• Easy felt heart corner bookmark for teens
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    Easy felt heart corner bookmarks for teens

    February 8, 2024 - By 

    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…

  • Macramé Christmas by Isabella Strambio
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    Macramé Christmas by Isabella Strambio {book review}

    December 2, 2023 - By 

    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…

  • Make a wrapped rope ghost this Halloween
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    Make a wrapped rope ghost this Halloween

    September 9, 2023 - By 

    With just a few simple supplies from your craft stash you can create a pair of cute-as-can-be ghosts that are perfect for your Halloween decor this year. Wrapped rope ghost craft materials: White craft yarn Thick cotton rope Glue gun and glue sticks Painter’s tape Permanent marker Black craft felt sheet Ruler Scissors Comb/brush How to make a wrapped rope ghost Measure and tape the thick cotton rope in the middle of where you will cut the rope to prevent fraying on both ends. Here are the lengths that we cut to create the ghosts. The tall ghost was 8″…

  • otter painted rocks
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    Easy painted otter rocks

    May 23, 2023 - By 

    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…

  • DIY Braided Friendship Bracelets for Teens
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    DIY Braided Friendship Bracelets for Teens

    July 20, 2022 - By 

    The summer holidays have started for us! We have so many plans of things we want to do over the summer months. We’re looking forward to sharing some of the crafts and activities we get up to. We thought we’d start with our DIY braided friendship bracelet tutorial because it’s such a fun activity for tweens and teens. I loved making them when I was younger and was excited to share them with my daughter. First of all you will need to gather supplies. DIY braided friendship bracelet supplies: Embroidery Floss Scissors Tape How to make a DIY Braided Friendship…

  • STEM Valentine tangram for kids
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    STEM Valentine tangram for kids

    February 9, 2021 - By 

    Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and we’ve been enjoying all kinds of Valentine themed arts and crafts this year. I like to come up with different things to keep my kids busy and active and now they are a little older they enjoy STEM learning. Our STEM Valentine tangram for kids is a great STEM learning tool which helps build important STEM skills. STEM Valentine tangram for kids What is a tangram? Invented in China about 200 years ago, a tangram is a two-dimensional puzzle, created by cutting a square into seven pieces. The puzzle consists of seven…

  • {Free printable} Candy Corn colouring sheet
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    {Free printable} Candy Corn colouring sheet

    October 27, 2020 - By 

    If you’re looking for a quick and easy activity to keep the kids busy this October then you’ll love my free printable Candy Corn colouring sheet. I love sharing free printables and this candy corn themed printable is great for keeping kids of all ages busy. What you will need: our printable Candy Corn colouring sheet dark orange, light orange and white colouring pencils Free printable Candy Corn colouring sheet First of all print our 3 sheet printable Candy Corn colouring sheet Secondly, grab your favourite colouring pens or colouring pencils Then sit down and relax. Our Candy Corn activity…

  • Easy Duck Tape storage bowl
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    Easy Duck Tape storage bowl

    August 19, 2020 - By 

    Disclosure – post in collaboration with Duck Tape I was recently gifted some gorgeous new Duck Tapes to play with. There are some really lovely patterned Duck Tapes out there and I’m using this gorgeous marble Duck Tape to make something pretty but practical for my daughter’s bedroom. Duck Tape is a brilliant craft material (check out some of our Duck Tape tutorials here), as not only is it easy to reposition, but you can also tear it by hand. Supplies to make a Duck Tape storage bowl Your favourite patterned Duck Tape piece of paper scissors 4 metal fasteners/brads How…

  • How to make a DIY book sign post
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    How to make a DIY book sign post

    June 23, 2020 - By 

    A few weeks ago my children’s school set them a fun challenge – to make a book sign post to decorate the school grounds. Both my children love to read and wanted to take part. It was a really fun project so I thought I would share it with you in case it inspires your children too. I’m sure you’ve seen this kind of sign post before. They usually feature travel destinations but there’s no reason why they can’t be adapted for literary destinations or titles too. My children were asked to decorate their book signs with the titles and…