My children really enjoy the stories of Elmer the Elephant. Elmer the Patchwork Elephant is a children’s picture book series by British author David McKee. We’ve amassed quite a collection of Elmer books and were delighted to discover that the first Elmer Day will be held on May 28th 2016. In case you haven’t seen a…
Kids crafts
10 crafts for St George’s Day
I love this time of year. The good weather is really cheering me up and we’ve been crafting a lot with these lovely longer evenings. With St George’s Day coming up next week I thought it was time to share some of my favourite crafts for St George’s Day. St George and the dragon…
How to sew a unicorn
Last week we received a lovely box of craft supplies from Baker Ross which was great as my son loves to craft after school. He’s been working his way through the box and even taking things in to school to show his class mates. As I mentioned a few weeks ago he’s interested in learning…
How to grow a fairy garden
I’m clearly suggestible as a few weeks ago I saw lots of bloggers posting their reviews of the Fairy Garden Kit and had to buy my own. We’ve had so much fun building our own fairy gardens so I’m not quite sure why I needed to buy this kit. However the children were excited and…
How to make The BFG’s ears
Today we’re taking part in the April Kid Craft Challenge. The theme was a favourite childhood character, ours is definitely The BFG at the moment! So far we’ve made The BFG’s Grobswitchy cake and Frobscottle. Today we’re sharing our tutorial for making The BFG’s ears, this would be a perfect addition to an outfit for World…
10 crafts to celebrate the Queens 90th birthday
Next week Queen Elizabeth II will celebrate her 90th birthday (April 21st 2016). She will be in Windsor on her birthday and in the evening she will light the principal beacon which will set in train a series of over 900 beacons across the country and worldwide. More events will be taking place in May including The…
Drawing the Queen on her 90th birthday
This week we received another super box of craft supplies from Baker Ross. Included was a pack of Baker Ross Self Portrait blanks which are perfect for drawing friends, family or your favourite story book character. With Queen Elizabeth’s 90th birthday next week, I challenged my children to draw a picture of the Queen. First…
Recipe for The BFGs Frobscottle drink
I think it’s fair to say my 6 year old is enjoying reading The BFG. We’ve been reading a couple of chapters every night and we both look forward to it. Last week we made Grobswitchy cake which was delicious. Today we made the drink Frobscottle, also from The BFG, the only drink available in…
Fairy garden small world play
Our latest Bostik Bloggers parcel arrived full of crafty products and I immediately knew what to make. The theme was garden and my 4 year old loves her fairies so I thought it would be fun to make a fairy garden for small world play. We’ve been collecting little items for a while so we…









