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Egg-citing Easter Fun: Twinkl Keeps Kids Busy!

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Photo by cottonbro studio: https://www.pexels.com/photo/childred-decorating-eggs-3972178/

Say goodbye to holiday boredom with Twinkl’s Epic Easter Adventures!

🌟 Dive into a wonderland of crafts, colours, science magic, and writing wonders that’ll keep kids of all ages smiling from ear to ear. 🎨🔬✏️ Discover the Joy of Learning with Twinkl’s Egg-citing Resources!

Join the Twinkl family today and unlock a world of fun and educational surprises that’ll make your kids think learning is the coolest game in town. 🚀 Don’t let boredom win this holiday—let Twinkl turn every moment into an Easter Extravaganza!

🐰🌷See a whole list of fun things below and get ready for an unforgettable Easter experience:

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Photo by cottonbro studio: https://www.pexels.com/photo/childred-decorating-eggs-3972178/

Egg-cellent Easter Adventures Await with Twinkl’s Fun-Filled Activities!

Get ready to hop into the Easter Egg-stravaganza with Twinkl’s egg-cellent lineup of activities that will make your celebration egg-ceptionally memorable! Whether you’re tracing patterns on Easter eggs or connecting the dots with bunnies, Twinkl’s got the creative juices flowing faster than a bunny on a sugar rush!

Feeling crafty? Dive into the Easter Bunny Basket crafting fun or leave Easter Bunny Footprints that will have everyone searching for the elusive bunny! And don’t forget to top it off with the Easter Hat Craft Activity Templates because every Easter celebration needs a touch of fabulousness!

If your brain’s craving a workout, dive into the Easter Differentiated Reading Comprehension Activity and hunt for Easter words like a pro in the F-2 Easter Word Search. Need a laugh? The Easter Joke Chatterbox is your go-to for egg-citing giggles and smiles!

With over 1,600 top-notch resources curated just for you, Twinkl ensures your Easter celebration is not just egg-straordinary but also egg-stremely fun and egg-ceptionally quirky! So grab your bunny ears and get ready for a cracking good time with Twinkl’s egg-citing lineup of Easter activities!

Hoppy Creations: Egg-citing Easter Hat Ideas & Templates from Twinkl!

Step into a world of egg-citement and Easter charm with Twinkl’s egg-stravagant collection of Easter Hat ideas and templates. Dive into a pool of creativity and let your imagination hop away with these whimsical designs that promise to make your Easter celebrations unforgettable.

Imagine donning an Aussie Easter Hat that with its vibrant colours and motifs, is guaranteed to turn heads and elicit smiles at every Easter gathering. With Twinkl’s Easter Hat Craft Activity Templates, you’re not just creating a hat; you’re crafting a piece of art that’s as unique and playful as the Easter bunny itself.

Feeling fancy? Add a touch of elegance with the EYLF Easter Bonnet Template Accessories, where delicate flowers, charming ribbons, and fancy embellishments transform a simple hat into a showstopper fit for an Easter parade runway!

But why stop there? Explore the world of bunnies with the Easter Bunny Headband and Bunny Ear Craft templates, perfect for adding a dash of whimsy and fun to your Easter attire. Whether you’re hunting for eggs or simply hopping around in style, these bunny-inspired accessories are sure to bring joy and laughter to your Easter festivities.

So, hop on over to Twinkl and unleash your inner Easter artist with their egg-citing collection of hats and templates. Get ready to egg-spress yourself in the most egg-ceptional way possible and make this Easter a truly egg-straordinary celebration!

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Spark Your Curiosity: Egg-ceptional Easter Science Experiments!

Are you ready to dive into a world of Easter excitement and scientific wonder? Twinkl’s Easter Science Experiments are here to sprinkle some fun and fizz into your learning adventures! Picture this: bubbling magic potions that make you feel like a wizard, shrinking balloons that defy gravity, and day and night experiments that illuminate your understanding!

Get ready to unleash your inner scientist with Twinkl’s creative concoctions. From conduction ice cube challenges to making gloop that’s gooey and glorious, each experiment is a journey into a world of colourful discovery. Imagine falling paper experiments that dance like confetti and ice cream in a bag recipes that are as cool as they are delicious!

But wait, there’s more! Explore potato starch slime that’s squishy and stretchy, or dive into the fizzy fun of candy crystals. Whether you’re a budding scientist or a seasoned explorer of the unknown, Twinkl’s Easter Science Experiments have something egg-citing for everyone!

So grab your lab coat (or apron), gather your materials, and let the Easter Science adventure begin! It’s time to mix, measure, and marvel at the magic of science with Twinkl’s quirky, upbeat, and fun-filled experiments that will have you saying, “Egg-cellent!

Easter Handwriting Eggstravaganza 

Whether you’re a teacher, parent, or eager learner, Twinkl has something special for you this Easter. Immerse yourself into a world of colourful activities, engaging games, and delightful Easter-themed handwriting practice that will make learning a joyous adventure.

