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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.

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.

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 …

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.

Make a Paper Flower Collage
You will need;
1 Piece of Card
Small Paper Cake Cases
Paint & Paintbrush
Glue
1. Paint paper cases in different colours – these are the flowerheads.
2. Glue the flowerheads onto the paper.
3. Paint flower stems.
Have Fun

Have Fun with Chocolate Fondue
You will need;
Chocolate (milk chocolate or white chocolate…..or both…yum!)
Some of the following;
Fudge Pieces
Strawberries
Marshmallows
Chunks of Banana
Brioche Bread
Pretzels
Chunks of Apple
Mini Donuts

Photo by Flickr user Yuhui
A fork, skewer, cocktail stick or trainer chopsticks for dipping into the chocolate.
Melt the chocolate over hot water or in the microwave. If you use the microwave do it on a low heat and keep stirring to make sure it doesn’t burn (I speak from experience!)
Prepare little bowls of dippy things from the list above + anything else you can think of.
*Tip – …

Make an Ice-Cream Cone Picture
You will need;
Cotton Wool (coloured if possible, if not white is fine)
Paint (pale brown)
Paint Brush
Water
Black Felt Tip Pen
Glue
1 Piece of White Card
1. Draw your Ice-Cream shape onto the paper with the felt-tip pen, include the cone part + a couple of scoops of ice-cream and a wafer too.
2. Paint the cone and the wafer with pale brown paint.
3. Draw a criss cross patten to make the cone look extra real.
4. Glue your cotton wool on to look like ice-cream, white = vanilla, pink = strawberry, yellow …

Make a Flower Collage
You will need;
A4 piece of paper (or larger)
Coloured card or paper (green + any other colours)
Glue
Scissors
1. Pre-prepare flower cut-outs, you will need to cut out;
several leaves in different sizes
several stems in different lengths
petals in different colours and shapes
circles in different colours and sizes – these are for the flower centres
2. Lay the shapes out and let your child ‘build’ his/her own flowers – one shape at a time and glue them onto the paper.
*Tip Don’t interfere too much, they will learn about the different shapes – they …

Exploring Different Textures
You will need;
some or any of the following
Wool
Fur
Tin Foil
Sponge
Velcro
Play-dough
Water
Tissue Paper
plus any other things you have which have a different texture and feel to them.
1.Put all the different textures out on a blanket and let your child feel each one. Is it hard/soft? Rough/smooth? wet/dry?
*Tip – If your child is older, blindfold them and let them feel each one and try to guess what it is.

Reader Tip
Keep little ones entertained by filling juice bottles with water, stick a number on them and play skittles. (thanks, Lisa)
(Also teach them to count by numbering the bottles 1-10 and making these their points value ie knock over a one, a three , and a nine and get 13 points. First to 100 wins! – Little Mummy)