Category Archives: Homeschooling

Heart cards for children

Posted on January 5, 2015 by ofamily

Both my children enjoy making tissue paper shapes and then using the shapes to make pictures.  We did this a lot over the Christmas period, they made some lovely winter tree pictures and my little girl also branched out and … Continue reading →

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Prehistoric Park / Prehistoric animals

Posted on January 4, 2015 by ofamily

The kids have been loving the Prehistoric Park series currently on TV.  In the series Nigel travels back in time to rescue some of the prehistoric animals and brings them back to his Prehistoric Park.  We have actually only watched … Continue reading →

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Simple and fun firework painting

Posted on December 30, 2014 by ofamily

I love doing arts and crafts with the kids but often it is the simplest art activity that the kids enjoy the most and often ends up giving stunning results. The last few days I have been a bit under … Continue reading →

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Little hanging baskets

Posted on December 17, 2014 by ofamily

I saw this idea in an old magazine a while ago as something for the kids to make for Mother’s days and have been meaning to try it but I just never got around to it.  Then recently Pink got … Continue reading →

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Winter tree picture

Posted on December 15, 2014 by ofamily

Another snow filled tree picture.  Yip it seems this is my daughters new favourite art subject – not that I am complaining as I really enjoyed this one, in fact I think I might need to frame one of the … Continue reading →

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