I love Autumn and I’m happy that I seem to have passed on a love of seasons to my children too. They have really embraced Autumn this year. My 3 year old can’t walk past a leaf or acorn without picking it up and my freezer is full of little bags of acorns after I…
This year my 5 year has started studying Science as a subject at school. He’s been coming home full of stories so I thought we could try some simple science experiments at home. As it’s Halloween our first experiment has been to grow our own Monster salt crystals. It’s surprisingly easy so I thought I…
I posted a few pics of our gingerbread house on Instagram yesterday and got comments saying I was far too early for Christmas! Since when was a gingerbread house just for Christmas? I think they make a pretty good treat for Halloween too as they are really versatile and easy to decorate for any season….
I know that we are yet to celebrate Halloween but we have been busy thinking about crafts for Bonfire Night too. The other day we experimented with paper plate fireworks and today we wanted to share our cardboard tube rockets. To make cardboard tube rockets you will need: Cardboard tubes Metallic paint and paint brushes…
Little Sis and I have been going to our local Creation Station for a couple of weeks. She loves to craft and has been enjoying trying something new each week. This week she was experimenting with air drying clay and ended up making a lovely tea light holder which is perfect for celebrating divali. How…
I love sharing the crafts I enjoyed as a child with my own children. I’ve seen plenty of scratch art kits around but nothing beats making your own from scratch – sorry, couldn’t resist. Equipment needed to make your own scratch paper Card Wax crayons Black acrylic paint Washing up liquid Sponge How to…
You may have thought we were running out of Autumnal crafts as we seem to be crafting a lot but I have a new one to share today. I finally got round to trying leaf printing on air drying clay. I like air drying clay, it’s really versatile and I wanted to do something with…
I love celebrating the seasons and we’ve been having fun with our Halloween crafts this year. Since my 3 year old has recently started pre-school I’ve had some rare time to myself and made some sweet Halloween luminaries. This is a quick craft and make great decorations. Equipment needed to make Halloween luminaries: Bonne Maman…
A few week ago I found a colourful new Duck Tape to add to our collection in Hobbycraft – Pumpkin Glow in the Dark Duck Tape! I love Autumnal colours and my children are desperate to start decorating for Halloween so I thought we would make a simple Duck Tape Halloween decoration using our special…