• Play dough hot cross buns
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    Play dough hot cross buns

    March 19, 2015 - By 

    Home made play dough is so easy to make and I like the fact I know exactly what’s in it. The other day I made some play dough for my children so they could make some play dough Hot Cross buns. Hot Cross buns are a traditional Easter treat (although they seem to be available in the shops earlier each year!). They are a spiced sweet bun made with currants and marked with a cross on the top. Recipe for home made play dough: 150g plain flour 100g salt 2 tsp. cream of tartar 2 tbsp. vegetable oil 180ml water…

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    Spring tissue paper wreath tutorial

    March 14, 2015 - By 

    A couple of weeks ago Hobbycraft sent me some craft supplies which included a really colourful pack of tissue paper in beautiful Spring colours. I’ve been wondering what to make with them and today my daughter decided to create a tissue paper wreath, just like pretty blossom and perfect for Spring. We had fun trying something new, so we thought we’d share the steps with you. You won’t need much equipment – tissue paper, scissors, PVA glue and a paper plate. I cut the centre out of the paper plate, cut the tissue paper into small squares and poured some…

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    Easter giveaway from Hotel Chocolat

    March 13, 2015 - By 

    Today I’ve teamed up with luxury chocolate brand, Hotel Chocolat, to bring you a tasty giveaway. With Easter fast approaching the shops are filling their window displays with tempting boxes of chocolate. I can’t resist a selection box for Easter and Hotel Chocolat have some tempting treats including a fun Scrambled Egg and an Easter Egg Sandwich. They have kindly offered me the Egglet H-Box to giveaway to one lucky reader. image credit Specially created for Easter – the selection of 15 delicious egglets dressed for the season and filled with new recipes, from super smooth Pecan Praline to the…

  • air dry clay egg decoration
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    Air drying clay Easter egg decorations

    March 10, 2015 - By 

    I saw a fab tutorial on the Hobbycraft blog for an Air Drying Clay Castle. We love working with play dough and salt dough but we’ve never tried air dry clay before. We were inspired to make mini gingerbread houses but you can probably tell from the title of this post that things didn’t go to plan!   We used: Hobbycraft White Air Drying Clay 1kg rolling pin greaseproof paper knife What we did: We rolled out the Air Drying Clay as to the instructions on the packet. We rolled it on top of a large sheet of greaseproof paper…

  • Easter Egg Sun Catcher tutorial
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    Easy Easter egg sun catcher tutorial

    March 6, 2015 - By 

    My daughter loves her sun catchers so I set up a simple invitation to play; a fun Easter craft to make an extra large Easter egg sun catcher. Materials needed to make an Easter egg sun catcher: White card Cellophane squares Contact paper How to make an Easter egg sun catcher: I drew a large egg shape on a piece of A4 card and covered one side with a sheet of contact paper. She filled the egg with squares of coloured cellophane. She was very methodical when she did this, starting on one side and making sure there were no…

  • DIY pom pom tree
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    DIY pom pom tree

    March 3, 2015 - By 

    The weather was so sunny yesterday I really wanted to make something equally cheerful to decorate our mantle. This is the simplest craft and I feel a little silly writing about it on my blog. However, the results are so pretty I had to share. Materials needed to make a DIY pom pom tree: Pastel Pom Pom Value Pack from Baker Ross Twigs Old jam jar (washed with the label removed) Bostik Sticky Dots How to make a DIY pom pom tree: I had a bag of pom poms from Baker Ross which had a selection of blue, green, orange,…

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    10 Spring sheep crafts for pre-schoolers (3x$500 giveaway)

    March 2, 2015 - By 

    Over the weekend it definitely felt like Spring was in the air. The children are excited about the warmer weather as they really want to spend some time in the garden. Once again I’ve teamed up with the Kids Blogger Network to bring you an amazing giveaway. Don’t forget to read to the bottom of this post for your chance to win one of THREE $500 cash prizes. First of all, I have a fun round up of 10 sheep crafts for pre-schoolers. These make great Spring or Easter crafts and I hope you will find something to spark your…

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    Easter treats from Playmobil

    February 27, 2015 - By 

    It’s been a while since I posted anything Playmobil related. You may remember we’re Playmobil Playologists which means we get to share Playmobil news here with you. As part of our partnership with Playmobil we were sent two of this year’s Easter treats from Playmobil. I know Easter is a few weeks off but yesterday my children opened them. For some reason the toy inside each egg is illustrated on the packaging which totally ruins the surprise. This is the only thing I think could be improved. Big Brother received a red egg from the Playmobil Pirates range (4942), Little…

  • Dyeing eggs for Easter
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    Dyeing eggs for Easter

    April 16, 2014 - By 

    I know my children don’t have a clue about Easter but that hasn’t stopped us enjoying some Easter crafting. Yesterday we tried our hands at decorating and dyeing hard boiled eggs. This was actually quite quick so the children were able to follow the whole process. I thought I’d share it here as my two really enjoyed it. You will need: eggs Scotch Magic Tape scissors vinegar food colouring {STEM activity} Dyeing eggs for Easter First hard boil the eggs. I boiled them for 10 minutes then placed them in a sieve and ran cold water over them for a…