Make Your Own Garden Tea Rooms - with Homegrown Flowers

Playing 'Tea Rooms' is one of Minnie's favourite activities. Whether we’re inside or out we've discovered there’s always time for tea!

Desert Island Play - Whatever the Weather

Wishing you could escape for the holidays? How about a desert island, or a sun-drenched beach with waves lapping at the shore? With a little imagination anything is possible.

DIY Fairy Toadstools for the Garden

Ever since we created our butterfly garden Minnie has been convinced that there are fairies living amongst the flowers! She loves searching for them, but lately, she's become a little concerned that they have no real shelter from the rain!

So we thought we'd better create some mini shelters, & came up with these Fairy Toadstools!

Upcycled Dragon Puppet - Ideal for Storytelling & Imaginative Play

Looking for a fun frugal puppet? How about these DIY rod puppets made entirely from recycled materials. They are simple to put together, & offer so many play opportunities & endless fun.

5 Picture Books about Camping

We're looking forward to another camping holiday this summer, & thought these books would get us ready for our forthcoming adventures. (Although I hope our holiday isn't quite as eventful as some of these tales!)

Dragonfly Puppet - made from Recycled Materials

We've been spotting plenty of dragonflies around our garden & Minnie is completely fascinated by them. The only problem for her is that they move just a little too fast! We thought we'd have a go at creating a dragonfly puppet which might hang around a little longer. Recently we've collected a quite a bit of packing paper from parcels & thought this was a great way to recycle some of it.