📚 Explore Twinkl’s handpicked selection of “Handwriting Easter” resources designed to spark creativity and improve penmanship skills. From Easter-themed handwriting lines to playful tracing activities featuring bunnies, eggs, and festive patterns, there’s plenty to keep little hands busy and minds inspired.

🎨 Let imaginations run wild with Twinkl’s Easter pencil control and letter formation activity booklets, perfect for early years and primary school learners. Encourage mindfulness and creativity with celebrations-themed handwriting and colouring booklets that blend learning with fun.

🐣 Dive deeper into the art of cursive writing with Twinkl’s Journey to Cursive series, featuring Easter-themed practice activities tailored for different age groups. From lowercase alphabet tracing to continuous cursive challenges, students will embark on a journey of skillful penmanship.

🌟 Don’t miss out on Twinkl’s Easter portrait page borders, pattern tracing activities, and engaging pencil control worksheets designed to save the day with Easter-themed learning adventures.

📚 Can’t find what you’re looking for? Explore Twinkl’s treasure trove of over 14 “Handwriting Easter” resources and discover a world of educational delights for teachers, parents, and pupils alike. 🌟

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Family

Our Vivid Experience

This was our Vivid experience in 2016.

We went to Vivid last Saturday night. Hubby and I had never been, either had the kids. I must say that we were rather excited about our impending adventures.

However they were dashed quite quickly. The crowds and very rude people made the night not as fun as it was meant to be.

I know we chose to go on the long weekend, we chose a weekend and you have to expect it to be busy and crowded. BUT I did not expect to be pushed at every chance anybody got. I like others were on top of others just trying to walk to the Opera House to see the lights. During this horrible walk I had many people try to walk on top of my kids, one lady in particular try and push me away from my family and I lost touch of the twins. I had to have a word with this terrible person. I told her that I don’t know where she was going but pushing people and making me lose my kids and family was not on, not in a crowd like that.

The kids and I at Vivid last Saturday. This picture was taken when we could finally move around freely and not be on top of others. It was nice to be able to walk and to sit on our own. One thing that was lovely was the amazing view and the lights.
The kids and I at Vivid last Saturday. This picture was taken when we could finally move around freely and not be on top of others. It was nice to be able to walk and to sit on our own. One thing that was lovely was the amazing view and the lights. Please forgive the graininess of the photo. It was dark and hard to get a good image with the phone.

I also chatted with a lovely man who was helping his mate in a wheelchair walk back from the Opera House. He said that it was feral. People were not seeing the wheel chair and trying to walk on them also. Just chaos!

At one point hubby had to yell at a woman to watch what she was doing. Her bag just narrowly missed the babies head. Yes no one seemed to see the pram either. I think we all turned invisible that night as many people decided they could not see us. Maybe we were wearing Eric the Viking’s Cloak of Invisibility? If so it finally works!

The walkways were a free for all. I would have thought that one side would be for getting to the Opera House and the other for going back to George Street and the trains. It was not to be. Due to all this chaos the kids only experienced two hands on lightening installations at the Quay. There was no way to make it to other installations and get there in one piece. From our perspective it was very dangerous. If there was a disaster or say fire happened I’m sure we would have been trampled as the crowed would have stampeded to safety.

I do understand that this is a popular event. Sydney has many visitors and therefore this means crowds. However we picked late afternoon to early evening to make sure that we were not in the way.

Maybe in the future there could be more family friendly events and times? I know that they said it was family friendly but we did not experience this last weekend.

How about having more control over the crowds. Having people police the crowds and monitor lines: having one side for one direction and the other for the opposite. Just common sense actually.

I’m not sure if they are doing this currently but maybe having free shuttle buses to other destinations around the city would encourage more movement of people (they did close many streets to help with access and this was a good thing to do. It was a good help and one of the only pluses of the night) This way the crowds are always moving and not staying in one spot all the time. I know this would cause other issues such as waiting for buses and other connections but maybe with frequent buses or trains this could be avoided. Or the wait would be very small compared to the possibility of being pushed and shoved to see the pretty lights.

One thing that I could not understand. Vivid closed a section of the walk way to go towards the Opera House. They then made you go back onto the road to then walk around this closed section of walk way, this meant that we were again on top of many if not hundreds of people. Once we then turned the corner we noticed that the walkway was all open once you got around the bend. Why would they close this small section to have you in human traffic chaos! Just a disaster all round if you ask me. Why not have all the walk way open to encourage people to go everywhere and to of course to not have an angry mob happen.

Once we did get out of the bumper to bumper human traffic it was rather pleasant. Due to us having the baby and a pram we were able to access the bottom walk way at the Opera House. This allowed the kids to run around, me to sit down with the baby and to marvel at the lights of the Opera House and the rest of the harbour.

