Miracle Garden

My son wanted to participate in a story telling competition in school. The Only condition was that it should be self-written story. I discussed with sonny boy and he wanted to write something about trees/nature. And so we started…..

There is this divinely beautiful miracle garden I saw. It had tall huge gates made of gold. Solid strong brick walls layered with colourful creepers. This mesmerised me. I lightly touched the gates and it opened welcoming me inside. Oh! What a sight to behold.

And this is how you can entertain your child indoors during the monsoons...

Any with the rains lashing out at us last week, I was a little stranded. The school had not yet reopened, weather was gloomy, outdoor activities came to a standstill and my little one gave me a hard time.

I had to think on my feet all the time, to keep him from crying or mischief. This old game that we played as kids came to my rescue. My mother collected a lot of old book's cardboard and gave it to me. I pulled it out and handed them to my son and got him to make house, school, garage parking etc.. He had a blast and I was at peace.

So like I say when in doubt run to your own 'mom'.

Kids book storage DIY

In my last post I mentioned there was an eye soar and that i'd fix it and write a post around it. So here I am with my DIY post. If you remember my post Glimpses of my house, I had created a reading nook for my son. In the rack I had reused old cartons to keep his books. Yup that was the eye soar and I have fixed it :)

Kids activity with multiple benefits...

Hello all you beautiful people.

The summer vacation is upon us and that means it’s not just the heat but also the children’s free time that will take its toll on us. Of course we all are by now looking for summer classes, play dates and outing to keep the little brats busy. But well guess what we have like almost 90 days of vacation and phew that’s quite a bit! I have not yet found any activity or sets of activities to span this period.

A lot has been written and read about educational activities, activities to develop fine motor skills, gross motor skills, sensory play etc… but don’t we all know that when the child puts up a tantrum she just creates a scene no matter what. And all those readings go down the drain. Keeping up the child’s mood and in turn outs is one hell of a task. No two days are identical and well we have to fend for ourselves every single day. Which also means that if you have planned for a particular activity for the day there is no assurance that your child will be

Christmas DIY Part III

Hello friends!! we have just another day before Christmas and I am bursting with ideas and unfortunately do not have enough time for execution. Frankly I had not planned the part III, but it just happened.

My son wanted to make something for his teachers for Christmas and I wanted him to help in the creation [as usual]. One of my favourite gifting option is the bookmark and hence I got a brainwave!!!

Kids activity

Its a tough job to keep the child off screens, given the variety of screens we have in this generation. So, one evening my son was in that irritable mood for no rhyme or reason. Didn't want to colour/write/read books etc... I kept on wondering what I should do other than whack him.

Remembered I had some stickers in my craft box. Pulled it out. Then picked up an old used curd container [clean one].

Kids activity

Keeping a child entertained, busy and yet put him through a learning process is a tough job. I cant claim I am good at it, but I try sometimes...

• Below are glimpses of some work done with my son for his teachers. Below is a picture of a card and some bookmarks