Latest Nursery Activities

For our nursery I'm trying to think of one different activity to do each week....in addition to their usual books, puzzles, toys, and colouring in. I've planned about 3 months in advance (the ideas at least, not the actual materials, but still, the idea's half the problem sometimes).

Here's some we've done over the past month.


Bottle Lid Matching. Seth loved this one cause even at only 19 months old he could have success at it on his own

Coloured dye pictures

I'd been planning on making child-friendly finger paint this week, but I was a bit apprehensive given the mess I knew it would inevitably make. I happened to work in a Year 1 class in the week leading up to this painting activity and after seeing the teachers art trolley with dye and little plastic droppers I went with a slightly different idea (she kindly let me borrow the droppers in the hope that I would save their clothes from paint/dye....under tight teacher supervision of course)

Dry Erase Re-usable DVD Covers

A little while ago Daddy Joe and I cleared out some DVDs that were scratched beyond watching or ones that we decided weren't family friendly etc. That left me with a pile of about 15 DVDs. I was about to throw them all away, but thankfully at the last minute I remembered an idea I'd seen on pinterest. So I threw away the old DVDs and took out the covers from inside the plastic. Next step was to cut out new paper to go inside and voila, I have mini whiteboards for my nursery children to use.

This is the pinterest pic that I got the idea from. Mine are all in the nursery cupboard at the moment.

Playdough

2 1/2C plain flour
1/2C salt
2 tbsp Cream of tartar (mix in a big bowl)

Add

2C boiling water
2 tbsp oil
Food colouring

Mix and then roll out on floured surface. Knead until the colour is all mixed in and it's not sticky anymore. Maybe add a little flour to the bench as you knead it if it still feels a bit wet.

Birthday treats for this year

 I had wanted to do something more than just a bag of lollies but it was all I managed in the end. Better than nothing but not as cool as a few other ideas I had (Gospel ABC book, playdough with cutters, printable 'I am a Child of God') Maybe that can be one of my goals for next year!

Ella was super duper chuffed to be the person that knocked on the door with Ollie's lolly bag

Birthday cupcakes that Ollie's kind Mum baked for us

Very proud of my beautiful little sharing time singing superstar!

And last but not least, this is usually how we find our cars after church.....the lonely last ones in the carpark. No not quite, there were about 3 cars around the other side, but still, it takes me forever to round up the kids who love to get out of class and play, and my husband who has to talk to every single person before leaving the building!