Posted February 18, 2015 by Rosina Ayling and filed under DIY
Transform an old entertainment centre into a kids dream play kitchen
Treat your little Anna, Elsa or Kristoff with a batch of Frozen silly putty
You simply need: 1 bottle of clear school glue, same amount of water, ½ teaspoon of Borax, ½ cup of hot water, few sprinkles of silver and blue glitter and a few drops of blue colouring. All you need to do is pour glue into a bowl, fill the same bottle with water and add to the glue, stir until well combined, add a few drops of blue food colouring and stir, add a few sprinkles of glitter and stir again. In another cut, add ½ cup of hot water, add ½ teaspoon of the Borax to water and stir until dissolved. Pour this solution into your original bowl. Stir and watch the magic happen!
Turn travel into a blast with this portable Lego kit
Lego loving kids will flip over this wall storage
You know what else is amazing?! This Lego table!
Does your kid love ?The Little Mermaid?? If so, this decoration will make their jaw drop!
Whip up some glow in the dark playdough
And it?s all natural. Find out how here
Turn a regular fan into an amazing rainbow one
This is super cool! Here?s how.
Edible playdough is pretty cool too.
Find out how to make ice cream flavoured playdough here.
This indoor baby swing is guaranteed to impress your toddler
This airplane swing for the backyard will seriously impress your little ones too
Older kids, meanwhile will want this skateboard swing in their yard.
Why didn?t I have one of these?!
Make this fluffy stuff so your children can experience a snowball fight ? even in the middle of summer
It?s so simple ? you need 2 boxes of corn-starch and 1 can of shaving cream! Simply mix them together and mould into balls ? you could add colouring if you want to make them a different colour.
Set up a robot building play station
Perfect for a party or an afternoon activity.
Confetti paint takes painting to the next level
You need:
- Hair gel
- Food colouring
- Craft sequins
- Butcher paper
- Paint brushes
Fill the container with hair gel, add food colouring and confetti and mix. Start creating!
This pumpkin moon sand DIY is great for Halloween!
You need:
- 4 cups of play sand
- 2 cups of corn starch
- 1-3 cups of water
- Pumpkin pie spice
- Orange food colouring
In a bowl, combine all ingredients and mix well. Start with one cup of water and add till you get your desired consistency. And that?s it! Easy peasy and super fun.
Making a buckets worth of sand slime will win you some serious cool points too
Turn a regular bath into a super cool polka dot one
This is not only simple and fun, it has an educational twist! Purchase a pack of round foam circles and with a little splash of water, the foam sticks all by itself and can be peeled and re-stuck as many times. You could turn this into a learning opportunity too ? your children can separate the foam circles into colours and then count how many of each colour there are.
If you build it, they will play
Amazing treehouse = winning childhood. Here?s how.
Scrabble loving kids will go crazy for this outdoor word game
Kids will love this outdoor chalkboard too
Hang a particle board or something similar to the fence, mix grout with non-voc paint, paint with roughly three coasts. Cure the board by rubbing chalk all over it before first use.
Go!
Ice cream served in a bowl made out of chocolate? Yes, please!
Simply ? blow up some balloons and dip them in melted chocolate. Once the chocolate sets and dries, pop the balloon. You have the perfect little chocolate bowls!
Make this and your kids will think you?re the coolest parents ever!