• Christmas tree countdown for kids
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    {Free printable} Christmas tree countdown for kids

    November 19, 2020 - By 

    With only a few weeks left until December 1st you are probably busy shopping and planning. My children are already so excited about Christmas. We start our Christmas celebrations on December 1st with the arrival of our Elf on the Shelf and his brother (yes, we have two!). They bring Advent calendars and get up to silly tricks each day which always seem to amuse the kids. Advent calendars are a great way to tick off the days leading up to Christmas Day. My children love a piece of chocolate each day but my printable Christmas countdown makes a great…

  • Father Christmas bookmark craft for kids
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    Father Christmas bookmark craft for kids

    November 17, 2020 - By 

    I love sharing crafts with you and I’m hoping you’ll love this sweet Father Christmas bookmark as much as we do. It makes a fun craft for a wintery afternoon. Simply collect the supplies listed below, print out the template and start your Christmas crafting! Supplies: Coloured card (red, white, black, brown, yellow) Scissors Glue stick Free Father Christmas bookmark pdf template Black pen How to make a Father Christmas bookmark: Use the PDF template to cut out the pieces for the Father Christmas bookmark. Use a pencil to trace around the templates or just cut out the pieces from…

  • Build Your Own Marble Run {review}
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    Build Your Own Marble Run {review}

    November 1, 2020 - By 

    We were recently sent a Marble Run kit, the latest kit from Build Your Own who make sustainable toys with less plastic. The Build Your Own range is suitable for children (and adults!) aged 8 and up. They use visual perception and thinking skills and make great STEM toys (ones which utilises science, technology, engineering and mathematics). *** Pop on over to my Instagram page where I’m giving away one of these fantastic BYO Marble Run kits. *** Build Your Own Marble Run BYO marble run kit comes in a smart cardboard box with all the pieces pre-printed for you…

  • {Free printable} Candy Corn colouring sheet
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    {Free printable} Candy Corn colouring sheet

    October 27, 2020 - By 

    If you’re looking for a quick and easy activity to keep the kids busy this October then you’ll love my free printable Candy Corn colouring sheet. I love sharing free printables and this candy corn themed printable is great for keeping kids of all ages busy. What you will need: our printable Candy Corn colouring sheet dark orange, light orange and white colouring pencils Free printable Candy Corn colouring sheet First of all print our 3 sheet printable Candy Corn colouring sheet Secondly, grab your favourite colouring pens or colouring pencils Then sit down and relax. Our Candy Corn activity…

  • How to make a lego brick Halloween costume for dogs
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    DIY lego brick Halloween costume for dogs

    October 23, 2020 - By 

    You all know how much we love our Bichon Frise puppy. He’s a huge part of our family so we wanted ot include him in our Halloween celebrations. Although we won’t be going Trick or Treating this year we still wanted to make him a costume. Today we’re going to share our DIY lego brick Halloween costume for dogs. My 10 year old loves Lego so it he decided to make him into a walking Lego brick. The costume was really simple to put together and in an hour we had our lego brick puppy costume ready to go! Lego…

  • Easy Halloween painted cork craft
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    Simple Halloween painted cork craft

    October 10, 2020 - By 

    I stocked up on Halloween treats early this year. I don’t visit the shops very frequently so bought loads of treats which if course we’ve already opened and enjoyed. Most of our Halloween decorations are up and this weekend we’re hoping to make a Halloween gingerbread house. Our crafting time is limited now we are all back at school but we managed to squeeze in a really fun craft using recycled corks this week. Our simple Halloween painted cork craft for kids makes a great after school activity, and a fun way to use up any corks you have squirrelled…

  • Easy salt painted pumpkin craft
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    Easy salt painted pumpkin craft

    October 9, 2020 - By 

    I know that Halloween is still a few weeks away but my Halloween crafts for kids have been super popular. I love to add a few new ideas to my site and have been wanting to try salt painting for a while. This week I finally had time and wanted to share our salt painted pumpkin with you. It’s a really fun but effective STEM craft for kids and brings some much needed colour to these days. The equipment needed is quite minimal but you will need a simple colouring page printed on white thick card. Salt painted pumpkin equipment:…

  • Easy Halloween Bookmarks
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    {Free printable} Easy Halloween Bookmarks

    September 29, 2020 - By 

    I went shopping to a shopping mall for the first time in months today. I usually enjoy shopping and picked up some great Halloween items so we can celebrate it at home. My children enjoy Halloween too which I why I came up with this easy Halloween bookmark craft for kids. I have two little bookworms and they love to make a themed bookmark. These will keep them happy all through pumpkin season! List of supplies: Pencil Coloured card Craft sticks Craft glue Sharpie Scissors Halloween bookmark template How to make easy Halloween bookmarks: Gather your supplies for the Halloween…

  • Easy Halloween costume for dogs
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    Easy Halloween costume for dogs

    September 25, 2020 - By 

    It’s hard to believe that our little Bichon Frise puppy is now 10 months old. It feels like we’ve always had him and also that we still have a lot to learn! He has a great personality and everyone loves having him around. The kids love to dress him up and he has quite a few accessories already. He recently went to the groomers, he needs a trim every 6 weeks! This is the before photo! He came back looking like a different puppy, clean and white, which gave us a fun idea for an easy DIY puppy costume for…