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It can’t have escaped your notice that Mother’s Day is coming up soon. I don’t need a special day to remind me how much I love being a mum, although I can’t resist a handmade card and cuddle in bed with my little ones. I always encourage my children to put some effort into the cards and gifts we give so I was really excited to see the new Mr Men My Mummy book. As well as being a laugh out loud book which you would expect from the Mr Men brand, it’s also a lovely story to share with your…
Do you celebrate Mother’s Day? It’s coming up towards the end of the month on March 26th here in the UK. I always look forward to receiving a handmade card and little gift. I quite like it if I get a day off from cooking too, just someone else to take over the food preparation and the dishwasher is my idea of a perfect day. I’m not quite sure what we’re doing but I’m hoping there will be some time for a hot cup of tea and an hour with my favourite adult colouring book. There are some gorgeous books around…
I love my adult colouring book collection but was recently introduced to something a little different. The Wild Garden from Usborne Publishing is a rub-down transfer book which is the perfect gift for Mother’s Day and a creative and therapeutic experience for children and adults alike. The Wild Garden rub-down transfer book, is brimming with eleven exquisite gardens. Each ‘garden’ has a delicate line drawing to colour in and a colourful picture to fill with beautiful rub-down transfers of flowers, butterflies, birds, frogs and fish, which are stored in a handy envelope at the front of the book. There is something…
You know by now that I love giving homemade gifts. I never have as much time as I would like but today I want to share with you a gorgeous fabric rosette which can be put together in about 30 minutes and would make a special gift for your mum this Mother’s Day. The full tutorial can be found over on the Cath Kidston blog and I would like to say a big thank you to them for sending me a hamper of crafty products so I could make my own Mother’s Day rosette. Whilst the children were at school…
As much as we’re enjoying the half term holiday I admit to raiding our craft stash. My children love to wind down by making something and, with Mother’s Day coming up on 6th March, they have been working their way through some of the great Mother’s Day craft kits we were sent from Baker Ross. Heart Lantern Kits They loved the Heart Lantern kits, which contained 4 assorted colours and designs. Each kit included a card lantern template and coloured tissue paper. they were easy to assemble using a glue stick or glue dots. The kit costs £3.49 for a…
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…
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…
A couple of weeks ago we were sent a lovely parcel of craft goodies from Baker Ross. There were so many craft packs it’s taking us a while to work our way through them, not that any of us have been complaining. With Mothering Sunday coming up soon in the UK (March 30th) we thought it was a good time to take a closer look at the Mothering Sunday crafts. We were sent two packs of cards and all the children had to do was colour them in and add their own message. The first craft we did was the…
Are you doing anything special for Mothers’ Day this year? We’re hoping to visit our local Farmers’ Market before enjoying a family lunch at the local pub. I thought I would make something special for afternoon tea using Whitworths baking sugars – traditional Queen Cakes. Queen cakes for Mother’s Day The recipe for Queen Cakes is quite simple. You will need: 110g unsalted butter 110g caster sugar 2 eggs 110g self raising flour 60g glacé cherries How to bake Queen Cakes Cream the butter and sugar in a mixing bowl, add in the eggs, then fold in the flour. Add…