At Fireflies Childcare, we cherish children’s boundless creativity and love finding fun craft projects. Our recent crafting adventure involved creating mini boats using pool noodles, foam sheets, and ice lolly sticks. The result? A fleet of mini boats that not only ignited the children’s imaginations but also provided endless fun …
This term, our topic comes from our children’s suggestion book, suggested by the children at Motcombe and Stafford schools. We try our best to ensure the children feel included in what happens at the clubs, so we often use their ideas to help plan crafts, our menus, exotic tastes, buy …
Last Christmas we made lots of special treats for our favourite people whilst we were at holiday club. My favourite of these were our very own gonks made from socks! They were all so cute and make a great decoration that can last for years at Christmastime.Steeped in centuries old …
Christmas is coming! When we first opened Fireflies Childcare at Motcombe school as an after school club, we were a very small business, with only a handful of children each day, and two or three staff. We are now a multi-site, wrap around childcare business with up to 80 children …
Coffee Filter Jellyfish! To complete this project you will need: Coffee Filters Colouring pens Glue/ selotape Scissors Ribbon and strips of coloured paper A water spray bottle The first thing to do is use your colouring pens to draw a pattern on one side of your coffee filter. You can …
Paper chain octopus. To complete this project you will need: Firstly, cut your coloured card or paper into strips. We measured ours from A4 card, 6cm wide, but you can cut your strips as you like. Coloured card or paper (one big piece, and the rest cut into strips) Glue/sellotape/staples …
This week at Fireflies we have been making Bouncy bunnies! This is a great activity, and all the children have loved making them; they are great for children aged between 4-11, children younger than this might need a little help with the folded paper spring. For this craft you will …
