I was listening to an awesome podcast (it’s called Happier by Gretchen Rubin) and the team were talking about motivation. More specifically they were talking about how different personality types reacted to things like a to do list. One of their listeners suggested that a ‘Ta Da list’ can be heaps better than your standard To Do …
Free printables
My daughter Arabella loves tinkering around with graphics on Assembly and in Photoshop. She’s made a selection of free printable Christmas cards for us all to enjoy. We called her ‘brand’ Aricards and let’s also call this a very proud mother moment… Each of the cards is illustrated with the cutest lil’ design. Ari must …
Most kids and teens love listening to stories and as they get older the urge to tell their own stories grows too. For some kids (often those we call ‘born writers’) this is an easy thing to do – no list of creative writing ideas for kids needed. They grab a piece of paper and …
Deck the halls! Or at least the living room! Christmas officially kicks off on 1 December with the advent calendar. This year, instead of the usual advent chocolate box, I’m urging you to try a kindness advent calendar. I first made a kindness advent calendar to countdown Christmas when my kids were much smaller. But …
Elf donuts are quite possibly the cutest class Christmas gift you’ll ever find. This elf donuts free printable makes them the easiest gift you’ll ever find too! Kids go gaga for elf donuts, even though they are really just boring old Cheerios with a fancy festive dress on. You could even kid yourself that elf …
Here’s a cute idea for a small Christmas gift for the class: Merry Christmas lifesaver wrappers. These fizzing, fun little fruit lollies sure beat a candy cane (does anyone actually like candy canes?). All you have to do is buy some fruit tingles (or any other lifesavers) from the supermarket, download and print the (free …