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Baking rusks = a great sensory activity

Posted on January 13, 2016 by ofamily

My kids have always enjoyed eating rusks (South African “dry biscuit” that you dip into your tea) but after our recent holiday in South Africa they have returned slightly rusk obsessed and they are not cheap to buy in the … Continue reading →

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Holiday

Posted on January 11, 2016 by ofamily

We had an overdue family holiday in South Africa over the Christmas holidays.  The kids got to spend some quality time with family members and I got the rare chance to catch up with family and have a break from … Continue reading →

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Home-made Christmas tree decorations for the kids

Posted on December 13, 2015 by ofamily

My kids tend to discover something, whether it is a toy, an art technique or a simple template and then they use it for a million different activities.  This year one of our new favourite discoveries has to be the … Continue reading →

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Present boxes

Posted on December 11, 2015 by ofamily

As part of encouraging the kids to recycle we have been making a big effort to use as much of the recycling as we can in our art projects.  Our present boxes started off as just a painting old cereal … Continue reading →

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Christmas Tree cards

Posted on December 6, 2015 by ofamily

Over easter we made some really cute easter egg cards that my daughter loved so we thought we would try to use the same the idea for some Christmas tree cards. We used our new favourite Free to download Christmas … Continue reading →

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