Author Archives: Angela
Kids outdoor activity: Painting with chalk
A quick and easy way to turn chalk into paint with your kids On a hot summer day a while back Victoria had one of her friends over on a play-date.I thought it’s a nice opportunity to try out a … Continue reading
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Tagged Creative play, messy play, Outdoor play, painting
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Our all-time favorite household baby toys
If you have, or had, a baby already, you know that they would grab just whatever is in their reach and play with it. Babies investigate any object they can find, especially those they are not supposed to find 🙂 … Continue reading
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Easy DIY toys for a mini-explorer baby!
Sure, a good selection of “real toys” can offer great educational stimuli to kids (I own an online toy shop would you have expected otherwise?) and on top they don’t require preparation besides buying them. However, there is also a whole … Continue reading
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Baby playtime – 3 Activity tips to play with a small baby
Our third mini-explorer is not a baby any more, she’s turning into a toddler. So before I forget all about how it is to have a baby in the house I’d like to dedicate some posts on this blog to … Continue reading
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Tagged activities for children, babies, baby, baby toys, Creative play, favorite toy, Parenting tips, positive parenting tips
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Princess Birthday Party Ideas from Victoria’s 5th Birthday.
Victoria’s 5th birthday was coming soon and the closer we got, the more she’d talk to us about it. So we started planning. First we made some home made birthday cards  to invite her friends to the birthday party. Then we started thinking of … Continue reading
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Tagged activities for children, birthday party, craft ideas, crafts for kids, princess
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Easy crafts with kids: How to make a castle
For Victoria’s princess birthday, we made a whole collection of princesses from paper. But princesses live in castles, so I decided (in my enthusiasm for the event) to also make a series of castles from cardboard and paper.  As I had to … Continue reading
Easy DIY paper crafts princess
After the big success with the fairy wings, I thought it would be great for Victoria’s birthday to do some more girly stuff, so we decided to make her a princess birthday party. The ideal occasion to make our own … Continue reading
Make bedtime a fun game for your kids
How we tweaked our 30-count technique to make bedtime routine a fun game Is bedtime also so tough for you? Until recently bedtime for us was a fairly easy time, we had our method figured out and it worked well. … Continue reading
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Impress your family with a magic photo of your kids
Chances are high that you take loads of pictures of your kid. I know I do! Many are crap, some are good, but from time to time I manage to make a great picture and then I look at it … Continue reading
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How to make easy birthday cards for your kids
Some weeks ago we celebrated Victoria’s birthday with a kids’ party at our place. A party means guests and thus invitations to make. I thought it would be fun to make our own birthday cards as a crafts activity with … Continue reading
