• HAN SOLO painted rock
    Crafts for kids - Painted rocks - Star Wars crafts

    Han Solo painted rock

    April 25, 2018 - By 

    Are you looking forward to the release of Solo: A Star Wars Story next month? Our family all love Star Wars so I can’t wait to go and watch the film with the whole family. We love to craft around the Star Wars films. You can search for some of our Star Wars crafts here. Today we’ve combined our love of Star Wars with our enjoyment of painting and hiding rocks in our local area, and made a Star Wars/Han Solo painted rock to hide at the weekend. For our Star Wars themed painted rocks I used white cobblestones, a…

  • 10 Star Wars Christmas decorations to make
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    10 Star Wars Christmas decorations to make

    December 14, 2017 - By 

    I love Christmas and I love Star Wars too. We’ve booked tickets to go and see Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi this weekend. My 6-year-old asked if anything was showing at the cinema but I said no! I really want to watch the new film as much as my husband and son. We’ve had so much fun with Star Wars crafts at home that I thought it would be fun to share a round-up of my favourites. 10 Star Wars Christmas decorations to make Easy BB-8 droid decoration from the gingerbread house This year we have a red…

  • Star Wars Playset
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    Aquabeads Star Wars Playset

    November 8, 2017 - By 

    My children are quite creative and love anything that gets them using their hands and brains. Aquabeads is the perfect creative toy for children. If you haven’t heard of them before, you use the different shaped and coloured beads to create pictures, which stick together with water. We were sent the Aquabeads Star Wars Playset to try out. Aquabeads Star Wars Playset Let the creative force be with you with the new Star Wars playset beads from Aquabeads. With this playset you can create all the favourite characters from George Lucas’ popular film series, including Stormtroopers, Darth Vader, R2-D2 and C-3PO.…

  • Star Wars Coding Projects
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    Star Wars Coding Projects {book review}

    October 15, 2017 - By 

    My 7 year old is really enjoying his lessons in the computing room at his new school. In Year 3 they start to learn Scratch which he’s really excited about. He loves computer games, especially Minecraft, Cars 3, Mario Kart, Splatoon 2 and anything Lego. We’ve played around a bit with Scratch at home, he can make a sprite walk across the screen and move around. It’s something he loves to do with his Dad and it’s great to see them doing something together. Star Wars Coding Projects Combining the beginner coding language Scratch with the indomitable Star WarsTM empire, Star…

  • Star Wars Story Stones
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    Star Wars Story Stones {A-Z Play at Home}

    September 8, 2017 - By 

    Now the children are back at school I have started to get some play prompts ready for them when they get home. The first few days they just wanted to play on the PS4 or watch YouTube. In understand they’re tired but I really don’t want them to get in the habit of switching on and zoning out. My 7 year old loves to create, I guess that’s why he loves Minecraft, so I left out some smooth stones and Posca pens. These are great for drawing on almost any surface and we use them quite a lot. My son…

  • wall of vintage signs at Buckinghamshire Railway Centre
    days out - homestyle - Monday Happy List - Star Wars crafts

    Monday happy things {Week 136}

    May 8, 2017 - By 

    Last week was good. I love a Bank Holiday Monday and we decided to visit Buckinghamshire Railway Centre and Waddesdon Manor.Buckinghamshire Railway Centre was huge and although the weather wasn’t great we all enjoyed riding on the trains. We had a lovely day out but it was pretty tiring. The highlight of our week was of course Star Wars Day! We started with a yummy Star Wars breakfast of green Yoda milk. It would have been blue Bantha milk but we didn’t have any blue food colouring. There were also Star Wars pancakes which were a fun way to start the…

  • Easy Star Wars Day wreath
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    Star Wars Day wreath {decorating for Star Wars Day}

    May 4, 2017 - By 

    My children have embraced Star Wars Day as they do Easter and Christmas. To them it’s completely normal to decorate our little indoor seasonal tree with Star Wars decorations. This year we decorated our little tree and made a Star Wars Day wreath! Decorating for Star Wars Day We hung the little Star Wars toys which came with Kinder Eggs which both my children collected. They were the strangest mash up of a figure and vehicle I’ve ever seen but each one came with a little hanger – perfect for hanging on a tree! We managed to get the complete…

  • Celebrating Star Wars Day {with ittybittys and Hallmark}
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    Celebrating Star Wars Day {with ittybittys and Hallmark}

    May 4, 2017 - By 

    Surely everyone in the galaxy knows what day it is today? Yes, not only is it May the 4th but it is also Star Wars Day and we are so excited to be celebrating it and sharing some of Hallmark’s Star Wars merchandise with you. Like all fellow Jedi’s across the galaxy, Hallmark are celebrating Star Wars Month with a bang! Whether you’re a Skywalker or a Solo, a Leia or an Obi-Wan, there is something for everyone with Hallmark’s Star Wars merchandise. We were sent a special box of Star Wars goodies to open on Star Wars Day. My 7…

  • 12 Star Wars inspired food and drink ideas {Star Wars Day}
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    12 Star Wars inspired food and drink ideas {Star Wars Day}

    May 3, 2017 - By 

    Since having children it feels like I’ve embraced Star Wars a little more each year. This year we are celebrating Star Wars Day with decorations and hopefully some food! My 7 year old is the biggest Star Wars fan, despite my attempts to introduce other things. Now I just embrace it along with him, and know far more than I need to about Star War characters and the galaxy. To bring it back to my comfort area I make sure we do plenty of Star Wars crafts! Thank goodness for Pinterest! May the 4th is Star Wars Day although it…