The Caterpillar Badge is about one small rhino’s love for his caterpillar. It is a 7 minute long coming of age story. Typically for the writers of Hey Duggee, they take a run of the mill pre-school subject, in this case, the lifecycle of a butterfly, and turn it into a compelling short story. The …
Christmas is a wonderful time of year with lots of family time spent baking and crafting. If I were to list every possible craft, game and recipe associated with this time of year, this would be an epic post. To make it possible to get your Christmas Badge and to make it a Hey Duggee …
The Birdwatching Badge poses an important question, is birdwatching fun? I enjoy birdwatching but doing it with children is a whole different experience. We often take our kids into bird hides when we are out and about and they are very good at sitting quietly and observing the world for a few minutes. It can …
I always like to include some simple recipes in my Get Your Badge guides. Cooking with kids is a tricky endeavour so I aim for low-stress ideas and you can always skip that section if you want. However, sometimes a badge cannot be done without completing a cooking session. The Breakfast Badge takes this a …
The Stick Badge became a bit of a phenomenon when it was first broadcast in 2017. Because of this, it has been considerably more straightforward to find actual Hey Duggee activities directly related to this badge than with many others. As always, I wanted to include a wide range of activities and crafts in my …
If we know anything from The Traffic Badge it is that to get this badge you need pineapples! Nobody likes being stuck in traffic but the Squirrels make the best of it. Playing with Cars Strangely the only cars in this episode are the ones the Squirrels arrive at Squirrel Club in. The vehicles in …
A Halloween approaches our thoughts are turning to The Spooky Badge. We love Halloween, and we always spend the month of October preparing for the big night. We get fully into the crafts, the bakes and the dressing up. Ghost Bakes and Crafts Halloween themed recipes and crafts are prevalent in Autumn for children and …
The Round Up Badge is a rip-roaring adventure in a romanticised version of the American West. The simple life of wandering through extreme weather, campfires and song. Dressing up as a cowhand and practising your skills on the range will help you and your Squirrels get your Round Up Badges. These ideas would work well …
Just like the Squirrels, every child should have a teddy bear or equivalent. My daughter cannot be without her teddy bear who is imaginatively named Teddy Bear and both children love getting all the toys together for a teddy bear’s picnic. We tried out lots of other teddy bear activities, crafts and picnic recipes to …
While The Egg Badge is not exactly about Easter this is a fantastic badge to do at this time of year. The Squirrels do, after all, go on an egg hunt. There are many egg crafts you can do to get your egg badge as well as ways to eat eggs. Here is a checklist …