Category Archives: crafts

Hand print ghosts

Little Sis and I had a crafty morning today. We did painting, glueing and writing all before our first Dinky Dancers session. Material needed to make hand print ghosts: black paper white paint googly eyes How to make hand print ghosts: Little Sis loves to feel paint on her hands so she let me paint… Read More »

Leaf rubbings garland

After the 4 year old has finished Reception I set out an Autumnal invitation to play. There were sheets of paper, a collection of leaves and crayons. I watched him draw the leaves, draw his own leaves and make rubbings of them, using all the different colours he’s seen on our walk from school. I… Read More »

How to make a Boxtroll

As a ‘you-survived-your-first-week-of-Reception’ treat I told you that we went and saw The Boxtrolls film. It features a quirky family of Boxtrolls, which are creatures that live beneath the streets of the city of Cheesebridge. They adopt and raise a human orphan boy, Eggs, in their home, so his Boxtroll family is all he knows.… Read More »