Make your own snow paint for kids

As the wintery blast hits the country today, why not stay warm inside and create your own SNOW PAINT!

Follow our easy recipe and instructions on how to make the snow paint and create your own winter, snow pictures with the kids.

Here’s the recipe on how to make your own snow paint.

Benefits of swimming during winter for kids

Should kids swim during the winter months?

As a precautionary measure when the temparature drops, parents often stop sending their kids to swimming lessons. However, when they return to swimming later in the year when it starts to get warmer, not only have they missed out on the many benefits of swimming, they find that their child still caught all the colds that went around. Often because the swimming was not continued through these winter months their swimming has also regressed through lack of practice.

Read our full article on keeping your little ones swimming throughout winter, including more information about:

• Weather and the immune system

• Why swim in winter?

• The warmth factor

 Don't forget to have a look at our swim classes on offer too!

 

Water Play

Kids love playing with water. But during the hot summer months, why not cool down and give water play a bit of a twist - using ice!

Create your own ice world and watch as it starts to melt and change as the ice warms up. All you need is some ice, a tray or dish and some fun Antarctic creatures. 

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Article written by the team at Under 5s www.under5s.co.nz. Don't forget to check out our Boredom Busters ideas too!

Make your own clay at home

The kids will have hours of fun playing with the clay and making their own creations.

Follow this easy recipe to make your own clay at home:

Ingredients:

- 1 cup corn flour

- 2 cups baking soda

- 1 & 1/2 cups water

- Old saucepan

- Cling film

- Optional: add a few drops of food colouring for more colourful clay

How to make:

- Mix all the ingredients (including the food colouring if you're using it) in an old saucepan and cook over a medium heat. Stirring constantly until the mixture is too hard to stir any more.

- Let the clay cool for 15 minutes.

- Remove the clay from the saucepan and knead it until it is smooth.

- Wrap the clay up in the cling film to keep it moist until you're ready to use it.

- When you're ready unwrap the clay and help the kids make all sorts of creations.

- Once they're finished, leave them to dry and harden. It will take approx 1 day for the clay creations to harden.

Compiled by the team at Under 5s www.under5s.co.nz.  Don’t forget to check out some of our other fun activities for kids and easy things to do at home.

Source: idea from make-stuff.com.

Make your own Rubber Glove Finger Puppets

Looking for something fun (and cheap) to do with the kids on a rainy day or when they cry out 'I'm bored!'? How about rubber glove finger puppets?  

So easy to make and the characters you can create are only limited by your imagination! Learn how to make your own finger puppets over on the Under 5s website.



Article written by the team at Under 5s www.under5s.co.nz.