• how to build a Gruffalo cave
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    How to make a Gruffalo cave

    February 20, 2015 - By 

    We love den building so when Building Blocks & Acorns put a call out for bloggers to take part in her Fort Building Challenge I knew we should sign up. Den building can be quick, easy and fun. You can use materials you already have. You can theme them around a favourite tv show, character or book. Sometimes it’s just nice to help your child build somewhere for them to sit and have some quiet time. Today we are sharing the fun we had building our Gruffalo cave. Material needed to make a Gruffalo cave: Blankets Tent Camouflage blanket How…

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    Enjoy half term with Flora’s Family Fun Guide

    February 19, 2015 - By 

    This week we’ve been reviewing Flora Buttery’s Family Fun Guide. I know half term isn’t over yet but I wanted to tell you about it in case you’re in need of a few quick ideas to keep the children busy. Written by parenting author, Tanith Carey, it’s designed for those days when you need a little bit of inspiration to stop restless kids from climbing the walls. The guide contains easy and tasty baking recipes, arts and crafts ideas and games to play with the children; it’s the perfect half-term activity pack. The best thing is that each activity needs…

  • 17 Kinder Egg craft ideas
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    17 Kinder Egg craft ideas

    February 15, 2015 - By 

    We love looking through the recycling bin and crafting with the contents. We’ve quite a collection of Kinder Egg shells as my children have been trying to collect the Kinder Surprise Pink and Blue eggs with Marvel Avengers and Disney Fairies inside. We’ve had fun with decorating them to make Kinder Egg Minions,  Kinder Egg Baymax and they are perfect for making Lego heads. 17 Kinder Egg craft ideas We still have lots of Kinder Egg shells left so turned to Pinterest for some inspiration. People have been really inventive with them and I’ve pulled together a list of 17…

  • Mothers Day hand print craft
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    Mother’s Day handprint art

    February 14, 2015 - By 

    Mother’s Day is a few weeks away (March 15th this year) but that doesn’t stop us wanting to craft around the theme. We love hand print art and found a super sweet kit that does all the hard work for you. How to make Mother’s Day handprint art: This little kit comes with printed Mother’s Day poem, foam pieces and ribbon. It is easy to make a personalised card, simply draw around your hand onto the foam and cut out to make your flower. Then decorate with the foam flowers There’s a sweet poem and a line to write your…

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    Mother’s Day rosette

    February 14, 2015 - By 

    We were sent a wonderful parcel of Baker Ross goodies which the children have been happily ploughing their way through. Today I’m going to share two fun Mother’s Day crafts. My 4 year old loves to look through our craft box and this Mother’s Day rosette kit really caught his eye. How to make a simple Mother’s Day rosette: The kit included pre-cut foam templates, self-adhesive foam pieces, sequins and a badge pin. Big Brother picked a blue and yellow kit (there were 3 designs to choose from) and got to work. There were pictorial instructions but he didn’t need…

  • Baker Ross Blogger Network - Kids crafts - Spring - tutorial

    Daffodil sun catchers

    February 13, 2015 - By 

    It’s been so dreary lately that we wanted to make something colourful today. My 3 year old has wanted to make sun catchers for a while so today we made some daffodil ones using ready cut frames and cellophane squares. I cut the cellophane squares into smaller pieces, placed the frame on a piece of contact paper and set everything out for my daughter. She had fun enjoying what colours to put where. She also tried to find different sizes of cellophane to cover the larger petals. When she had finished I covered the other side with more contact paper…

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    The Artful Year book review

    February 3, 2015 - By 

    I was so very lucky to win a copy of The Artful Year :: Celebrating the Seasons & Holidays with Crafts & Recipes by Jean Van’t Hul recently. I’ve read her blog for ages and was so excited to hear about her book. It is loosely based on her Artful Year seasonal crafts eBooks but expanded with some new activities and a fifth section on arts and crafts for the whole year, or those that can be adapted to the season or holiday at hand. There are 175 crafts and activities with clear, step-by-step directions. There’s also  a long appendix of…

  • easy Kinder Egg Baymax - the gingerbread house
    Kids crafts - tutorial

    How to make Baymax from Kinder Egg shells

    February 1, 2015 - By 

    We are so excited about Big Hero 6. As a family we love to watch films and we loved Big Hero 6 on the big screen. Big Hero 6 is the story of Hiro and Baymax, set in the fictional city of Sanfransokyo (a mashup of San Francisco and Tokyo). The film is inspired by the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same name. The film tells the story of a young robotics prodigy named Hiro Hamada, Baymax (a personal healthcare robot) and a group of friends from nerd school who form a superhero team to combat a masked villain. …

  • easy Cardboard Cookies for kids - the gingerbread house
    Kids crafts - Recycled crafts - tutorial

    How to make cardboard cookies

    January 30, 2015 - By 

    Last year we bought my daughter a play kitchen. It’s one of her favourite toys and has led to some really fun play times. She prepares her play food, makes us meals, organises tea parties for her dolls and sets up shop too. This was a really great purchase! Today it’s raining (again!) so I thought it would be fun to make our own food. We’ve made felt food before but I wanted to try and use some products from our recycling box so we made cardboard cookies. Materials for cardboard cookies: recycled cardboard, brown if possible cookie cutters white…