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By Little Mummy, October 26, 2006 4:00 am

You will need;

Paper Doilies

Paint

Brush & Water

Paper

1. Take your paper doilie (if you don’t have one make a snowflake from paper to use instead), lay it over the top of the paper.

2. Paint over with the paint.

3. Peel back doily to reveal painted pattern.

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By Little Mummy, October 24, 2006 5:56 am

This is an easy activity, simply draw a sheep then glue on some cotton wool. Erin enjoyed feeling the wool until like most other things these days, it had to be ‘confiscated’ due to breakage of house rule #342 no cotton wool or other wool substances should be ingested under any circumstances.

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By Little Mummy, October 23, 2006 12:31 am

My weekend consisted of the above

Child-Proofing

Erin went on ‘holiday’ to her aunties so we capitalised and did what all good parents do when they get a night off – we childproofed the livingroom.

Erin doesn’t really go far, but we have changed the livingroom around so she has a full corner for her toys and to play in. Alex somberly disconnected the surround sound until we have time to wire it up properly so that no cords are available to prying eyes, hands, mouths… We have installed plug protectors too.

Christmas Shopping

We more or less finished ‘helping’ Santa with presents for Erin. We haven’t gone mad, and to be honest we struggled finding toys that we really like for Erin. Her sensible pile includes the, Leapfrog LittleTouch LeapPad, LeapFrog Hug & Learn Baby Tad, Baby Barney, Mr Men book ends, my first baby doll, large building blocks, wooden blocks, stacking cups, books etc..

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By Little Mummy, October 21, 2006 5:21 am

Invest in a maternity pillow, particularly if you want to get any sleep over the coming months. They come in a range of shapes and sizes, to be honest I got one off eBay for a fiver, I just removed the cover gave it a good wash and it did me fine.

Here is a similar one available online at Amazon;

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By Little Mummy, October 19, 2006 12:14 pm

Let’s be honest babies can be a bit boring….please don’t throw rotten fruit at me….

These are some things you can do with a baby to pass the time until you can do arts, crafts and all manner of interesting and fun things

Roll the Ball

Roll the ball back and forth. This game actually ends up with you rolling the ball and you baby attempting to eat it.

Where’s the toy?

Show your baby a toy then hide it and show again. This one is good for around a minute until they try and escape to go and do something more exciting.

Highland Fling

I made up the name because we live in Scotland. It’s really the old classic of counting 1, 2, 3 and then (gently) ‘flinging’ them onto the bed.

Peek-a-boo

No explanation needed. If you don’t know how to play peek-a-boo you probably shouldn’t have a baby (joke).

Mirror Game

Go and check yourselves out in the mirror, make silly faces.

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By Little Mummy, October 18, 2006 1:00 am

Autumn is a great time to go bark-rubbing as there is so much to see.

Photo by flickr user idreamofdaylight

You will need:

White Paper

One piece of green, orange or brown thick paper for mounting

Scissors

Brown Wax Crayon

Watery paint in autumn colours (don’t need to take this with you!)

Paintbrush and water

1. Take your paper and crayon out, lay your paper against the bark of a tree and use the side of your crayon to gently rub until the pattern emerges.

2. Back indoors, paint over the wax rubbing with watery paint so that the bark rubbing shows though.

3. Cut the bark rubbing down to size and mount onto another piece of paper – orange, brown and green work well.

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By Little Mummy, October 16, 2006 12:37 am

These are great for a party or to hand out to trick or treaters.

You will need;

Biscuits (not too crumbly – rich tea work well)

Icing Sugar

Green Food Colouring

Tubes of Decorating Icing

An assortment of…..glace cherries, red laces, smarties, jelly sweets, foam teeth, raisins…..

1. Mix a small amount of water with the icing sugar until you have a thick paste then add some green food colouring.

2. Ice the biscuits

3. Decorate the iced biscuits with the decorating icing, sweets and fruit to make scary monster faces

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By Little Mummy, October 15, 2006 2:58 am

This kite activity is not only fun but helps improve fine motor skills and colour recognition.

You will need;

Paper 1xRed, 1x Blue, 1xYellow, 1xGreen, 1xWhite

Black Marker or Felt Tip

Ruler

Glue

String

Scissors

Cellotape

1. Prepare small squares from the coloured paper – between half and one inch depending on age and how easily they can pick up small pieces.

2.Draw a kite shape (diamond) onto the paper and divide into four with the marker.

3.Glue coloured squares onto kite.

4.Cellotape string onto the back of the kite.

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By Little Mummy, October 14, 2006 3:36 am

You will need:

Orange Card (or thick sugar paper)

Black Marker/Felt Tip/Pencil

Green, Orange or Yellow Cellophane

String or Black Wool

Scissors

Glue

Cellotape

1. Draw a pumpkin onto the paper with the black pen, include triangle eyes, a nose, and a toothy grin or grimace.

2. Cut out the pumpkin and then cut the holes for the eyes, nose, and mouth.

3. Glue cellophane on the rear of the eyes, nose and mouth.

4. Cellotape some string on to hang to the ceiling or blue tac to the window so that the light shines through and brings your pumpkin to life.

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By Little Mummy, October 13, 2006 2:16 pm

Following on from last week; One other little tit bit on clothing. Go into eBay and type in ‘Bizzi Belt’…. an ingenious little solution for later on in your pregnancy.

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