Crafts are important for a child’s development and serve many purposes beyond simple creative expression. Crafts can help children develop their fine motor skills, build confidence, show cause and effect, and provide opportunities for exploring different senses. As a parent or guardian, there are too many ideas to explore with your kids, but there are a few that stand out and have withstood the test of time. A Photo Collage These days, it is very easy to create a pic collage using software or different online tools. However, someone must still take the photos that go into the collage, which…
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This is such a busy time of year with New Year following close on Christmas Day. It’s. easy to overlook the New Year but we couldn’t resist looking through all our New Year crafts and added a sweet origami bells craft for kids to make. Origami is always fun and these origami bells will add a touch of colour to your celebrations. List of supplies Coloured craft papers (we used red, green and yellow) Pencil Craft glue A pair of scissors Origami bells craft for kids Select red, green and yellow coloured craft papers for the origami bell craft. Prepare…
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I’ve always enjoyed working with felt. It’s easy to cut and you can make so many items with it. I can’t resist adding some super cute Halloween felt ghosts to our decorations this year. I’m sharing a fun tutorial for making your own felt ghosts, with a list of the supplies you will need and a template for all the parts. Gather your supplies and get making these sweet and spooky Halloween felt ghosts. List of supplies: Sheets of felt (black, white, yellow, purple, green and orange) Needle Matching thread Fabric glue Cotton Pencil A pair of scissors Ghost Template…
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Recently we’ve been experimenting with foam clay. Foam clay is an air-drying modelling clay which is super soft and very light. It’s very easy to shape and we enjoyed making foam clay sunflowers. It’s definitely sunflower season here in the UK and we can’t wait to go and pick some sunflowers next month. List of supplies: Foam clay in light brown, yellow and light green Clay craft modelling tools How to make foam clay sunflowers Select yellow, brown and green clay for the clay sunflower craft. Take an amount from brown clay for the center of the clay sunflower and…
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I can’t resist sharing our felt crafts. Felt is a lovely material to work with and this felt 4th of July star ornament is something that all ages can make. List of supplies: Coloured felt fabrics Pencil Needle Matching thread Ribbon Cotton A pair of scissors Black marker Felt star ornament template How to make a felt 4th of July star ornament: Print and cut out the free template patterns for the star ornament. The template includes star base shapes and smaller stars, hearts, and round shapes. Select white, blue, and red felt fabrics for this ornament. Trace the ornament…
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I enjoy the splash of colour which Valentine’s Day brings. The kids have been busy making handmade Valentine’s Day gifts and this year came up with a felt heart corner bookmark. These are so much fun to make and give to a friend. List of supplies: Felt Matching embroidery threads Needle Pencil or fabric marker A pair of scissors How to make felt heart corner bookmarks: Prepare the template patterns by printing the free heart template sheet, and cutting them out. Select at least 2 different coloured pieces of felt. Trace the patterns on the selected felt fabrics and then…
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Have you started watching Christmas films yet? We love re-watching our favourite films, there’s something so comforting about watching them each year. The Grinch is still one of our favourites and has inspired our latest craft, t o make your own Grinch Cardboard Cones, and you only need a few supplies. Easy DIY Grinch Cardboard Cone supplies: Paper Mache Cones Mini Santa hat Green Paint Green foam or felt Foam paint brush Hot glue or glue dots Wiggly eyes Black permanent marker Ribbon, for hanging if desired Easy DIY Grinch Cardboard Cones Paint the paper mache cone with green paint.…
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I love a handmade Christmas. This year I have been working towards a Christmas tree decorated only with handmade ornaments. Obviously this will be for me, because my kids still insist on decorating our main tree with every decoration they can find! Handmade decorations and macramé remain just as popular as ever. If you want to try making some sweet macramé items you see featured in magazines and online then you will love Macramé Christmas by Isabella Strambio – thank you to Search Press for sending me a review copy. Macramé Christmas by Isabella Strambio {book review} This is the…
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World Otter Day occurs on the last Wednesday of May (which is May 31st this year). Otters are my daughters favourite animal so we thought we should have at least one otter craft on my blog. Over the years we’ve stitched a lot of otters but today we’re sharing our cute painted otter rocks. For our painted otter rocks we used: Bag of smooth pebbles or rocks Selection of chalk pens Pencil Varnish to seal the painted rocks (we use Wilko Gloss Yacht Varnish) – optional How to make easy painted otter rocks We already had a stash of smooth…