At the moment my daughter is a little Mini Me. As much as she has her own *big* personality she also loves to do what I do, especially around the house. This week she’s been reviewing the Casdon Little Cook Morphy Richards play set which she says is her “best toy ever” and playing kitchen. The Casdon Little Cook Morphy Richards play set contains coffee maker and coffee pot, kettle, toaster along with plates, cups, cutlery and play food. Little Sis was quite happy to open the box and see what was inside. She took everything over to the table…
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A large part of my parenting journey seem to a full on nostalgia-fest, reliving with my own children some of my favourite childhood toys and tv programmes. Did you know the Clangers are coming back to children’s tv via CBeebies? The first episode will air at 5:30pm on Monday 15th June and will be on daily. We saw a brief advert for it yesterday and my children were intrigued by the little mouse-like creatures who live on, and inside, a small moon-like plane. My favourite character has to be Granny Clanger who is fond of knitting. Luckily for them (and…
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I’ve had my Janone sewing machine for a couple of years now. I prefer to hand sew but often use my machine to finish off larger projects, especially my quilts. My sewing machine had a rather nasty plastic dust cover and I wanted to make something prettier to keep it clean. A couple of weeks ago I read about a fun competition where you could choose a piece of fabric and make anything you liked and I thought this was a great opportunity to make myself a new sewing machine cover. There were four fabrics from Hillary’s Roman blinds and…
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I love to make quilts but always stick to the same, safe designs. Recently I’ve begun to experiment and tried my hand at jewel, octagon, triangle and diamonds EPP – baby steps! I was interested to hear about All Points Patchwork: English Paper Piecing beyond the Hexagon, for Quilts & Small Projects by Diane Gilleland, published by Storey Publishing. image credit I received a copy to review and read it in one evening. It’s a lovely book and I learned so much from it. I’ve taught myself which is why I’m always happiest following other people’s tutorials and patterns. All…
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Every year we rent a gorgeous cottage on the beach in Devon. It’s the most amazing place and we would live there in a flash if we could. The children love to pick up sea glass and bits of pottery which has been washed onto the beach and we always bring back a pocketful to remind us of our holiday. We’ve already had our week by the sea and wanted to do something with our beach treasure. When I was in Hobbycraft I spotted the perfect receptacle – fillable wooden letters! How to clean sea glass First you need to…
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I’m not sure why Monday always surprises me but it does. I had the laziest weekend possible as I really needed to recharge my batteries and now I’m ready to share my Monday Happy Things. Yesterday I finished piecing all the hexagons for my union flag quilt. My 3 year old really wants me to finish ‘her’ quilt and was keen to photo bomb my photographs this morning. I’m going to add a panel of solid to either side of the pieced union flag to make it large enough to cover her bed. I just need to find time to…
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This morning we shared the fun we’ve been having with the new Ravensburger Minions Movie Jigsaw Puzzle. We love those little yellow Minions so thought we’d make our own Minion play dough. Recipe for Minion play dough: 150g plain flour 100g salt 2 tsp. cream of tartar 2 tbsp. vegetable oil 140ml water How to make Minion play dough: Place all the dry ingredients in a bowl and mix. Add the oil and half the water and mix well. Stir a sachet of lemonade flavoured drink mix powder Kool Aid with the remaining water until the powder has dissolved and…
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Are you looking forward to the new Minions film which is released this summer? Our family love Minions so were excited to review the new Ravensburger Minions Movie Jigsaw Puzzle which ties in to the new film. Ravensburger Minions Movie Jigsaw Puzzle The Ravensburger Minions Movie Jigsaw Puzzle contains 4 jigsaws in a box (12, 16, 20 and 24 pieces) and is aimed at children aged 3+. My 3 and 5 year old were happy to sit down together to try out the jigsaw puzzles. The puzzles featuring the Minions characters Stuart, Bob and Kevin in various situations. My children…
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Father’s Day is soon approaching here in the UK and my 5 year old has really wanted to make something for his Dad. I recently received a really cute roll of washi tape so thought we would use this to make craft stick frames as a little Father’s Day gift. Equipment needed to make craft stick photo frames: washi tape craft sticks scissors glue dots photograph or drawing How to make craft stick photo frames: First cover each craft stick with the washi tape. Fold over any spare tape. Cut your photograph or drawing to the shape you want and…
