Birthday Arts and Crafts

We always celebrate children’s birthdays with a little party! It’s so lovely to help make children feel special and learn about celebrating. It’s a great reason for doing some arts and crafts too. Today we made these gorgeous layer cake cards which provided an opportunity to practice cutting skills, counting and glueing and sticking. It’s also a chance for children to express their likes and dislikes and preferences as they choose their favourite colours and we talk about what happens at a party and make plans together!

Fantastic dens

My daughter was off school for an Insed day and decided to build a den with the little ones. They absolutely loved it and it has featured in all our games. She used canes ( sorry tomato plants!), pegs and a sheet. Dens provide endless fun; countless role play games and imaginative play, it provides a quiet space for down time and we even sheltered from the rain during story time.