Hedgehogs!!!

Hedgehog craft @pinkoddy

We keep on seeing a lot of hedgehogs at this time of year. They are so fun and easy to make too. For me they are a good way of introducing hibernation to the children (although I have yet to convince one to sleep all winter with me!) as well as talking about hedgehogs. The … Read more

Holland – The Go Karts

You may have noticed that we really enjoyed our holiday to Duinrell in Holland. One of the main things I liked about it was the fact that normally we are a very technology minded family, who, probably is always glued to an i-gadget or laptop spends a little too much time inside than outdoors, and this holiday … Read more

T is for Tree

Regular readers will know that I’ve been teaching my son the alphabet (Letter Learning Journey). But since we’ve moved house and he’s started school it’s kind of fell by the wayside. I have been teaching him in alphabetically order and he’s been learning phonetically at school. I think TREES are really interesting this time of … Read more

Kite Fold

kite fold envelope

As I have previously mentioned, I’m currently doing an Adult Education Class in Scrap-booking with the lovely Amanda. Here I am going to show you in photos how she taught me to do a Kite fold This is in order for me to put little bits in (tickets etc) for Scrapbooking. They look so nice I’m sure … Read more

Ghost & Ghouls Treat Bag

When I saw this Gift Bag Tutorial at Hello Sandwich I just knew I had to  make one with the children as Treat Bags.  I think it is quiet straight forward and even my 5 year old made one (under guidance). Fold your piece of paper in half horizontally – note this is the size your gift bag … Read more

The Fair at Duinrell Holland

You may have seen that our holiday to Duinrell was so amazing that I’m having to blog about it in small doses. I think my then 4, now 5, year old loved the FAIR the most. It was all free and you could go on again and again. There were hardly any queues because of … Read more

Snake S

If you’ve been following our Letter Learning Journey you will know that we have come to the Letter S. We previously did Spiders but also need something to stick onto our wall of letters so we made a Simple Snake We simply started by drawing a letter S onto some paper and cutting it out. Then … Read more

Duinrell Waasenaar Holland – Parks on Site

I never even realised just how much there was to our holiday in Duinrell, Waassenaar (Holland) until I started going through the photos in order to blog about it. There is no way it could even be done in one post! It was non-stop fun and entertainment from the moment the sun rose until it … Read more

Dinosaurs!

Fine motor skills dinosaurs Pinkoddy

It occurred to me recently that there a lot of great dinosaur blog posts out there and what I needed was to pin some together.  Therefore, I created a Dinosaur pinboard on Pinterest. If you wish your post to be pinned then please link it up in the comments box below. I found this great dinosaur craft … Read more

R is RUBBISH

If you’ve been following our Letter Learning Journey you will know that we have come to the letter R. It seemed obvious to do RUBBISH My children are used to recycling because they know which “bins” each products go to (or go for washing up) so I thought we’d concentrate on reusing. I decided to … Read more