Wow! Wow!

Fuzzy Felt has been around for ages, and it occurred to me that it was a nice simple toy that had a lot of possibilties.

As I still had some iron-on transfers sheets left I used three of them and printed off the Wubbzy decorations, Widget decorations and Walden decorations from the Nick Jr.co.uk website.

The shapes all have a dotted line around the outside and so I cut slightly outside of this line. Arrange all the pieces on a 59cm square of white felt, and iron-on according to the instructions that came with the transfer paper. I also used one each of the smaller transfers that I had left over from the Wow! Wow! Knickers!

When cool carefully cut around the dotted lines to create your shapes. Use another 59cm square of felt as the background. I chose light blue but you could use whatever colour you have available.

Nick Jr have introduced a new Wubbzy craft a No-Iron Gardening Apron. The design is simple enough and comes with a printable sheet of iron-on transfers.

This got me to thinking about which clothes I could decorate. Thankfully we had a pair of rather plain dungarees which worked very well with a Wubbzy make-over.

The transfer sheets I used were for dark material but the transfers seemed a little thin and you could still see the denim through the design.

This got me thinking a little bit more.   I had been intending to buy my Little'un some Peppa Pig knickers to try and get this potty deal finalised, but wouldn't Wow! Wow! knickers be even better !?!?!?

The Second Page of the printable Tic-Tac-Toe game from Nick Jr, consists of a sheet of counters. 6 identical images of Wubbzy, Walden and Widget, just small enough for the front of knickers or vests.

This is another simple painting activity for toddlers. It gives them the opportunity to experiment with the paint brush by making lines and spots. They also have the opportunity to do a bit of colour mixing.

You will need paper plates, large paintbrush, a bowl for the paint, blue & white paints and protection for the table, the child, you, your walls, chairs and anything else remotely within reach !

If you look at a picture of Wubbzy's ball you will notice that it is medium blue with lighter blue spots.

So first the paper plate needs to be painted blue. This gives the child the opportunity to try and control the brush by painting lines across the plate until it is covered. Whilst the plate is drying add some white paint to the bowl and let the child mix the paint together until they get light blue. Then let them loose adding the spots to the 'ball'. They can either use the brush or their fingers.

The hardest part of this activity is to persuade the toddlers to get the icing and sprinkles on the biscuits before eating them!

Buy a packet of plain biscuits (rectangular shaped biscuits like malted milk work well for Wubbzy), icing sugar, food colouring and chocolate chips/sugar strands/mini Smarties, etc for decoration.  Plain chocolate chips make good Wubbzy eyes and nose, whilst white chocolate buttons can be used for his ears and mouth.

Use about 3 heaped tablespoons of icing sugar to 2 - 3 teaspoons of hot water and a couple of drops of food colouring. Mix until smooth. The consistency should be thick enough to spread on the biscuit but not runny enough so that it pours everywhere (similar in thickness to golden syrup). This quantity is enough for approximately 10 biscuits. I make pink, blue and yellow in three different teacups, as I find that my little girl finds it easier to hold something with a handle.

Place a teaspoon in each cup and let the little one spoon the icing onto the biscuit. Use the back of the spoon to spread it around if needed. Then let them loose with sprinkles, sweets or chocolate chips.

Yummy!

If you have a toddler that loves getting messing then they will love this activity. You only need two colours to paint Wubbzy, yellow and black (as if you didn't know!). The only other equipment you need are a couple of plates for the paint, a rectangular bath sponge and some willing fingers! Use brushes if you want but it's easier for little children to paint with their fingers and sponge shapes.

Pour yellow paint on one plate and the black paint on the other plate. I added a little water to thin it down and a squirt of washing up liquid to make cleaning up easier!

Dip the sponge in the yellow paint and press it down to make Wubbzy's body. Dip a finger in the yellow paint and make lines for the arms, legs, hands and tail. Finger paint circles for the ears and feet.

Next use the black paint and make fingerprint eyes, nose and lastly fingerpaint a big smile.

Fold a piece of paper in half and use the bath sponge to make a kind of letter B shape on one side of the paper next to the fold.  Fold it in half and squash it down.  When you open it up you get a beautiful flutterfly.

Yellow & black are also good colours for Buzzy Bees

 

Don't forget to protect your work area before you start painting! 
I remembered to protect the table but forgot to take down a skirt I had hanging up to dry - Oops

This one is not for young children to make, but they certainly will like playing with it!

It is quick to make, takes less than 20 minutes, and only requires needle, thread, scraps of yellow felt and a black biro pen.

Firstly cut two rectangles of felt approximately 7cm by 4.5cm, round off the corners. Cut out two D shapes for the ears, two 'sticks' with ball shapes on the ends for the hands, and the foot shape. A longish thin strip will also be required for the tail.

Take one rectangle of felt, stitch the ears at one end, the feet at the other end and one arm half way up each side. Stitch the tail to the back of the other rectangular piece of felt.

Stitch the two rectangles together along the two long lengths and the top. Make sure that the tail is on the outside and the edges of the ears/arms/legs on the inside.

Using the biro, draw in two ovals for the eyes, a larger sideways oval for the nose and a smile. Also add details to the hands and legs if you want.

Leave the bottom open if you want a finger puppet, alternatively stuff with lavender or cotton wool and stitch the bottom firmly shut.

I don't know how many of you caught the Eggs Over Easy episode of Wow! Wow! Wubbzy over Easter. Wubbzy is happily getting ready for the big Easter Egg hunt but Widget makes the EggsCellento 3000 and it takes all the fun out of decorating and hiding the eggs.

This activity is great for little ones if you want to keep them sat down for a while. It's not as messy as decorating actual eggs and you can still hunt the eggs afterwards if you want to.

This was an emergency activity that I came up with in a hurry after my little one fell down the stairs.   Thankfully apart from bruising she's okay.

Cut out 6 egg shapes from thick coloured card and sit child down with cardboard eggs and sheets of stickers!  Ta Da!

We all know how much Wubbzy loves flutterflies and this simple craft has to be much better than chasing flutterflies in the garden!

A little preparation is needed and the finishing touch will need to be done by a responsible person, but little ones can have a lot of fun doing this - especially if they have just discovered the joys of a pencil sharpener.

You will need : waxed paper, a marker pen, wax crayons, pencil sharpener, scissors and a non-steam iron.

1) Sharpen the crayons and save the shavings.

2) Draw a flutterfly outline on the waxy side of the wax paper and let your little one cover it with crayon sprinkles (lighter colours work better)

3) Fold over the wax paper so that the sprinkles are covered and iron quickly with a very cool iron (no steam) - it should only take a few seconds for the wax to melt and the paper to bond together.

4) When cool cut out the flutterfly with scissors and if you want to hang it up punch a hole in the top for a piece of string or ribbon.