Ants are insects, like grasshoppers, beetles, and butterflies – they have three body segments, six legs, and two antennae, and the hard part of their body is on the outside. Unlike most insects, ants live and work together in huge teams called colonies. A colony can have hundreds or thousands of ants, and different ants… Read more »
Alexander Calder and Kinetic Art: Creating Your Own Nature Mobile
Alexander Calder (American abstract sculptor, 1898-1976), was a pioneer of Kinetic Art and is considered by the art world as one of the most important figures of American 20th century sculpture. Born into a family of artists, his grandfather and father were both sculptors and his mother was a painter. From studying mechanical engineering at… Read more »
Toffee Shortbread Cookies
Easy twist to a classic holiday treat. Great for cookies swaps and holiday gifts! The toffee can be substituted (even omitted) for different flavour applications – sweet or savoury! If you go savoury adjust the salt content. Ingredients Butter 341g (room temperature) Icing Sugar 120g All Purpose Flour 375g Toffee Bits 75g Salt 6g Instructions… Read more »
Pumpkin Doughnuts with Cinnamon Glaze
The kids are back to school, the leaves are changing colours and the mornings are getting chilly – that means that pumpkin spice is in the air! There’s no better way to welcome the fall weather than to bake treats that are spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg and make your house smell like a warm… Read more »
Infant Massage Therapy and How it Helps Baby Sleep
Infant massage helps to increase the bonding between the baby and their parents or caregiver. It teaches both the caregiver and the baby how to relieve stress while helping to increase relaxation through the use of touch. lt helps to stimulate the development of various systems of the body (digestive, circulatory, musculoskeletal system) lt helps… Read more »
Halloween Bats
Materials black, pink and white construction paper scissors screw googly eyes foam ball black craft paint paint brush black electrical tape toothpicks Step 1 Twist the end of a screw into the foam ball this will help keep your hands clean during painting. Paint black. Once finished rest on the inside of a bottle cap… Read more »
Why Do Leaves Change Color in Autumn?
Every fall, I look forward to the beautiful colours as the green leaves on the trees change to yellow, orange, brown, and red. But why does this happen? To understand why leaves change colour, you need to understand why they’re green to begin with. Most colours in living things are caused by chemicals called pigments…. Read more »
How Food Affects Your Child’s Sleep
When our kids don’t sleep, we don’t sleep either. It is one of the hardships that come with being a parent. The world, unfortunately, doesn’t stop or pause for us to catch up on the sleep that we need – we must get up and go about our day, go to work, get our kids… Read more »
Halloween Face Paint – Mr. Monkey
What you’ll need: Black Face Paint Orange Face Paint Red Face Paint Black Eyeliner Pencil Large Brush or Makeup Sponge Small Brush Setting Powder Powder Brush STEP ONE Using the black eyeliner pencil draw the outline of Mr. Monkey’s face. STEP TWO Using a small brush and the orange paint make short lines around the… Read more »
Potion Making
‘Then she filled up her cauldron and said with a grin, “find something everyone! Throw something in!”’ – Julia Donaldson, Room on the Broom Depending on where you live, Fall/Autumn has fallen on the land. The nights draw in, the sweaters and thermals have been retrieved from the back of the cupboard and the pumpkin… Read more »
