• gnome paper plate craft
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    Paper plate gnome craft for kids

    November 30, 2019 - By 

    We had so much fun with the painted gnome rocks  we decorated earlier this month that we thought we would try another gnome craft for kids. Paper plate gnome craft supplies: White paper plate Red coloured card Pink foam Scissors Bostik PVA Glue Bostik Foam Pads How to make a paper plate gnome This is a great craft for kids who love gnomes. My children love cheeky little gnomes, especially the ones who hide behind their hats. We used a white paper plate for the base of this craft, placing it on a sheet of coloured red card to guide…

  • Halloween Haunted House colouring activity for kids
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    {Free printable} Halloween Haunted House colouring activity for kids

    October 19, 2019 - By 

    Now the children and I have broken up for the half term holiday I feel that we can really start getting excited about Halloween. We’ve already been to a pumpkin patch to pick our pumpkins, we’ve decorated them, and have made a fabulous display. Halloween Haunted House colouring activity for kids I have a few more Halloween crafts and activities to share which will help the kids to celebrate the spookiest of seasons. It’s one of our favourites times of year (after Christmas, of course!), and my kids have been super creative turning everything from oranges to cardboard tubes into…

  • Spooky accordion fold bat craft for kids
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    Spooky accordion fold bat craft for kids

    September 29, 2019 - By 

    We love Halloween and with October in sight we are excited to make a start on some new Halloween crafts to share with you. We have a huge bank of Halloween crafts for kids but there’s always room for more. We recently saw a local bat walk advertised and this inspired our spooky accordion fold bat craft for kids to make. You will need: Black, pink, white and red card Blu Stik (and Blu Tack to hang up) free bat craft template googly eyes scissors How to make our spooky accordion fold bat craft Print and cut out the templates…

  • Craft stick pencil bookmark
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    Craft stick pencil bookmark

    August 23, 2019 - By 

    I seem to have spent the last few days sewing labels on everything. I like to think of myself as quite organised but getting two kids ready to go back to school is always a larger job than it should be. However we have bought the shoes, ordered last minute uniform items and packed pencil cases. We are ready! Which means we can spend the last few days of the school holidays crafting. Bostik kindly gifted up their Micro Dots to use and they were really easy to use in our craft stick pencil bookmark. This is a fun little…

  • Pikachu desk tidy craft for kids
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    Pikachu desk tidy craft for kids

    July 22, 2019 - By 

    Our summer holidays may only just have started but already I feel like we’ve packed in some amazing adventures! We’ve had some great days out but it’s also been lovely to spend time at home. The children have been re-discovering all their toys and keep coming up with things they want to make. To be honest, our craft materials are never really tidied away, but I’m trying to encourage my daughter to tidy up with this very special desk tidy. She currently loves all things Pokemon and we had a lot of fun making a Pikachu desk tidy for her…

  • Recycled milk jug lantern
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    Recycled milk jug lantern

    June 25, 2019 - By 

    We’ve been doing a lot of junk modelling recently. It’s a great activity to keep the kids busy after school, and also encourages them to learn about what can and can’t be recycled. Today we raided the recycling for empty milk bottles for our latest craft. Recycled milk jug lantern materials Empty milk jug (washed and dried, label removed) Bostik PVA Glue patterned tissue paper beads Bakers twine Scissors How to make a recycled milk jug lantern First of all I removed the top half of the milk jug. I pierced the bottom to make two holes, which I threaded…

  • Pom pom Spring wreath tutorial
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    Pom pom Spring wreath tutorial

    April 22, 2019 - By 

    The weather has been amazing over the last few days here in the UK. We’ve been so lucky that it coincided with Good Friday and Easter Monday so we had an extra long weekend to enjoy it. We did a fair bit of travelling from our week in Devon via Wiltshire and back to London again. We never seem to be at home over Easter so our house felt a little empty  when we returned home. Fortunately we had been #gifted some craft supplies from Bostik including Micro Dots and Foam Pads. We used these supplies to make a simple…

  • Barbican Conservatory inspired botanical paper cut
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    Barbican Conservatory inspired botanical paper cut

    November 16, 2018 - By 

    A few weeks ago now I had a morning to myself as I had booked on a papercutting workshop. I hadn’t cut anything in a while so I was hoping that the Barbican Conservatory inspired workshop would encourage me to start getting creative again. I love the Barbican, having worked next to it for nearly 10 years. It’s such an interesting part of London and I was very happy to be back for the workshop. I arrived and our small group was told more about the Barbican Conservatory inspired papercut we were going to work on. Barbican Conservatory inspired botanical…

  • 3D Spooky House papercut Halloween decoration
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    3D Spooky House papercut Halloween decoration

    October 26, 2018 - By 

    You all know I love papercutting but don’t get nearly enough time to do it. Obviously the kids are on half term this week but I am too! Since I now work in a school I have been looking forward to some ‘me’ time (laughable I know!) this half term. Today I finally got it. We had a ridiculously early start to drop my car at the garage at 8, followed by a trip to the dentist at 9. This meant we were back at home and ready to relax mid-morning. We still had a list of jobs to do…