Today we ‘re taking part in a fun 60 Day Junk Play Challege hosted by best toys 4 toddlers. The challenge is running throughout March and April so pop over for some really fun play ideas which turn everyday junk items to toys and play ideas. We love play and upcycling and the only hard part was choosing which material to play with. We chose matchboxes. Easy matchbox treasure box We took some empty cardboard matchboxes and covered them in pretty papers and old magazines to cover up the advertising and strike strip. We also cut a strip to fit…
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You know we’re huge fans of Miffy and we love to make sun catchers so today we’re sharing our really easy Miffy sun catcher craft. Everyone knows that Miffy loves to wear a pretty dress, like the ones in Miffy’s birthday book. Reading it totally inspired us to make Miffy a new colourful wardrobe. Equipment needed to make Miffy sun catchers: Printed image of Miffy (we found ours here) Coloured cellophane sheets Sticky tape Scissors Bakers twine How to make Miffy sun catchers I printed 6 pictures of Miffy and carefully cut out her dress. We chose as many pieces…
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You can tell my son has gone back to school after the Easter holidays as my daughter and I have been spending a lot of time crafting together. Yesterday afternoon we looked through our recycling to see what we could use to make a fairy garden. I’ve seen some amazing fairy garden ideas on Pinterest (check out my outdoor play board for some ideas) but let’s be honest, I don’t think many of them are made by or for children! Today we’ve made a really simple fairy garden, child-friendly, achievable and I’d love to know if it inspires you! Equipment…
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My 3 year old loves Tinkerbell and we’re really excited about the release of Tinkerbell and the NeverBeast on DVD on Monday 20th. It’s a long time since we saw it at the cinema and we’re looking forward to taking part in a home viewing party to celebrate its release. Both my children love playing with play dough so I thought we should make some Tinkerbell inspired play dough. I used my never fail recipe with a little sprinkle of pixie dust. Tinkerbell play dough recipe: 150g plain flour 100g salt 2 tsp. cream of tartar 2 tbsp. vegetable oil…
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We seem to be experiencing a mini-heatwave in the UK today which meant we have spent most of the day outdoors. My 3 year old loves playing fairies so we thought we would add to our fairy garden. So far we’ve built a fairy house in the garden, made a painted stone fairy door for a fairy house and painted pebble animals to live in the fairy garden. Today we had some messy sensory fun, making proper mud cakes for the fairies, in our tuff spot mud kitchen. Setting up a tuff spot mud kitchen It was really easy to…
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I have some fun free Peppa Pig Easter printables to share with you today. These are perfect to print out and will keep your children occupied over the long weekend! You will only need simple craft materials (which you probably already have) so feel free to Pin this image and save for later. The four printables are: Peppa Pig Easter bunting to colour, cut out and hang up Peppa Pig Easter card to colour Peppa Pig Easter hat to cut out and glue Instructions on how to decorate hard-boiled eggs You can download the free Peppa Pig Easter printables here.…
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Our Easter decorations have been looking a little sparse this year. We’ve had fun making Duck Tape Easter Eggs and yesterday made a sweet Easter kinder surprise wreath which I thought I would share. I didn’t come up with myself, I found the idea on Pinterest here and made my own version. How to make an Easter kinder surprise wreath It’s super easy and all you need to make the wreath is 14 empty Kinder surprise egg shells. Then comes the fun part, take the lid of one and the base of another and pop them together. Simple! Then connect…
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I have a large Duck Tape collection which I love to both look at and use. My children love Duck Tape too, especially when they discovered they could wear them as bracelets or hide their cars inside them. I like to actually use them for crafting and yesterday made some fun Easter decorations – Duck Tape Easter Eggs. They are pretty simple to make but worth sharing. Equipment you need to make Duck Tape Easter Eggs Duck Tape Plastic eggs Scissors How to make Duck Tape Easter Eggs We have so many plastic fillable eggs. My children are obsessed with…
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I love to keep my little one busy and today we tried something new, painting using food! Equipment needed to paint with food: Potatoes White paper Easter themed cookie cutters Paint How to paint with food: We’ve tried painting with lots of different materials, from flowers to corks and hands. Today we used potatoes which was really fun and messy. As Easter is coming up we decided to use Easter cookie cutters and picked an Easter egg and bunny shape. I set up for my 3 year old with white paper, a couple of paint brushes, the potato shapes and…
