• Paper plate rainbow craft
    Crafts for kids - St Patrick's Day crafts

    Paper plate rainbow craft for kids

    March 3, 2018 - By 

    Do you ever wonder how you’ve ended up with so many craft supplies? The house is full so we have been trying hard to use some up lately, especially as the snowy weather has kept us inside. Everything has been very pretty but WHITE. To bring some colour into our life we had fun with a large box of ready made pom poms. The children have been using them for all sorts of things – mainly covering their Sylvanian Families play scenes in snow! I thought I could keep them busy by getting them to sort the colours and making…

  • Earth pom pom craft for kids
    Crafts for kids - Earth Day crafts

    Earth pom pom for Earth Day

    March 2, 2018 - By 

    One of my challenges for this year was to use up our craft stash before buying any more materials. We have boxes full of everything and it’s lovely to be able to let the children be inspired by some of the materials we have. I’ve been going through everything and donating lots of items I know we won’t use to the charity shop. It’s funny how quickly the children grow up and want to use more grown up crafting materials. With Earth Day coming up next month ((22nd April) we thought it would be fun to take part in the Recycle…

  • Mothers Day craft for kids
    Crafts for kids - Handmade gifts - Mother's Day crafts

    Fingerprint flower bag for a kid-made Mother’s Day gift

    February 27, 2018 - By 

    This is a busy time of year. Following a long Winter we now seem to have lots of special days to enjoy. We’ve already made a start on our handmade Mother’s Day cards and after school today we had fun with a fingerprint craft for a kid-made Mother’s Day gift. Let me tell you more about it. You will need: blank canvas bag Selection of paints Fingerprint flower bag for a kid-made Mother’s Day gift We have been having a lot of fun with fingerprint crafts lately. We’ve made fingerprint heart keepsakes for Valentine’s Day and fingerprint St Patrick’s Day…

  • crafts to celebrate st david
    Crafts for kids - St David's Day crafts

    8 St David’s Day crafts for kids

    February 25, 2018 - By 

    I’m finding it hard to believe that February is nearly over, especially when January crawled by. February has rushed by and the days are noticeably longer and I would have said warmer if it weren’t for the horrific forecast of snow that is due to hit the UK tomorrow. Thankfully March is looking to be a fun month and we’re looking forward to celebrating St David’s Day on Thursday 1st March. I love St David’s Day. I have Welsh ancestry which I’m very proud of. St David’s Day is the feast day of Saint David, the patron saint of Wales, and falls on…

  • Items for a Sylvanian Families Spring Sensory tray
    Crafts for kids - Spring

    Sylvanian Families Spring Sensory tray

    February 23, 2018 - By 

    My daughter has been really enjoying her Sylvanian Families toys recently. I love that she plays with them all year around but I think they really lend themselves to Springtime. The sun was shining today so I set up a really simple Spring-themed invitation to play for her when she got home from school. Items for a Sylvanian Families Spring Sensory tray Large tray Fake green grass Plastic eggs, carrots and flowers Selection of Sylvanian Families figures How to set up a Sylvanian Families Spring Sensory tray Setting up a sensory tray is really simple. You might also think it…

  • ST PATRICK'S DAY craft for kids
    Crafts for kids - St Patrick's Day crafts

    16 St Patrick’s Day crafts for kids

    February 22, 2018 - By 

    We’re celebrating St Patrick’s Day here in the UK on March 17th. St Patrick’s Day, or the Feast of St Patrick, is a cultural and religious celebration held on 17th March, the traditional death date of Saint Patrick, who was the patron saint of Ireland. There are so many fun St Patricks’ Day crafts and activities for kids. I’ve collected 16 of my favourite St Patrick’s Day crafts for kids which I hope gives you plenty of inspiration to get crafting at home. 16 St Patrick’s Day crafts for kids St Patricks’ Pot of Gold rainbow craft from School Time Snippets…

  • Clay fingerprint St Patrick's Day craft for kids
    Crafts for kids - St Patrick's Day crafts

    Clay fingerprint St Patrick’s Day craft for kids

    February 21, 2018 - By 

    Sometimes I’m not sure if we should celebrate St Patrick’s Day in our crafting or not. We have an Irish surname but no real connection to Ireland. But then I think that my children are taught every Saints Day at school so why shouldn’t we do something at home too. We’ve had quite a lot of fun with St Patrick’s Day crafts before which you can see here. Today we’re going to add our air-drying clay fingerprint shamrock craft for kids to them. Equipment to make clay fingerprint St Patrick’s Day craft four leaf clover shaped cookie cutter Air-drying clay…

  • Polystyrene Easter chicks craft for kids
    Bostik Family Craft Bloggers Network - Crafts for kids - Easter

    Polystyrene Easter chicks craft for kids

    February 19, 2018 - By 

    Is it too early to share our first Easter craft of the year? I know we still have our Valentine’s Day cards up around the house but the children had an Inset Day today so we made a start on our Easter crafting. Equipment to make polystyrene Easter chicks  Polystyrene eggs Yellow tissue paper Orange foam Bostik Fine and Wide Glu Pen How to make polystyrene Easter chicks First we tore our yellow tissue paper into pieces and glued it to the polystyrene shapes using the Bostik Fine and Wide Glu Pen. The glue pen is double-ended which makes it perfect…

  • Peter Rabbit inspired carrot sun catchers
    Crafts for kids

    Peter Rabbit inspired carrot sun catchers

    February 13, 2018 - By 

    A few weeks ago we attended a special screening of the Peter Rabbit movie which we all really enjoyed. Before the screening the children enjoyed some Peter Rabbit inspired crafting and I thought it would be fun to continue this at home with our Peter Rabbit inspired carrot sun catchers. Equipment to make Peter Rabbit inspired carrot sun catchers White card Permanent marker Orange and green cellophane Contact paper How to make Peter Rabbit inspired carrot sun catchers First of all I drew a large carrot shape on a piece of A4 white card. There was space for another carrot so I…