At First Steps in Nature we just love to create a Muddy Cake in celebration of a birthday…or just because the day is fun and the mud inspires us. But this activity is about a whole lot more than just fun, muddy play…
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Curious butterflies
Curious kids & colourful crafts are a perfect combination.
Scrappy printing with plastic scraps
Have some fun printing with soft plastic waste… while we wait for some big answers on how to deal with it properly.
Wonderful winter woolies
Winter woolies inspire some colourful crafting.
Kids in the Kitchen - Part Two
Some more inspiration for cooking with the young people in your life.
A jolly brolly painting idea
Try this bright idea to celebrate the soggy season
Squish it
Bring some colour into your child’s day, with paintings that start with a simple blob!
Painting Rocks
A simple activity to play in your own backyard, with whatever you have on hand!
Heavy work
Have you heard of “heavy work”? Let me tell what it is and how you can incorporate it into the daily life of your little ones.
Busy little hands
How we can create appealing opportunities for busy little hands to touch, grab, poke, pour, twist and squeeze.
Outdoor Muddy Play Essentials - PART TWO
Here are 3 more ideas for outdoor play equipment that can be cheap, useful, fun and can be played with over and over and over again.
Rapt in bubbles
It’s a super easy printmaking material for kids, and you probably have some lying around at home.
Blooming inspo
Looking for crafty ideas for the kids? Look to the Spring garden for inspiration.
Creativity on a plate!
Tricky days call for happy distractions. What can your kids make from a paper plate?
Cloud Appreciation
Need to give your mind a rest? take a moment to look up and watch the clouds go by…
No paintbrush? No problem!
Getting creative doesn’t have to be complicated. Let the kids paint using everyday things around them.
Threading for little fingers
Threading is a fun activity for kids, and you’ll probably already have enough bits and pieces to get started.
Rainbows in the Kitchen
With so many people stuck at home in Australia joining the Rainbow Trail, what a great opportunity to join in by bringing the rainbow inside too.
Little Scientists
Inside babies and children there is an overwhelming desire to play, to experience and to make sense of themselves and their world. They’re all little scientists!
"Good Enough" meals
Do you ever feel like you “should” be making a “proper” dinner every night? If you have the time and energy every day for this, then that is wonderful, but if you want to cheat a little on preparation time, but not on food quality then read on. I’ll give you some tips to create a nutritionally-balanced, easy-to-prepare meal. It just takes a good balance of a little bit of this and that.