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    Celebrating Autumn with Baker Ross craft kits

    October 22, 2016 - By 

    Last week I helped on a trip my son went on with his Year 2 class. We stopped to look at the colour of trees and the children loved picking up conkers and pine cones on the way. Autumn is a great season as I think it is easier for children to see the change in the weather, the leaves changing and falling, and there are so many opportunities to craft! Baker Ross sent us some of their new Autumn craft kits to try at home and these have been great as both my children have been off school this week.…

  • Ready for Halloween with Boohoo Kids
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    Ready for Halloween with Boohoo Kids

    October 20, 2016 - By 

    I’m sure I’m the least fashionable mum on the school run but I love my children to look good. Luckily they both love to go clothes shopping and have an eye for fashion – perhaps they’ll be taking me shopping when they’re older! Anyway, Boohoo.com recently got in touch and asked if we’d like to review the new Boohoo Kids collection. I find it much quicker and easier shopping online than I do in person so I was delighted to spend a quiet hour with a nice cup of hot tea looking at their site. I was asked to take…

  • Bonfire Night craft for kids
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    Bonfire Night craft for kids

    October 12, 2016 - By 

    Every year we try and take the children to a Bonfire Night celebration. Bonfire Night is an important event in British history and I want my children to understand the meaning behind events such as this. I always think that crafting and making reinforces the things we are talking about at home which is why we crafted our own paper bonfire! We used: Cardboard tubes Brown tissue paper Bostik White Glu Paper plate + black paint Orange and yellow tissue paper How to make a Bonfire Night craft with kids First we painted a paper plate with black paint. This…

  • Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights Colouring Classic
    Autumn - book review - Halloween crafts

    Win 1 of 2 Gothic themed adult colouring classics

    October 2, 2016 - By 

    Every year Halloween celebrations seem to get bigger and better. This year our preparations started quite early. We’ve already made a start on our Halloween crafts, we shared our egg carton ghosts yesterday, and have so many more planned. Halloween is fun for my children but it has a much darker side that you are probably more familiar with. If you are a fan of Halloween then you may be interested in two brand new adult colouring books – Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights and Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Embrace the greatest Gothic literature of all time and indulge your creativity with…

  • Hand print leaf craft for kids
    Autumn - crafts

    Hand print leaf craft for kids

    September 28, 2016 - By 

    You can’t have missed the fact that Autumn has arrived in the northern hemisphere. Last week we celebrated the Autumn Equinox and went on a walk to see how many different leaves we could find. I love Autumn and nothing beats going for a walk, kicking leaves and spotting signs of nature changing all around us. Over the last few days my daughter has filled the basket on her scooter with leaves and conkers. We have a nature table at home which was over flowing so decided to use some of the leaves we had found. Hand print Autumn leaf…

  • Mollie Makes crochet flower garland
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    Mollie Makes crochet flower garland

    September 16, 2016 - By 

    Every month I challenge myself to make the Mollie Makes magazine cover gift. I’ve subscribed since it first came out and have a drawer full of unopened kits – but no more! I’ve been making more time for crafting and I love to make the kits and hopefully try something new with each of them. Mollie Makes crochet flower garland Issue 70 of Mollie Makes came with a crochet flower garland kit – 3mm crochet hook, dark pink yarn, green yarn, yellow yarn, pink yarn and orange yarn. My heart sank a little when I saw it as I am…

  • 25 apple crafts for kid
    Apple Day crafts - Autumn - Kids crafts

    25 apple crafts for kids

    August 15, 2016 - By 

    I have a fun round up of 25 apple crafts and activities for pre-schoolers. We love this time of year, long warm sunny days with the promise of leaves turning golden brown, going blackberry picking and Apple Days. There are so many lovely crafts and activities for kids and I enjoyed bringing together my top 25 apple crafts for kids. 25 apple crafts for kids Apple Day is an annual celebration of apples and orchards, held in October. It is celebrated mainly in the United Kingdom and traditionally falls on 21st October, the date of the first such event in…

  • Apple Pigs, by Ruth Gary Orbach
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    Apple Pigs by Ruth Gary Orbach

    November 7, 2015 - By 

    I love Autumn and I’m happy that I seem to have passed on a love of seasons to my children too. They have really embraced Autumn this year. My 3 year old can’t walk past a leaf or acorn without picking it up and my freezer is full of little bags of acorns after I found a little maggot crawling out of one! Last month we went to our first proper Apple Day event, held at Hughenden Manor, our local National Trust place. Did you know that 21st October 2015 marked the 25th anniversary of Apple Day – first initiated…

  • air drying clay decorations
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    Leaf-printed air drying clay decorations

    October 19, 2015 - By 

    You may have thought we were running out of Autumnal crafts as we seem to be crafting a lot but I have a new one to share today. I finally got round to trying leaf printing on air drying clay. I like air drying clay, it’s really versatile and I wanted to do something with the leaves my 3 year old keeps giving me. Equipment to make leaf-printed air drying clay decorations Air drying clay Leaves Rolling pin Greaseproof paper Circular cookie cutter Gold and silver metallic paint   How to make leaf-printed air drying clay decorations I rolled out…