This activity in ‘Have Fun with Your Kids’ by Marilee LeBon reminded me of the several times we made these, except we pretended they were guitars.

How To Make a Homemade Banjo
You will need;
A Paper-Towel Tube
A Tissue Box (one of the rectangular ones)
Three Rubber Bands
Paint or other materials for decoration
1. Staple the paper towel tube [...]

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Heads ‘n’ Volleys is a football game, or soccer to my American readers.
Heads ‘n’ Volleys requires 3 people or more. One goal, which can be mocked up with jackets or trees as goal posts. One football.
One person is elected as goalkeeper, and the rest of the players play with each other. The [...]

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There’s always so much information about breastfeeding but never much guidance for formula feeding. This is just a general idea of what’s involved, you should always read the instructions on the tin.
1. Read the back of the tin it gives clear directions and measurements.
2. Take a sterilized bottle and fill with cooled boiled [...]

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In a recent post I suggested that the popular entrepreneurial venture of a lemonade stand was a good activity that was free, yes, I know the lemons and sugar will cost but you will make that back when you sell the lemonade!
Here’s a recipe I found (Juliet Moxley book again!), I haven’t tried this recipe [...]

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Dave has a great HOWTO on touch typing and how to increase your speed. This would be a great ‘game’ for older kids and has the added bonus of being educational too.

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Help! What is RSS and the Orange Button?
I’m going to explain this in the only way I know how - in the really simple way (how I understand it).
RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication.
In a nutshell RSS makes it possible to read all the updates on a blog (web log, like an online diary) or [...]

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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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How to Make Paint
Halloween Sweet Treats
Chocolate Fondue
Make Edible Kiddie Gunge

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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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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 [...]

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