• Make your own pirate treasure
    Kids crafts - tutorial

    Make your own pirate treasure

    September 11, 2015 - By 

    Did you know that International Talk Like A Pirate Day is celebrated on September 19th? We wanted to join in with the fun so are taking part in a Pirates! Blog Hop with some other crafty bloggers to bring you some pirate activities which the whole family can enjoy. I was going to share our salt dough pirate treasure with you. We’ve made salt dough before and it worked out fine but for some reason our latest batch just wouldn’t come together. It might have had something to go with my 5 year old who said he wanted to mix…

  • making miffy mail
    Kids crafts - tutorial - upcycling

    Making Miffy mail!

    August 27, 2015 - By 

    The school holidays have given us lot of lovely time to craft and experiment. We’ve gone through lots of supplies and organised our craft supplies several times in a bid to keep tidy (not easy with two children who love to craft!). Yesterday we finally got the chance to try some products we were sent from Faber Castell – the Faber-Castell Connector Paint Box and the Clic & Go Water Pot. Making Miffy mail! We’ve never experimented with watercolour paint before but I came up with a fun activity to keep my children busy. We made our own Miffy mail…

  • scratch art solar system display
    Baker Ross Blogger Network - Kids crafts - STEM activity - tutorial

    Solar system scratch art

    August 15, 2015 - By 

    As Baker Ross ambassadors we were sent a selection of craft kits to review. The latest one was this fun set of Solar System scratch art containing  6 designs including space ships and planets. When I was at school we made our own scratch art but these kits are much easier. Simply scratch the specially coated surface to reveal stunning rainbow colours. Each pre-cut planet shape comes with a scratch tool and coloured ribbon for hanging. How to make a Solar system scratch art display You will need: Solar system scratch art kit from Baker Ross Cardboard box Centre punch…

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    Clangers sun catchers

    July 30, 2015 - By 

    At the moment my guilty pleasure seems to be watching episodes of the Clangers. I find it strangely relaxing and super easy to sit and watch with my children. They seem to enjoy it as much as me and have been asking me to find pictures for them to colour. Today we went one step further and made our own Tiny Clanger and Soup-Dragon sun catchers which we wanted to share. We were inspired by this Supersoft Clangers plush toy. Little Sis received the Tiny character which is very realistic  and detailed (RRP £5.99) Clangers sun catchers I found a…

  • duck tape containers
    Duck Tape crafts - Kids crafts - tutorial

    Duck tape containers

    July 25, 2015 - By 

    We’ve had all our Duck Tapes out as we picked up a few more at the weekend – Disney Frozen Duck Tape anyone? We’ve been re-organising our craft supplies and I thought we would use some of our Duck Tapes to make containers. Time to make: 20 mins Equipment needed for Duck Tape containers: Empty milk bottles Duck Tape Scissors How to make Duck Tape containers: First find a couple of different sized milk bottles and wash and dry them. Then carefully cut the top from your milk bottles with a pair of scissors. Cut small strips of Duck Tape…

  • Duck Tape crafts - Kids crafts - tutorial

    Frozen Duck Tape pocket money wallet

    July 19, 2015 - By 

    Last week I went to the Hobbycraft Halloween and Christmas preview. There were so many lovely products to inspire me (and hopefully you too!). I can’t wait to get my hands on some of their new products and get crafting. I was given a roll of the new Disney Frozen Duck Tape which will be available very soon. I knew I wanted to make something special with it so made a Frozen Duck Tape pocket money wallet for my daughter.  She has just started receiving pocket money and I wanted her to have somewhere to keep her pennies. Time to make: 30 mins…

  • Simple decorating ideas for personalising a teepee
    garden crafts - Kids crafts - tutorial

    Simple decorating ideas for personalising a teepee (with kids)

    July 11, 2015 - By 

    We love a challenge so were very excited to receive a teepee and box of craft supplies from Hobbycraft. We were challenged to personalise it and we did! We had lots of fun with it and have shared our simple decorating ideas for personalising a teepee (with kids) over on the Hobbycraft blog. Simple decorating ideas for personalising a teepee (with kids)   We used paint to personalise the front of it with a rainbow of hand prints Added painted insects using stencils Made our own dipped glitter feathers Finished it off with a colourful pom pom garland Pop on…

  • Woolly bee plant marker - the gingerbread house
    garden crafts - Kids crafts - tutorial - World Bee Day

    Woolly bee plant marker

    July 10, 2015 - By 

    This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #CollectiveBias I’ve carried a Burt’s Bees Beeswax lip balm in my handbag for as long as I can remember. Today I’m sharing a fun kid’s craft inspired by my love of Burt’s Bees products and the wonderful bees we need to encourage. I don’t wear a lot of make-up but I do love to keep my lips soft and nourished and the beeswax in Burt’s Bee products seals in hydration. The products are 99% natural which is why I’m happy to share them…

  • hand stamped plant markers - the gingerbread house
    Crafts for adults - garden crafts - tutorial - upcycling

    Hand stamped plant markers

    July 7, 2015 - By 

    I have a small addiction to San Pellegrino sparkling fruit drinks, especially in the Summer months. The only problem with this is our recycling bin is full of empty cans. I’ve been looking for ways to recycle them and made some hand stamped plant markers for the garden. I don’t have the greenest fingers but this is a great craft for the garden which anyone can do. Time to make: 30 minutes You will need: Empty drinks can Dremmel Tin snips Metal alphabet stamps Centre punch Hammer How to make hand stamped plant markers: I used a Dremmel to cut…