rainy day activities

INSPO: EGG BOX CRAFTS

Ho brilliant are these crafty egg box ideas. Grab your empty egg cartons, a pot of paint and see what you can create!

Check out our top 20 below...


Mermaids 🧜‍♀️
Spring wreath (these are gorgeous!) 🌷
Boats 🚤
Ice cream cones 🍦
Wall hangings 🌨
Jelly fish puppets 🐙
Under the sea coral reef 🦀
Hanging plant pot 🌸
Dancing fish 🐠
Ladybirds 🐞
Caterpillars and crocodiles 🐊
Colourful chicks & bunnies 🐰
Toy camera 📸
Flower crown 👑
Masquerade mask 🎭
Space ship 🚀
Flower bouquet 💐
Mouse house 🏠 🐭
Trains, busses and dumper trucks! 🚂
Ninja Turtles 🐢

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TOP 20 TOILET ROLL CRAFT IDEAS

TOILET ROLL CRAFT 🚽!

Soo you must have used toilet rolls or if you don’t start saving them up!! There’s so much you can do with them. It will keep the kids entertained for hours!!

Below are my top 20! Why not download our inspiration sheet for FREE for more ideas and tips. Click HERE


Here goes...
1. Marble run game
2. Binoculars
3. Pen pot holder
4. Animal puppets
5. Rainbow windsock
6. Easter bunnies
7. Toilet roll train
8. Skittles game
9. Minions!
10. Ice castle
11. Mini city (w/ lots of tall houses!)
12. Shape stamps for painting
13. Bird feeder
14. Biodegradable mini seed planter
15. Superhero cuffs
16. Counting / colour matching game for toddlers (each tube is a different number/colour)
17. Rain sticks
18. Ring toss game
19. Ball maze game
20. Bird house
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Have you made anything out of toilet rolls?? We would love to see your makes, tag us @themillhousehertford.com or #themillhousehertford

FREE NEW YEAR PRINTABLES

It looks like we may have a little more free time than usual leading up to New Year this year! So here’s a downloadable pack to keep the kiddies (and adults!) entertained over the next few days…

The pack includes…

• Colouring-in
• Mini New Year bunting template
• Paper party hat template
• Star wand template
• 2021 to do list & All About Me activity sheets
• New Year word search

Hit the button below to download for free…

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INSPO: HAND & FOOT PRINT FOR THE LITTLES

Looking for something crafty to do with the little ones? Here are some fun hand and foot printing ideas, and best of all, a lot of them are mess free 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

Instead of paint, grab some paper or card! You could make some really lovely cards to post to family and friends.

Make them extra special by adding a lovely little saying with your hand or foot print, check out our stories for inspo!

Another tip - order some googly eyes 👀 They can transform a print! Or you can order one of our crafty starter kits which includes some too and colourful card to get you started!
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Here are our top...
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1. Butterflies
2. rocket
3. Fish puppets
4. Our little monster cards
5. Super héros
6. Flamingoes
7. Dinosaurs
8. High five to the best ...... (e.g. Dad/Mum/Granny)
9. Cheeky frog
10. Mama & baby elephant hands
11. Roarrrsome lion
12. rainbow hand print
13. Fram animals
14. Pirates
15. fish - I'm hooked on .... (e.g Grandpa!)
16. I love you concertina hand card (See images for example!)
17. Wash your hands print
18. Family hand print overlay (See images for example!)
19. Fruit - I love you berry much
20. Hand print flowers!

20 CRAFTY THINGS TO DO WITH A PAPER PLATE

PAPER PLATE CRAFT ✂️
Looking for something crafty to do with the children? Here are some fun things you can do with paper plates!
From Easter bunnies, to Ferris wheels, to masks and games! See our top 20 below or swipe for inspo!

1. Paper plate crowns 👑
2. Paper plate clock - great for teaching the kids how to tell the time in a fun way!
3. Paper plate tennis - Decorate the plate, attach a stick, blow up a balloon and play!
4. Paper plate veg patch (See image!)
5. Paper plate animals - you can make so many animals out of paper plates!
6. Paper plate rainbow to hang in the window 🌈
7. Paper plate masks
8. Dream catcher - see image for inspo!
9. Easter - Hatching chicks & bunny masks
10. Paper plate bag - so cool!
11. Paper plate flowers - one for the grown ups!
12. Dinosaurs 🦕
13. Monster masks
14. Paper plate string art - hole punch holes in the plates and string thread through them creating different shapes!
15. Ring toss - all you need is toilet roll and plates!
16. Spaceships and rockets 🚀
17. Unicorn masks
18. Paper plate spiral track
19. Paper plate frisbees
20. Paper plate merry go round & Ferris wheel - if you want to me ultra creative!!