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What have we been up to recently? Have we a new family recipe we've loved we want to share? Do we want to highlight a particular area of Hertford? From National Make a friend day to pizza dough recipes you can find it here. We are specialist days out bloggers and when it comes to days out with the kids locally we aim to give you the lowdown. So do head over to our tried and tested pages too. 

From Hertford's Number 1 mummy blogger (in google search results- last updated 24/9/21) and Tots100 chart featured parenting blogger and one of the leading mummy bloggers in Hertfordshire (Rank 3 in Google searches 24/9/21) and rank 4 in google searches for "Hertfordshire bloggers" (11/21). #kayleigh&theboys

 

 

Activities to keep the little ones busy.

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Like always you will find our daily what's on posts on our Facebook page (check the pinned post), or you can check out Whats on for anytime during the week using our what's on page. 

We also have some ideas below for some play ideas, in case you are looking for some new ideas.

Simple ideas to keep the little ones busy in bad weather,

  • Bubbles... never ever underestimate the value of bubbles!
  • Star gazing- let the little ones stay up late and explore the skies, wrap up warm maybe even take a flask of hot chocolate out can you see a shooting star? Can you make up funny poems about aliens or enjoy the story of the dinosaur who pooed a planet lots of resources here.

Inside activites

  • Lego!! Lego can be used for fine motor activities, for general creativeness or even as maths counters. Here's some great Lego challenges. 

  •  Make a rain shaker- all you need is a toilet roll rube some paper to tape over the end and either rice of lentils or even stones from the garden to go inside. Decorate the outside as you wish.
  •  Arts and crafts- more ideas to follow but we all have arts and crafts draws. Now is the time to dig through them and get creative. Make birthday cards , make collages, paint, draw, stick and make. And don't forget to check out the amazing The Mill House Hertford - who do some great free downloadable art packs and packs that can be delivered to your door- run our of paint etc before running to amazon consider buying a refill pack from here first. 
  • Movie night
  • Indoor sleepover- This can be as simple or as complex as you like. Simple- just bring down blankets and pillows and let them camp out in the living room or fasion some kind of shelter from whatever you have (airer- ironing board etc). Or you could hire a teepee company to do a socially distanced doorstop delivery for you such as The greatest sleepover or Tip Top Teepees
  •  Book review- all read a favourite book and sit down to discuss it and explore various comprehension themes.
  •  Make playdoh- or use what you have.

Makes 1 ball
Prep 10 minutes
Cook 3 hours
250g Plain flour
125g Table Salt
125ml Water
Preheat the oven to its lowest setting and line a baking tray
Mix the flour & salt. Add the water and stir until it becomes a ball.
Roll out the dough onto a floured surface and cut into shapes (get creative!) If you’re making hanging decorations remember to punch the hole before cooking.
Put onto the baking tray and bake for around 3 hours until firm. Leave to cool.

  •  The Great British cake off! Do you have the ingredients indoors to bake a cake or cookies? So many simple ideas online. Why not have a challenge and see who will win. Weigh and measure ingredients to get children using their maths skills. Don't have the ingredients to bake? Use Playdough instead!! (Just don't eat it!).
  • Use toilet roll tubes to create stamps for painting 

Make Salt dough, We use two cups of flour to one cup of salt and enough warm water (add a little at a time) to form a dough. This can then be used to make ANYTHING! We have made tree decorations from this, valentines hearts, halloween decorations and even a model of stone henge and a volcano!

Practice their language skills- recently discovered that if you hit the subtitles button on netflix you can set the audio to a whole range of languages, stick their favourite programme on in a different language and boom they are learning -haha!

Consider a virtual day out! We did this for the first lockdown and blogged about our experience here.

Some ideas from our friends Mum's Guide to Harpenden- you can read their ideas here

  •  Get the children to prepare a restaurant meal including a menu, tablecloth and waiter service! It can be as simple as fish & chips and ice-cream but parents aren’t allowed to help! You could always try the Mum's Guide to Hertford Pizza or pasta sauce recipes.

  •  Let them help with washing up. Little ones love this. Make it nice and soapy so they can enjoy playing with the bubbles.  You’ve also now managed to get them to wash their hands without trying!
  • Tidy out the toy cupboard and enjoy playing with old, long-forgotten toys then clean and bag up old ones to go to charity later.
  • Tidy out drawers and wardrobes.  Have fun dressing up in old clothes to see what still fits. Have a fashion parade and then bag up anything that’s too small for charity 

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