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Love Hearts inspired painted rocks

Love Hearts inspired painted rocks

Posted on February 5, 2020 by jenny

We love making our own painted rocks. They are such a simple but fun craft that anyone can do With Valentine’s Day coming up next week, why not make a few Love Hearts inspired painted rocks? These are a calorie-free treat which everyone will love to find! We used: Bag of smooth pebbles or rocks…

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Celebrate Dr Seuss Day: Truffula trees craft

Celebrate Dr Seuss Day: Truffula trees craft

Posted on January 26, 2020February 19, 2025 by jenny

If you love sharing a book with your child then you will probably know of Dr Seuss. But did you know that there is also a Dr Seuss Day which is celebrated on 2nd March? It’s a lovely reason to pick up a Dr Seuss book, re-read an old favourite or discover a new story….

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Free printable Valentine's Day bookmarks

Free printable Valentine’s Day bookmarks

Posted on January 25, 2020February 27, 2025 by jenny

January isn’t my favourite month. The days are short and cold. However, we are surrounded by signs of Spring and are excited to start thinking about Valentine’s Day next month. We’ve already shared our free Baby Yoda printable but were back with another Valentine’s Day printable, sweet cut out and colour bookmarks for kids to…

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one fish two fish Rice Krispies treats

one fish two fish Rice Krispies treats

Posted on January 14, 2020February 19, 2025 by jenny

I love this time of year with so many special days and anniversaries to celebrate. I’ve always enjoyed sharing the Dr Seuss books with my children. We’ve tried a few different crafts to celebrate Dr Seuss Day, which falls on the 2nd of March, such as the Grinch paper plate craft.  Today we’re sharing another…

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Easy Baby Yoda painted rocks

Easy Baby Yoda painted rocks

Posted on January 7, 2020 by jenny

We love Baby Yoda! We’ve already shared our Baby Yoda colouring sheet which my children just loved. Baby Yoda features in The Mandalorian, the latest Star Wars series which we can’t wait to watch. We love making and hiding painted rocks so we thought we would decorate some Baby Yoda painted rocks. Easy Baby Yoda…

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Free Baby Yoda inspired colouring sheet for kids

Free Baby Yoda inspired colouring sheet for kids

Posted on January 3, 2020February 27, 2025 by jenny

My son and husband are huge Star Wars fans. We all loved the latest Star Wars film, Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker when we watched it last week. This was the first year my son didn’t ask for a Star Wars Lego set for Christmas which made me feel a bit sad,…

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Free Christmas gingerbread house colouring page from the gingerbread house

Free Christmas gingerbread house colouring page

Posted on December 15, 2019 by jenny

I love sharing the resources and activities that I do with my own children. We spend much more time at home over winter so I love to have a few new activities to keep them busy. They both enjoy sitting down and colouring, especially after a day at school, and my Christmas gingerbread house colouring…

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Festive Elf painted rocks

Festive Elf painted rocks

Posted on December 12, 2019August 31, 2020 by jenny

This year we have been having lots of fun with our Elf on the Shelf. My children still believe in their magic and we love finding something for them to do each day. So far this festive season the elves have been cutting snowflakes out of toilet roll, helping my daughter with her epic jigsaw…

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Happy New Year 2020 colouring page

Free printable Happy New Year 2020 colouring page

Posted on December 10, 2019 by jenny

Although we’re very much in Christmas mode I’ve been looking forward to 2020. I know that the Christmas holidays will soon be upon us and I want to have some activities to do with the children. Today I’m sharing our free printable Happy New Year 2020 colouring page for kids. I love to share our…

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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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