I have a small person who is turning 3 later this year. Like many other little people she adores the film Frozen so I’ve been busy planning for her birthday party.

I was sent some craft supplies from Craft Merrily to keep us busy over the summer holidays. The pack of hama beads really caught my eye as the colours reminded me of Frozen, plenty of ice cold blues and whites. I thought we could turn them into sun catchers to hang in our windows.

How to make Frozen inspired sun catchers:

Melting hama beads is quite quick and simple. First choose some cookie cutters, we chose stars and crowns to fit our Frozen theme. Place on a sheet of greaseproof paper on a baking tray and fill with your chosen hama beads. This is something the children were able to help with.

Bake in the oven. I baked them on a low heat so I could regularly check to see what stage they were at.

When all the beads have melted remove from the oven and allow to cool. Remove from the cookie cutters and leave to cool fully.

I chose to pierce our sun catchers with a needle and thread so we had something to hang them with and used washi tape to stick them on the window. Now we just need some sunshine!