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Author: jenny

Crafting with coloured sand

Posted on May 24, 2015July 8, 2016 by jenny

One thing I love about crafting with my children is the chance to try new craft activities with them. They are always keen to try anything and were pretty excited about a parcel of coloured sand products we received from Baker Ross. We received 6 bottles of Fluorescent Coloured Sand, plastic animal sand art bottles…

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Win Disney Cinderella Fairytale Jewellery

Posted on May 23, 2015August 4, 2016 by jenny

My 3 year old loves to dress up as her favourite princess so was pretty happy to be sent the new Frozen Colour Changing Necklace to review. Featuring images of princesses, Elsa and Anna, the two necklaces change from white into a deep blue and pink in sunlight. Perfect for Olaf’s favourite season – summer!…

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Painted pebble cactus plants

Posted on May 23, 2015May 5, 2019 by jenny

I’ve been having lots of fun crafting recently, I know I always say that but this is supposed to be a craft blog. I love looking through my photo stream and seeing the photos of all my makes. My children have been keeping me busy lately but I still found time to make some painted…

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Top tips for creating a Summer fairy garden - the gingerbread house

Top tips for creating a Summer fairy garden

Posted on May 22, 2015October 26, 2025 by jenny

What is a fairy garden? It’s a miniature garden for fairies to live in. My 3 year loves Tinkerbell and after we had watched Tinkerbell and the Great Fairy Rescue we were inspired to make our own together. Since then we’ve made a couple, both temporary houses indoor and a few permanent fairy houses outside….

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Sylvanian Families fun

Posted on May 21, 2015July 8, 2016 by jenny

I’ve had lots of luck charity shopping recently as my daughter and I found some boxed Sylvanian Families sets. We snapped them up and she’s been playing with them ever since. We found Madeline’s Boutique and Highfields Barn but her favourite is Madeline’s Boutique as she loves to shop and pink is her favourite colour!…

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How to make Scrabble tile badges - the gingerbread house

Scrabble tile badges

Posted on May 21, 2015May 14, 2019 by jenny

Did you know it’s Scrabble Week? This May over 6,500 new playable Scrabble words join the Collins Official Scrabble Wordlist. To celebrate the biggest update in 4 years, Collins are hosting Scrabble Week which runs from May 21-28 2015. I love playing Scrabble and crafting with my vintage Scrabble tiles. I felt I should make…

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Shipping forecast quilt

Posted on May 20, 2015November 15, 2018 by jenny

I like to have a few sewing projects on the go. Top of my list is just about any of the projects from Hearty Good Wishes, a beautiful craft book of coastal quilts from Janet Clare. Pre-children I always went to sleep after I had heard the shipping forecast on Radio 4. Now my bed…

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How to make a Lego clock

Posted on May 19, 2015July 22, 2019 by jenny

One of my favourite things about being a parent is the chance to explore toys the second time around. I’m a huge advocate of learning through play and I love to see my children enjoy toys that I also played with. Some toys are classics like Lego and Playmobil and I love to plan how…

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Monday happy things

Posted on May 18, 2015February 6, 2016 by jenny

Goodness me the weeks are going by so quickly. Thankfully my Monday Happy Things post is here to remind me of all the fun things we got up to the previous week. Yesterday my daughter and I spent the day in London. We visited the Museum of Childhood to see Small Stories: At Home in…

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Welcome to the gingerbread house blog. I’m Jenny, London mum of two teens. Craft and family lifestyle blogger, occasional baker of gingerbread. Find out more about us, our latest crafts, and be inspired by our days out. Contact me jenny@the-gingerbread-house.co.uk

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