• painted pebble cactus plants - the gingerbread house
    Kids crafts - Painted rocks - tutorial

    Painted pebble cactus plants

    May 23, 2015 - By 

    I’ve been having lots of fun crafting recently, I know I always say that but this is supposed to be a craft blog. I love looking through my photo stream and seeing the photos of all my makes. My children have been keeping me busy lately but I still found time to make some painted pebble cactus plants with them. I would love to keep some succulents but when I went to buy some I got a handful of needles. Instead I thought it would be fun to make some kid-friendly versions. My 5 year old helped me paint some…

  • Top tips for creating a Summer fairy garden - the gingerbread house
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    Top tips for creating a Summer fairy garden

    May 22, 2015 - By 

    What is a fairy garden? It’s a miniature garden for fairies to live in. My 3 year loves Tinkerbell and after we had watched Tinkerbell and the Great Fairy Rescue we were inspired to make our own together. Since then we’ve made a couple, both temporary houses indoor and a few permanent fairy houses outside. Creating a fairy garden is a great activity that all the family can do together and is a great way to spend time enjoying the sunshine. The best thing is that they can be added to over time so why not start a fairy garden…

  • how to make a lego clock - the gingerbread house
    Kids crafts - Lego

    How to make a Lego clock

    May 19, 2015 - By 

    One of my favourite things about being a parent is the chance to explore toys the second time around. I’m a huge advocate of learning through play and I love to see my children enjoy toys that I also played with. Some toys are classics like Lego and Playmobil and I love to plan how I can use these toys when my children no longer want them. Over the weekend I experimented with a few spare Lego Duplo blocks to create a colourful Lego Duplo clock, similar to the Playmobil clock I made a few years ago. Equipment to make…

  • how to build a mud kitchen - the gingerbread house
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    How to build a mud kitchen

    May 16, 2015 - By 

    A few weeks ago we made our children an outdoor kitchen or mud kitchen. It is quite a basic construction from some unwanted wood but that’s what I love about a mud kitchen – it can be as simple or elaborate as you want. My children love to spend time outdoors and it wasn’t hard to give them some more space, with some spare utensils, to have fun and learn outside. We’ve wanted to make a mud kitchen for our children since we moved house 2 years ago. We managed to stockpile an old pallet and a few scaffolding boards…

  • recycled milk bottle watering can craft for kids - the gingerbread house
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    Recycled milk bottle watering cans for kids

    May 12, 2015 - By 

    We’re all really enjoying spending time out in the garden. Although we’ve been in our house for 2 years now progress on our garden has been slow. Our first priority was the children’s play house, giving them an area for their sand pit and water table, and planting some vegetables in our upcycled pallet planter. Over the weekend we had some fun making simple watering cans for the children to use. Recycled milk bottle watering cans for kids This was really simple but fun. I found a couple of empty milk bottles from the recycling box. I used my Dremel…

  • miffy play dough recipe - the gingerbread house
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    Miffy play dough recipe

    May 6, 2015 - By 

    As you know I’m a Miffy Mum and we’ve been having so much fun incorporating Miffy into our every day crafting. The only thing we hadn’t tried yet was Miffy play dough so I made some. Although Miffy is white she lives in a colourful world. I think part of the appeal of Miffy is the colourful world she lives in so I made orange play dough using my usual play dough recipe. Orange for the carrots Miffy eats and because it is our favourite colour. Ingredients needed to make Miffy play dough: 150g plain flour 100g salt 2 tsp.…

  • mad hatters tea cups by the gingerbread house
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    Pinned it made it – Mad hatter’s tea cups

    May 3, 2015 - By 

    What do you do with left over plastic eggs and some buttons? Make some tea cups suitable for A Mad Tea-Party of course. I wish I could claim this project my own but I saw a couple of Pinterest, like this one and knew my children would love it. This is a great project for using up left over plastic egg shells from Easter. Equipment needed to make the Mad hatter’s tea cups Plastic egg shells Selection of large plastic buttons Hot glue gun How to make Mad hatter’s tea cups This was a quick and easy craft. I chose…

  • 10 miffy craft activities by the gingerbread house
    Crafts for kids - Kids crafts - tutorial

    10 miffy craft activities

    May 1, 2015 - By 

    If you’re looking for some fun craft activities for the Bank Holiday weekend then look no further! I have a round up of 10 miffy craft activities for kids and adults, including air dry clay miffy, miffy cookies and miffy sun catchers! 10 miffy craft activities for kids to make: delicious Miffy cookies from treading on lego Miffy bento lunch from the gingerbread house how to make a matchbox bed for Miffy tutorial for sweet little air drying clay Miffy Miffy inspired clay bunny bowl cute free knitting pattern for Miffy and her balloon Miffy treat bag Miffy inspired tote…

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    Miffy matchbox bed

    April 28, 2015 - By 

    A few days ago we made some little Miffy figures from air drying clay and our Miffy cookie cutters. We love crafting with air drying clay as it’s so easy to use and pretty kid friendly. We left them to dry overnight. The next day the children decorated them with acrylic paint and colouring pens. The other day we covered some matchboxes with pretty papers and my 3 year old wanted to use them to make a Miffy matchbox bed. I added eyelets and small lengths of ricrac to one end to make it easier for her little fingers to…