Coloured Ice Igloo Community Park What if we made our own park? A coloured ice igloo community park. I started this project because I wanted to see neighbours build something together. I wanted to see something other than fear in the newspaper. I wanted to create a space where people would see each other differently. Where individuals…
Kids Outdoor Nail Salon When it comes to nail polish, we have some keen, creative and exceptionally meticulous girls in this house. We’re long passed me pulling out a colour and just getting on with it! It’s not even enough to have asked what they were thinking with their nails today… They’re going to change…
Two mums, put our heads together and decided to fix a little surprise for our kids. For no reason whatsoever. I want to remember and savor this moment because it’s one of the happiest and most appreciative ones. It’s my experience with kids, that knowing something lovely is going to happen doesn’t necessarily mean they’re any…
At the beginning of our holiday we took a day trip to a hidden little beach just outside Stockholm. A couple of buckets and spades, a football and a picnic. The last time I was there, Miss 4 wasn’t even walking. I remembered it being a cute little place with a small garden centre and café.…
Water Soaked Bicycle Assault Course I love that summer fun doesn’t need meticulous planning. And it doesn’t need to break the bank either! Adrenalin filled, water soaked assault courses aren’t only the stuff of theme parks. You can have your own, right on your street, or in your front yard! What better to improve bicycle…
There are many times when outdoor play is intentional, the location planned, and a certain level of organisation regarding the extra things you know you’ll need. There are other times when being outdoors was intentional, and of course you’re hoping that your kids are going to have a good time, but play itself – just…
Going on a hunt for snail shells was not my idea! Miss 6 had come home from school with a few the day before and excitedly told of how hers had been empty but her friend’s had had a snail in it! I can imagine that was a delightful moment of discovery! ‘We’re going on…
Picnic breakfast on the beach with three little ones – in their winter coats! Well my Little Man fell asleep again before we even left the car, but I’ll count him anyway! ‘But there are no beaches in Sweden’ insisted Miss 6 … Hmm, we have not done a good job revealing the diversity of…
Guess the Poo might be one of the funniest games I’ve ever played with the kids at a farm! It’s too easy, and too obvious to go around looking at the animals naming them. Kids have seen pictures of farm animals since a book has been held in front of them… But they’re much more…
Today was one of those days when you’re stuck in the house. Mr 10 months not well, Miss 3 getting a fever, Miss 6 (possibly just not wanting to be the only one to have to go to school) complaining of earache. We started making our rainbow rice, and toilet roll owls – two of…
Shaving Foam Magma Doodle What a CRAZY game, and sensory play table. The kids could not believe that I was actually suggesting that they take pappa’s shaving foam. There was a great deal of cheeky suspense in the kitchen as to what exactly we would be doing with it 🙂 A friend of Miss 6…