Activity 21: Decorating Cardboard Boxes

Materials for this activity were all from spotlight. After the boxes were made there was more fun putting secret things into them.

Activity 22: Felt and Cardboard Animals.

After these were made, Miss 6 made a habitat for her koala. Miss 2 enjoyed helping me to make the cardboard animals.

Activity 23: Painted Rainbow (2yo) and Glitter Jars (6yo)

Once the rainbows were finished, the paints could be used for finger painting for Miss 2. Miss 6 created a snow globe by adding glitter and water to a jar.

Other activities: Cutting Practice, Blocks and Rainbow Puzzle (2yo)

Chatting with the girls about what they would like to do more of:

Activity 14: Rice Play

Another sensory kit from Happimess and again I highly recommend this sort of activity. The girls came back to it over a period of three or four days to make different things with the coloured rice. Miss 2 was really into using the tweezers to transfer/pick up coloured chick peas and put them into a patty pan. Miss 6 created a blue pond amongst the pink rice for the little fish that were amongst the blue rice in the ocean kit.

Activity 15: Shaving cream with food dye

This is a messy activity that should be done outside but it was too windy. I’d say this was successful and entertained everyone for more than 30 min.

Activity 16: Colour diffusing paper butterflies

I got the butterflies online. We experimented with spraying them with a spray bottle, flicking paint, using watercolours, pens and crayones. These were then used for our paper mache craft.

Activity 17: Papier-mâché Lanterns

This was a two-day activity. Day 1: 3 layers of paper mache. Day 2: Paint and then glue on butterflies. Add LED candles.

I completed most of Miss 2’s lanter. Miss 6 did most of the painting but I helped a lot with hers too. She was particularly happy with the result and really excited to add the LED candles.

Activity 18: Making cards (2yo), food dye on paper towel (6yo)

Miss 2 wrote some “letters” to daddy and enjoyed putting them into envelopes and drawing on them. Miss 6 experimented with food dye on paper towel and the result was pretty cool.

Activity 19: Shape cutters and drawing (2yo) and drawing (6yo)

Activity 20: Mosaics

These kits can be bought from Mandala Art online. It’s definitely an activity for older kids although younger children can have a go if you sit with them and supervise due to the small parts and glue. Miss 6 had to have breaks as she got bored but overall it was very successful and she reflected later on the fact that it was “very fun”. After we finished she also enjoyed sorting all of the left over tiles into groups and playing with them.

Activity 8: White Playdough and Water Colour Paints

I made some white playdough and didn’t have any food dye to colour it so we experimented with painting it. There was some glitter glue stuff left over from making the keyrings in week 1 so that also got added to decorate the playdough. Miss 6 enjoyed the painting and Miss 2 added flowers to her playdough creations.

Activity 9: Rainforest Sensory Box

I bought a couple of these sensory kits from a brand called Happimess. This is the rainforest kit.

I really recommend these sorts of sensory kits, especially if you aren’t confident with making things like this yourself or don’t have the time to. Miss 6 made a beautiful scene in a box and added to it over days. Miss 2 had fun with pouring the rice and playing with the green playdough in the kit. Later Miss 2 and I mixed the green rice with some white rice that we played with in week 1 and added pom poms (not from the kit). This created a whole new level of fun with transferring pom poms into containers and mixing them in the play blender.

Activity 10: Playdough Icecreams and cupcakes

This was another kit that I bought from Etsy and it was totally worth it. The girls had the best time and were really engaged. The kit came with ice-cream cones but I added some mini patty pans so that they could both make things at the same time. I gave the small decorations to Miss 6 to use as I was concerned about choking hazards. Miss 2 was happy using the bigger pieces and sprinkles.

Activity 11: Pom Pom and Feather Craft

When I started this challenge. I ordered a few craft basics such as paper plates, feathers, card and pom poms as well as a huge jar of PVA. Miss 2 was more into this than Miss 6, however Miss 6 enjoyed playing with feathers and pretending that she was a bird.

Activity 12: Botanical Collage (6yo) and sticker collage (2yo)

I found these paper botanical cutouts online and bought a big pack of them. Miss 2 was not interested in the flower collage but she enjoyed sticking stickers on paper plates instead.

Activity 13: Magnetic Tiles, Blocks (2yo) Colouring in Pages (6 yo)

Miss 2 was not so interested in colouring in so I’ve included some pictures of her magnetic tile and block creations that she makes most days, as I figure these are creative too!

Other activities

We attempted to make these flower crowns but I didn’t think it worked out that well.

Activity 1: Playdough and Flower Creations

This activity lasted over two days with some store-bought cheap playdough and flowers from the garden. It encouraged the girls to spend time outside and they were out there for a couple of hours playing and collecting flowers for their creations.

Activity 2: Keyrings

We maybe spent 30 min on this activity and they did look cool when they were finished. The girls both really enjoyed the process.

Activity 3: Potions

These potion Kits are from Little Potion Co. They are always a hit with the girls.

This activity lasted a good couple of days. After the initial fun of mixing, stirring, pouring and fizzing, they created different colours and textures and put them back into the potion bottles that the ingredients came in. These are always so much fun.

Activity 4: Cardboard Robots

This idea came from Miss 6 who made the three headed robot. Miss 2 enjoyed covering hers with stickers which I thought was a good fine motor activity.

Activity 5: Hama Beads (6yo) and paint sticks (2yo)

Hama beads were a really fun and lovely activity for Miss 6 on a weekend and Miss 2 loved drawing with paint sticks.

Activity 6: Water Colour Paints

I have found these sorts of paints to be so great. They last ages, aren’t messy and can be used in lots of situations. The pictures are from an adult water colour book. The girls really enjoyed colouring them in and experimenting with the paints and water.

Activity 7: Drawing and Building

Drawing and building are quite common activities and I haven’t included photos of every building and drawing from the week. However since these are creative activities too, I’ve put this as the 7th activity for the week.

Other activities from the week:

Because my 6yo is at school, there are other things that I do at home with my 2yo. This week we did some gluing, ripping and playing with rice but I haven’t included these in the 100 activity list.

Ripping glue and pasting it onto things was fun for E. The rice play didn’t last very long. A loves drawing and improves with it every week.

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We’ve embarked on a 100-day challenge to reduce screen time, foster healthy play habits, and enjoy quality, creative time together as a family. The plan is to complete 100 craft activities in 100 days. Through this journey, we aim to create calm, educational play environments that encourage creativity and connection. I’m experimenting with various craft ideas and kits, and in this blog, I’ll reflect on how successful each activity was and why. To support our creativity, I’ve set up a craft display table and created a dedicated space in our kitchen. While I’ve invested in some initial supplies and planned to spend money to get things going, I’m wanting to learn strategies to reduce costs over time. My hope is to inspire and help others who want to bring more creativity into their family life.

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