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My Big Book of Sewing

My Big Book of Sewing {book review}

Posted on July 21, 2019 by jenny

I love sewing but didn’t really know where to start with my children when they said they would like to learn. We were #gifted a copy of My Big Book of Sewing published by CICO Kidz to try at home and both my children, aged 7 and 9, enjoyed looking through it. They quickly bookmarked…

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Paper rainbow craft for kids to make from the gingerbread house blog

Paper rainbow craft for kids to make

Posted on July 3, 2019July 3, 2019 by jenny

I don’t know about you but we’ve fully embraced the rainbow trend here at the gingerbread house. We have rainbows all over the house including a felt rainbow needle case, a pom pom rainbow for kids, Cricut-made rainbow wall art, rainbows painted on rocks and made out of hama beads. They never fail to cheer…

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Build Your Own Volcano {STEM at home}

Posted on June 30, 2019January 19, 2021 by jenny

We’ve been working with Bandai to review some of their fun STEM kits. My children love the STEM subjects and I’m always keen to encourage them at home. We were recently #gifted the Build Your Own Volcano National Geographic STEM kit to try. Build Your Own Volcano {STEM at home} The Build Your Own Volcano…

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Recycled milk jug lantern

Recycled milk jug lantern

Posted on June 25, 2019March 22, 2020 by jenny

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…

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Easy Fortnite painted rocks for kids to make

Easy Fortnite painted rocks for kids to make

Posted on June 15, 2019May 15, 2020 by jenny

My 9 year old is obsessed with Fortnite. I have to admit it’s not my favourite game that he plays but he’s allowed time to play if he does his homework. I think he would play i all day if he could so I make sure to have a few craft ideas to keep him…

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Experimenting with fun STEM kits at home

Experimenting with fun STEM kits at home

Posted on June 9, 2019June 12, 2019 by jenny

Over the last few weeks we have been kept busy reviewing some of the wonderful STEM kits from Bandai. At the start of half term we were gifted some STEM kits which required a little time and patience, so we set them up and waited. We had never seen the Blue Crystal Growing Lab from…

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Half term crafting with Aquabeads Box of Fun - Safari

Half term crafting with Aquabeads Box of Fun – Safari

Posted on June 6, 2019June 6, 2019 by jenny

Half term was a little dramatic with Big Brother falling over and breaking his wrist. Accidents do happen but I felt so sorry for Little Sis who had to spend a lot of her half term sitting around in Hospital waiting rooms whilst her brother got patched up. I was so grateful that we were…

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How to decorate simple Graduation Pretzel Rods

How to decorate simple Graduation Pretzel Rods

Posted on June 5, 2019May 11, 2023 by jenny

After a great half term we are looking forward to the end of term and our summer holiday adventures. There’s no doubt this will be a long term with 7 weeks until the start of the summer holidays but it will be a good term. We’ve already started to think about our end of year…

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How to make Galaxy Painted Rocks

How to make Galaxy Painted Rocks

Posted on May 31, 2019May 15, 2020 by jenny

Have you tried making painted rocks with your children? They are so much fun to make and hide that it’s been a favourite craft of ours for the last few months. Being part of an active Facebook group definitely helps as people regularly post that they have found and re-hidden our painted rocks. We recently…

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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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