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Snow Day Activities (Outdoors)

Red Ted Art — Tue, 09 Feb 2021 03:12:00 +0000

Time for some Snow Day Activities. This is a post for those days that catch you unprepared – SNOW DAYS! Be sure to pin it for that cold cold day.. and also stock up on a item or two be ready for the great snow day (in particularly hot chocolate and marshmallows!!). So, the cold...

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Nature Play Ideas – only nature needed

Red Ted Art — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 06:15:39 +0000

So, the Summer Holidays are upon us. The long warm days stretch ahead of us and the kids will be running riot. On our last holiday, we decided to take some books, pens & notebad, a pack of cards and nothing else. Our kids are 6yrs and 4yrs old. We brought no toys. We decided...

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Origami Boomerang that Comes Back

Red Ted Art — Tue, 07 Jun 2016 01:30:16 +0000

Learn some Origami for Kids… Our summer fun continues. Today we have an AMAZING Origami Boomerang that ACTUALLY comes back. You have to be a little neater when making these Origami Boomerangs, BUT the actually steps are easy to do, follow and remember. So soon, you will be making 100s of these boomerangs. The best bit???...

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Melty Bead Suncatchers, Bubble Wands and an Artful Year

Red Ted Art — Fri, 13 Feb 2015 01:45:00 +0000

We have a two for one craft for you today.. our first are wonderful Beaded Bubble Wands, which work BRILLIANTLY with our Homemade Bubble Recipe (great for GIANT Bubbles too). The seconded are beautiful beaded suncatchers…. I am delighted today, to talk about and share a VERY LOVELY book with you today – it is...

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Nature Crafts: Clay Sculptures

Red Ted Art — Wed, 28 May 2014 01:24:06 +0000

Today’s Nature Craft, is something that we have wanted to have a go at for a looong looong time: creating clay sculptures in nature. Clay sculpturs become part of the trees and the environment around us – a great way for connecting with nature. This a great art activity of all ages. We had 4,...

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Nature Play Ideas: Construct

Red Ted Art — Thu, 15 May 2014 01:53:15 +0000

Nature is such a wonderful thing for you and the kids to experience. I love to encourage my kids to explore and to find and for us to collect all sorts of nature items from our walks (within reason of course!). We even sewed some little nature bags for us to collect our finds in...

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Nature Play Ideas: Pinecone Bowling

Red Ted Art — Wed, 14 May 2014 01:45:01 +0000

We love nature and I love encouraging my children to enjoy nature. We are always collecting sticks and stones, much to The Englishman’s dismay (they end up all overthe house). But I just can’t resist them. Tactile, beautiful and well, simply nature. This time round, I decided to come up with a number of nature...

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Foraging Tips, Tricks and Recipes

Red Ted Art — Fri, 13 Sep 2013 17:04:11 +0000

A slightly more unusual topic for us here at Red Ted Art, but one that I LOVE: Foraging – going into the great outdoors with empty buckets and containers.. and coming back with nature’s gifts of blackberries, apples, elderberry and whatever else you can find! Foraging is a wonderful activity to do with kids. Helps...

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