Advent Calender Fillers

Well we've made our calender, or come up with a design idea anyway, so now what are we going to put in it?

Here are a few simple ideas that I have found .....

you could add finger puppets......

or Lego men.......

or fun socks.......

a new Christmas tree decoration for each day.....

buy one puzzle and add a few pieces for each day......

Hide a gift or two and then make a treasure map. Cut the map into 24 pieces so they get 

one part of the map each day and a big treasure hunt on the 24th....

advent promises

Hope this has given you some ideas that not just a chocolate each day........

Lets get ready for halloween....food ideas

There are loads of great halloween party food ideas around at the moment and whilst us adults might find some of them a little bit off putting (to say the least!) kids just love it - the more gruesome the better.......

so here are a few ideas I have found recently that you can make with your kids to have or take to a party this halloween....

l love this idea - here's the link 'banana ghosts'

and these worms are so easy to make just pour jelly into some bendy straws - let it set and yuck - wiggly worms.....

and how about this - so simple but effective......

for more ideas check out my halloween pinterests site

A is for Apple

It's apple time and a great kids activity is get out in the fresh air and pick some apples - either from your own garden or go to a 'pick your own' orchard. Some parks and Statley Homes have 'apple days' this time of year with loads of different activities for the kids and often they combine a food fair with it for the adults. It's usually a fun day out for the whole family......have a look and see whats going on in your area.......

When you get home with your apples - apart from eating them - there are lots of fun things you can do with them - here are a few of our favourites - click on the pictures to take you to the link.....

Make some toffee apple wedges 

Create some artwork with some apple stamping

Get all wet with some good old fashioned apple bobbing

What ever you decide to do get out into the fresh autumnal air and enjoy collecting some apples.

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