Easy crafts for kids – homemade birdfeeders

An image of bird feeders and two delighted girls proudly holding their homemade birdfeeders, encouraging hands-on learning.

With winter fast approaching here in Cape Town, bird feeders are a good way to help out our feathered friends when food is more scarce. We already have a wooden birdhouse feeder that is a popular eating spot for some of our regular garden visitors, such as the Swee Waxbill, Red-eyed Dove and Forest Canary, […]

Easy crafts for kids – how to make binoculars that work

A young child proudly holds binoculars, ready for a birdwatching adventure.

It is always great to discover new ideas for keeping your kids busy during holiday times or weekends, but particularly now, when we have been trapped in ‘COVID-19 Lockdown’, for what seems like in an interminable amount of time. And with all the toilet-roll stock piling that’s been happening in recent weeks, we’ve found a […]