Nursery Activity Ideas

Building Blocks Birthday Chart

Nursery Activity Ideas — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:24:25 +0000

A simple and bright way to display children’s birthdays within your room. You will need: Card Paints, crayons or pencils Scissors Marker pen Activity: Draw a 3D block onto a piece of card for each child. The children can either paint, or colour their blocks before cutting them out. Older children may be able to cut them out themselves. Next write the [...]

Make A Bonfire Night Sky Display

Nursery Activity Ideas — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:50:45 +0000

A fun, messy and creative group activity for children over the age of two, to create a bonfire night display. You will need: Large sheets of black paper Paint brushes or tooth brushes Bright or luminous paint Selotape Activity: Tape several pieces of black paper together, and place them on the floor, tape side down. Pour the paints into trays and give [...]

Making A Leaf Print Tree Display

Nursery Activity Ideas — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:31:33 +0000

This fun creative autumn activity is suitable for children over the age of two, to make a large autumn tree to use as part of a larger wall display. You will need: Leaves Paint Paint brushes Plain paper Activity: Take the children into the garden to collect some leaves. Pour a range of autumn coloured paints such as browns, reds and oranges [...]

Leaf Printing Pictures

Nursery Activity Ideas — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:18:26 +0000

This fun creative autumn activity is suitable for children over the age of two. You will need: Leaves Paint Paint brushes Plain paper Activity: Take the children into the garden to collect some leaves. Pour a range of autumn coloured paints such as browns, reds and oranges into trays, and place the collected leaves into the middle of the table. The children [...]

Making Creepy Crawly Jelly

Nursery Activity Ideas — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:56:14 +0000

This variation of jelly play is more suited to children over the age of two because the bugs may be too small for younger children, however it can be easily adapted to suit children of all ages. You will need: Bowl Jelly Plastic spiders and other bugs Activity: Make the jelly according to the packet instructions, involving older children in this [...]

Making A Witch On A Broomstick

Nursery Activity Ideas — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:16:32 +0000

This creative activity is more suitable for children over the age of two. Their Witches can then be hung from the ceiling to make a colourful Halloween decoration. You will need: White card White paper Brown Paper Glue String or cotton Scissors Paint or pencils Kitchen roll tube Selotape Activity: Draw or print a picture of a witch sitting on a broomstick onto white paper or card. [...]

Shape Sponge Painting

Nursery Activity Ideas — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:11:11 +0000

This is a fun activity suitable for children of all ages. However older children can use this to become more familiar with the shapes and also be introduced to new ones. You will need: Paints in a variety of colours Paint trays Paper Shape sponges Activity: Dip the sponges into the paint and press onto the paper, using the shapes to make [...]

Making Magnetic Shape Pictures

Nursery Activity Ideas — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:58:13 +0000

This simple, fun creative activity is an enjoyable way for children over the age of two to learn their shapes whilst expressing their imagination and creativity. You will need: Magnetic shapes Magnetic boards Activity: Give the children the magnetic boards and a choice of shapes. Children can create their own pictures using a range of shapes in different sizes. As [...]

Make A Paper Plate Pumpkin Mask

Nursery Activity Ideas — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:58:22 +0000

This simple, fun Halloween activity is suitable for children over the age of two. You will need: Paper plates Orange paint Scissors Wool or a straw / lollipop stick Activity: Paint the bottom of the paper plate with the orange paint and leave to dry. Once dry ask the children to draw the eyes, nose and mouth onto their pumpkin. Next cut [...]

Emergency Vehicle Playdough Cutter Printing

Nursery Activity Ideas — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:40:31 +0000

A simple creative activity suitable for children of all ages, which can fit in with the theme, ‘people who help us’. You will need: Paper Paint in a variety of colours Ambulance, fire engine and police car playdough cutters Activity: Pour the paints into the trays. Dip the playdough cutters into the paint and then press onto the paper. As older [...]