my #savvyhalfterm tweets

All gathered into one place and with added links where relevant 🙂 Oh, and I removed the repeated hashtag!

realise that even what seems like annoying rubbish can be fun toys – let your kids jump on bubble wrap packaging!

AModernMother ooh yes, you can do some fab effects painting bubble wrap and taking prints off it!

share childcare with friends and get brownie points with your kids by offering playdates, and someone might reciprocate

freshen up the bookshelves/ games cupboards by having a bring and swap party on books and games 🙂

@AModernMother take pics of art, and make a digital portfolio, maybe even get them to do an art blog?

sticky back plastic collages great for younger children who aren’t as dextrous with the glue

have a crafternoon – get mums together to share hints and tips and tea and cake while kids entertain each other

remember that boredom is good for inspiration and independent and leave gaps for them to amuse themselves

let them make their own playdough and play with it 🙂

look out for competitions ending after the week and get your children entering them, the more creative the better 😉

atcs (artists trading cards) are small and swappable – try making some with a group of children and sharing them about 🙂

altered books with a charity shop find can be fun too, and cheaper than Wreck This Journal

let kids wash the windows, they love doing that sort of thing, and you get cheap window cleaning 😀

find some HE blogs and check them out for hints and tips of activities to do with kids! #WeLoveHomeEd

salt or sand in a tray makes a cheap sensory toy for a younger child, especially while older ones are busy in the kitchen

make your own paper recycle junk mail paper into home made paper that you can use for cards at christmas

have a history day, eg WW2 and live as if then. Finish off with a menu item authentic to the time like Lord Woolton’s pie

origami is a fun and cheap hobby, and if you make paper airplanes, you’ll get boys involved too 🙂

make window stars like these on @HomeBakedOnline

check out @WoodlandTrust and naturedetectives for great outdoor ideas.