• Crafts for teens - Crafts for tweens - Handmade gifts

    Make your own fabric cord cover

    My tween is enjoying keeping in touch with friends whilst we are at home. We’ve always been pretty strict about screen time but we’ve had to be a lot more relaxed about that since he is unable to go to school. He already had a tablet and phone but we’ve also set him up with a computer so he can access his home learning in his bedroom. All this tech means he has a lot of cables in his room. In a bid to keep it all tidy we had fun making a fabric cord cover. He enjoys sewing and…

  • Crafts for kids - Crafts for teens - Cricut Maker

    Cute and easy pumpkin decorations with Cricut

    We love pumpkins! We have a whole display of them, thanks to our recent pumpkin patch visit. A few years ago we decorated our pumpkins without carving them. Instead of traditional carving we used washi tape and googly eyes and it was FUN! This year we wanted to try something a little different using the Cricut Maker. This simple cutting machine has really changed the way we craft at home! Pumpkin decoration supplies: Cricut Maker Cricut vinyl Cricut Standard Grip Mat Cricut Transfer Tape Cricut Weeder and Scraper Polar Bear Pumpkin (picked at the Pop Up Farm) Cute and easy pumpkin…