Magic Words & Bouncy Balls

Valentines' Friendship Rocks

Dixon learnt a lot from when he sat next to Amy on the Buddy Bench. You can also learn a lot from making those lovely friendship rocks using red paint and rocks you can find on the beach or outside in the garden. It's Winter and it's extremely cold outside, but no matter how cold it gets, this'll warm your heart! No pun intended.

https://www.redtedart.com/friendship-rocks-valentines/

Break The Cocomelon Addiction! Mini Theatre

Cocomelon has been brainwashing children recently. It's popped up everywhere - on Cartoonito, Tiny Pop and even CBeebies! Make this mini theatre to help your children steer clear of the terrible ways of the nursery rhyme-filled rock. Download the printable background and puppets, then follow the video tutorial down below (you don't need corks and Christmas tree branches for this one, though).

Tiger Face Paint Tutorial

There's one thing I missed out on Lunar New Year, and that's to make a craft inspired by Bingo's tiger face paint. Now you can paint your child's face so he or she can look like a tiger themselves, even after Chinese New Year! Happy Late Year Of The Tiger!

https://www.smiffys.com/blogs/make-up-tutorials/childrens-tiger-face-paint-tutorial

Group Activities - Zoo & The Quiet Game

Zoo

Children must choose a stuffed toy zoo animal with a prompt for a written story.

The Quiet Game

Children play a charades game to work on their non-verbal communication skills.

Are We Still Friends?

This email from Jo made me sob, because it made me think that I'll never write stories featuring the residents of Scream Street, and even my best friends Luke, Resus and Cleo ever again...

But I'll be resilient, because making stories about Luke, Resus, Cleo, Bluey and Bingo is my speciality. There's a rule about it from Oxford Owl. You look here:

https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/blog/how-to-write-your-best-story-ever/

Lion King Upholstered Stool

I love The Lion King, and making an upholstered stool with pictures of Simba, Nala and various plants on it is a great way to show your love for the film. The person who made this got material from Disney Baby, but it's still really adorable. Shame Timon and Pumbaa aren't part of it, and neither is Zazu. In fact, they look like The Lion King designs on Huggies nappies!

https://asthebunnyhops.com/diy-upholstered-lion-king-stool/

8 Shows To Break Your Kids' Cocomelon Addiction

This picture of Bluey, Bingo and Grandad is from an article I found about shows that can break your child's addiction to Cocomelon. My support worker Sally has a daughter who loves Cocomelon, but as a mother she realises the series doesn't make any sense, so I recommend watching these shows to stop you from singing those earworm-inducing songs. I only included it because Bluey was part of it, but shows like Rolie Polie Olie, Sesame Street and Baby Einstein feature. Give them a watch!

https://www.cinemablend.com/streaming-news/shows-to-watch-if-you-are-trying-to-break-your-kids-cocomelon-addiction

Bluey Friendship Card

With this Bluey friendship card, you can tell the ones you love how much you love them! I love this card because inside it's got an image of Bluey, Winston, Hercules, Honey, Coco and Mackenzie, just like they're portrayed in 'Circus'. Print it out and get creative! And remember, no matter how different friendships are, like Bluey with Jean-Luc and Bingo with Lila, it's important to remember that each friendship is one in a million!

https://www.bluey.tv/make/friendship-card/

Group Activities - The Dump & Postman

The Dump

Children partake in crafts to learn about the benefits of caring for the planet.

Postman

Children write letters to classmates they admire and place them in their own hand-made postbox.

Guess Who...Again...

Guess what popped up on CBBC's Breakfast Bites collection on iPlayer...

Scream Street, of course! But please, don't watch Series 2. Watch Series 1, for goodness sake! I'm so glad it popped up on there, it's for more than just Halloween, you know!

Drawing Activity - No Friends

In the short skit 'No Friends', Dixon learned about getting friends the easy way when he discovered Amy was sitting right next to him on the Buddy Bench. Create this poster to encourage others to be a good friend like Amy was to Dixon.

1.Grab your favourite pencils, pens and markers and a piece of paper.

2.Draw Dixon and Amy sitting on the Buddy Bench together. Remember, Amy is a white husky, so be sure to draw her in the style of the Bluey TV series.

3.Write somewhere on the page, 'Friends offer good advice'.

4.Put it up on your fridge or bedroom wall for everyone to see!

Group Activities - Trampoline & Cafe

Trampoline

Children play a variant of 'musical chairs' involving hula hoops and lots of bouncing!

Cafe

Children consider how to get more out of less from a small amount of food before making a quenching lemonade recipe.