Guest Post - Making a Royal Crown
My oldest is going through a slight historical British monarchs obsession. She is reading any book she can find about any of the past kings and queens and is constantly talking about some of the more unique
Guest Blog
Activity Village staff and friends share ideas for how our resources can be used for learning at home, crafts with your own children, or group craft activities. There is lots of inspiration here, so make yourself a big cup of tea, grab a biscuit or two and explore...
Guest Post - Making a Sunflower Life Cycle Poster and Booklet
We have been spending quite a bit of time in our garden sorting out our little growing areas (we try to grow some vegetables each year as a learning activity) and we naturally started talking about plant life cycles.
Guest Post - Making Stick Puppets for Storytelling
I love stick puppets. When the kids were younger it was something fun they could work on which helped with pencil control and scissor skills.
Guest Post - Easter Egg Fun
I feel like Easter has kind of crept up on us, not sure why, possibly just because we have been busy with our normal weekly activities. But finally this past week we have started with a few Easter activities.
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 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.