 

 

 

It was a HUGE pity that we did not see and do more. We were expecting so much more.

Did you go to Vivid? Were you at Circular Quay? Or did you go to Taronga Zoo? How about Darling Harbour or The Botanical Gardens?

 

 

What were your thoughts? Did you have a great time or were you stuck in human traffic with extremely rude and horrible people like us. Let us know.

 

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6 years and beyond

Australia Day 2015

Happy Australia Day! Have a wonderful Day.
Happy Australia Day! Have a wonderful Day.

Happy Australia Day everyone! What are you up to today? We are going to a BBQ with mates later, and we are looking forward to seeing everyone.

I woke to a rainy day but it is more like sprinkles so crossing fingers and toes it stays that way or stops all together for our day out. Another blogger said that it is raining quite heavy in Melbourne so maybe it is working its way across the county? Not sure how we would all be with heavy torrential rain, but you cannot control this so lets just hope it does not happen.

If it rains we will all still have a great time and if it does not the same so it will not impact our BBQ and catch up with friends.

How do you celebrate Australia Day? Stay at home with the family? Visit relatives? Have mates over to yours for a BBQ or a fancy lunch? Let me know.

Enjoy and stay safe everyone!

 

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5 years and beyond

Happy Australia Day for 2014

Hi all, today was Australia Day and of course we had a BBQ with mates. I think I will just leave you with some pictures of today.

Australia Day BBQ at the Katoomba Airfield
Australia Day BBQ at the Katoomba Airfield

Hubby and Me
Hubby and Me

Lillian
Lillian

Julia
Julia

Yummy lamingtons
Yummy lamingtons

I hope you had a great Australia Day and holiday today. Did you spend it with family and friends? I am pleased that the girls are feeling a bit better from their operation and are eating a little bit more, although not a lot. Thanks everyone who has sent their kind wishes regarding the twins and them getting their tonsils out. Much appreciated.

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5 years and beyond

Observed Bush Fire Damage

The view on our walk to Anvil Rock
The view on our walk to Anvil Rock

Yesterday the family and I took a drive. We continued along Hat Hill Road at Blackheath and just wondered where certain roads went. We ended up at Anvil Rock and did the bush walk.

During the drive we noticed the amount of trees that had burnt in the bush fires. For a long time the fire did not cross the road and that seemed like ages, however there was a point where it did and we looked at the devastation and just though how horrific it would have been.

Once we were up on the rock we had a great view and were able to see the trees that had burnt and others that were lucky to still be green. Although there was kilometre after kilometre of burnt trees in the middle of the ash and charcoal there was green growth sprouting.

It is another thing to be told about the fire and another thing entirely too actually see what it did to the land. It was shocking. Have you had a moment when you are faced with something like this, you hear about an event but have not seen the result of it in the flesh? How did it change you when you were face to face with the impact of a disaster? I was in tears at one point as it really brought home how close it really was. One change of the wind and it would have headed our way.

We were very lucky indeed. The firefighters did a tough job and I and the community are extremely grateful for their long hours and hard work.

At Anvil Rock
At Anvil Rock

The view while on Anvil Rock
The view while on Anvil Rock

Trees that got burnt in the bush fire
Trees that got burnt in the bush fire

I’m not sure what the count on land that got burnt, but the community is all o.k. No lives were lost and that is great news. Not great I know if you lost your house, and I think that would be tragic and I would be very upset if that had happened. I feel for people in this situation.

The 3 Sisters at Katoomba - Echo Point
The 3 Sisters at Katoomba – Echo Point.

Contrary to public opinion The Blue Mountains is open and ready for business. Nearly all areas are green and have wonderful views and you would never know that we had a bush fire. We just saw an area that got affected yesterday. If you are wanting to get away from it all, don’t think that there is damage everywhere, all is fine.  Pack your bags and take your holiday, long weekend or conference here.  The Blue Mountains is a great place to be and to visit.

Echo Point @ Katoomba
Echo Point @ Katoomba

Why not explore your own backyard and help local businesses? Everything helps. Send in your comments.

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4 years and beyond

Happy Australia Day 2013

Australian Flag
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Hi all, it is Australia Day tomorrow and we are all off to have a BBQ with our good mates. Yes very Australian, it will be very nice to sit and have a drink, a bite to eat and to hopefully relax. The kids cannot wait to ride their scooters and bikes and just have some fun. What are you doing this Australia Day? Are you having a quiet one? Or are you having time with family and friends? Maybe you have decided to go away for the long weekend.

With university done I am very happy to be able to sit and to not think of anything now but the weekend. Oh the joys. What are you going to enjoy this long weekend? I am sure not being at work would be one of them.

Remember to be safe driving and on the roads everyone. This long weekend there are double demerit points again, see your state for more info.

Have fun and stay safe everyone.