• 15 Tasty Butterbeer Recipes
    cooking - Crafts for adults - Wizarding World crafts

    15 Tasty Butterbeer Recipes

    January 25, 2019 - By 

    We are huge fans of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter in our house. I devoured the Harry Potter books when I was younger, loved the films and now enjoy the Fantastic Beasts franchise too. I have tried reading the books with the children but they don’t seen quite ready for them. Instead we have been re-watching the films as we have booked tickets for the Warner Bros. Studio Tour to see behind the scenes of the Harry Potter films next month! We’ve featured a few Harry Potter themed posts on our blog, although my favourite was our visit to…

  • DIY Valentine's Day gift bag with paper weave detail
    Crafts for adults - Valentines Day crafts

    DIY Valentine’s Day gift bag with paper weave detail

    January 22, 2019 - By 

    Have you started thinking about Valentine’s Day yet? I love to give my children a card and a little sweet treat, just like my parents used to give me and my sister. This year I wanted to make a paper treat bag to hold my treats. They are embellished with a paper weave detail which adds a pop of colour. I used a rainbow of colours but I think they would look lovely in monochrome or pastels too. DIY Valentine’s Day Gift bag supplies: Colourful paper Scissors Paper glue Ribbons Paper Punch machine How to make a Valentine’s Day gift…

  • wool felt fox from the Winter Craftpod box
    crafts - Crafts for adults - subscription box - Winter

    Mistletoe embroidery and a felt winter fox

    January 20, 2019 - By 

    I try to make time to craft but I have to be honest, working outside of the home leaves me with little energy for it at the moment. I’ve been enjoying the quarterly Craftpod subscription though and always seem to make time to craft the contents. I ordered the Winter Craftpod box as a little treat to myself. It arrived just before Christmas so I packed it to take away with us over Christmas. This was a colourful winter-themed box with two crafts – a soft sculpture of a woodland fox and a mistletoe embroidery hoop. There were extras too,…

  • Crafting pretty paper stars
    Crafts for adults - Mollie Makes crafts - Paper craft

    Crafting pretty paper stars

    January 16, 2019 - By 

    There ‘s something about working with paper that I just love. Although I like to sew, I’m also really glad that I discovered paper craft too. This Christmas we added a huge paper star to our bay window so I was pretty excited to see a paper star kit along with my monthly Mollie Makes magazine. Regular readers will know that every month I challenge myself to make the Mollie Makes magazine cover gift. I’ve subscribed since it first came out and have had a drawer full of unopened kits – but no more! I’ve been making more time for grown up crafting…

  • Miniature Felt Party Bear from Mollie Makes magazine
    Crafts for adults - Mollie Makes crafts - sewing

    Miniature Felt Party Bear

    January 11, 2019 - By 

    I was lucky to find time for some crafting over Christmas and New Year. I took a little pile of projects away with me which meant I had plenty to keep me busy in the evenings once the children had gone to bed. Regular readers will know that each month I challenge myself to make the Mollie Makes magazine cover gift. I’ve subscribed since it first came out and have had a drawer full of unopened kits – but no more! I’ve been making more time for grown up crafting and I love to make the kits and hopefully try something new. Issue 100…

  • New Year Party Hat Treats for a New Year treat
    Crafts for adults - New Year crafts

    Simple New Year Party Hat Treats

    December 27, 2018 - By 

    I hope you had a lovely Christmas Day, however you spent it. It turned out to be a bit of a Lego-fest for our family, with everyone receiving major Lego gifts (except for me!). We are looking forward to a few quiet days at home, building Lego and eating chocolates. However, my thoughts are also turning to New Year and I wanted to share a fun New Year recipe to make, whether you are entertaining friends and family or spending the evening at home with a few loved ones. Ingredients to make New Year Party Hat treats: Regular shaped ice…

  • How to make a simple twig star decoration
    Christmas - Crafts for adults

    How to make a simple twig star decoration

    December 15, 2018 - By 

    I don’t feel as though I have made as many Christmas decorations as I would have liked to this year. What with my new job, although I’m not sure I can call it ‘new’ for much longer, my crafting time is really limited. Today we had some much needed time at home though, and I was finally able to play with my new Ryobi Glue Gun. A few weeks ago we went for a lovely walk in Ruislip Woods. The weather was beautiful and I collected lots of long twigs for crafting. With Winter coming up I had a few…

  • Kite Sugar Cookies tutorial from the gingerbread house blog
    baking - Crafts for adults

    Kite Sugar Cookies tutorial

    December 15, 2018 - By 

    Next week sees the release of the hotly anticipated film, Mary Poppins Returns. The mysterious Mary Poppins returns to Depression-era London to visit Jane and her brother Michael, now a father of three, and help them rediscover the joy they knew as children. I can’t wait, this is already planned as a post-Christmas treat. When I think of Mary Poppins I can’t help but hum along to the song Let’s Go Fly a Kite which appears at the end of the first Mary Poppins film. They inspired me to make these fun Kite Sugar Cookies. Kite Sugar Cookies ingredients: Your favourite…

  • Gingerbread Sugar Scrub Cubes tutorial
    Crafts for adults - gingerbread - Handmade gifts

    Gingerbread Sugar Scrub Cubes tutorial

    December 13, 2018 - By 

    The end is in sight people. This time next week we will have survived the longest school term ever and be ready to embrace the madness which is the Christmas school holiday. I can’t wait for those two weeks with my family and have planned absolutely nothing. We want to build Lego, watch Christmas films and eat Quality Street – and that is all. However, first we have to get through the last week of term and give gifts to all our wonderful teachers. I couldn’t resist a little handmade gift giving and wanted to share how to make Gingerbread…