. There is lots of inspiration here!
Guest Post - Fun with Masks
We love masks.
Guest Post - Enjoying Paper Games
We had lots of grey drizzly days this winter, and it was hard to get out of doors.
Guest Post - Enjoying Winter Printables and Puzzles on a Snow Day
We often get some snow where we live in the North of England during winter, but it’s been a while since we’ve had a proper snow day when the schools have closed.
Guest Post - Cupcake Fun!
One of our favourite “mum and kids” activities has to be baking. We started when they were very young, just using basic store bought baking mixes and they would pour in the milk, add some eggs and mix it altogether.
Guest Post - Animal Fact Finding Pages
One of my kids' favourite and most used writing pages from the website has to be the Animal Fact Finding Worksheets. We have used them over an
Guest Post - Decorating Glass Jars and Bottles
In the colder months we definitely tend to do more crafts.
Guest Post - Having Fun with Paper Dolls
Paper dolls are a timeless toy. They have been around for centuries, but were popularised in the early 1800s. I don’t think there would be many of us who wouldn’t remember playing with them as children.
Guest Post - Robin Collages
We often have friends over with differently aged children and I like to put something out for the younger kids so if the older ones are busy with K’Nex or a game that is a bit more complicated then the younger siblings can still have something fun
Guest Post - Learning about Queen Victoria
My daughter is completely fascinated by Queen Victoria at the moment.
Guest Post - Christmas Writing
We are definitely in a Christmas zone at the moment. Everything seems to be sprinkled with a bit of Christmas so I thought it would be good to encourage the kids to extend their Christmas mood into a bit of festive writing.
Guest Post - Christmas Window Art
We love window art. Love It! It is such an easy activity to set up and do with the kids (no real artist ability needed) and mine always love seeing their pictures hanging up on the windows and sliding doors.