Cool Dads

Whilst doing my usual Internet browsing ( I call it research!) I came across this new shopping site - it's a baby site by dads for dads and it's got some really cool stuff.......

Go check out this link

Dads baby shop

This is not a sponsored post - 'Dads baby shop' have no clue who I am!

Tasty Tacos

I found this brilliant recipe idea for tacos last week and they went down a storm in our house.

Children can help prepare & cook this meal and also assemble their own tacos. From just simply grating the cheese, cleaning the salad or helping to stir the sauce - kids love to get involved with this style of dish.

Click on the image below to get the recipe link

More bug fun

Have some more bug fun with a bug themed picnic.

Here are some great foodie ideas

Click on the pictures to link to the ideas

Build a Bug a Home

 - Shoebox or any small cardboard box

A selection of bug friendly materials, here are a few suggestions of what to use and what kind of animals you might get moving in:

............Straw and hay make great bug hibernation sites
............Twig bundles - bigger insects love these
.............Dead wood brings in beetles, woodlice, and ladybirds
.............Dry leaves mimic the forest floor and will bring in all kinds of bugs
.............Loose bark chips will attract beetles, centipedes, spiders, woodlice – all the animals that                            break down wood
.............Old garden canes or a piece of wood with some holes drilled in it make a great home for                            solitary bees
.............An old terracotta flower pot turned upside down makes a great spot for a bumble bee nest –                      try adding some nice soft moss to entice them in!

The most important thing is to use natural materials that bugs love, so get creative and don’t limit yourself to these suggestions – you could add pine cones, old slates or bricks, anything you fancy (some people even put their old woolly jumpers in their bug houses). 

As a bonus, most of us already have some great bug house material just lying around in our gardens, so you can do a bit of recycling too.

Here are some of the bug houses I found on line....... 

or how about this one????

The above idea came from 'the bug club' website - click on the bug below for the link

Beach Games 3

Remove shoes get on the beach and The Chase Is On:

 The first player runs with a beach rake in hand… and leaves a wiggly trail. 

Give them a good start, it is hard work!!! 

Then let the players try and catch the leader… leave a gap between runners – not too far to dishearten and not too short that they can catch the player in front of them…

Beach Games 2

Fill the Bucket Race

Splits everyone into two teams (adults can join in too! Just be sure there are an even number of adults on both sides and the little kids and bigger kids are split up evenly on each team to make it fair). Have each team form a line by the shore.

Set up a buckets about 10 feet from the water’s edge. The object of the game is for each team to carry the water in their bare hands, or a small cup, to the bucket. 

Once a player fills the bucket then the next player in line can grab a handful of water and race to the bucket and so on until the bucket is filled. The first team to fill the bucket wins!

Beach Games 1

 We call this game - Spades - and it's by far our favourite beach game…

Really it is just an alternative version of musical chairs. 

Place a row of spades in the sand – one less than the number of players - and draw a start line in the sand some way away.

Race from the start line to the spades and grab one… one player is knocked out. Line the spades up again and remove one. Race again… until you have just one spade and the winner is the last to grab a spade

Circus Colouring Sheet

Another great set of colouring sheets from 'made by Joel'

heres the link