• ways to upcycle Shopkins - the gingerbread house
    kawaii - Kids crafts - tutorial - upcycling

    How to upcycle Shopkins

    May 30, 2015 - By 

    Have you heard of Shopkins? They are cute, collectable characters from your favourite shops and my 5 year old is obsessed with them. Every Friday he loves to go to our local toy shop and buy a Shopkins basket with his pocket money and add a couple more Shopkins to his collection. They are quite sweet little toys, all different products you would expect to find at the supermarket, and you can collect the different categories and buy playsets for them. They are very kawaii with their happy little faces and remind me of the cute characters I have stitched…

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    book review - competition - shopping

    Win a copy of Let’s Go Shopping Peppa!

    May 29, 2015 - By 

    Today I’m taking part in Ladybird’s Let’s Go Shopping Peppa! blog tour. A brand new Peppa Pig book has just been released and we were very excited to be sent a copy and have one to giveaway too at the end of this post. Ladybird’s Let’s Go Shopping Peppa! blog tour. First of all let me tell you about Let’s Go Shopping Peppa!. In this book Peppa and her family need something tasty for lunch. It’s time for a trip to the supermarket! Mummy Pig is very keen on just getting the things on her shopping list, but when they…

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    Monthly makes – May

    May 28, 2015 - By 

    May has gone by unbelievably quickly for me. I think I say that every month but this month has flown by. I’ve been really busy this month and barely made anything. Even my 5 year old noticed I hadn’t been sewing and suggested I stay at home to do some sewing whilst everyone else went out for a few hours! I really want to spend more time being creative and my heart just doesn’t seem to be in blogging at the moment. Perhaps after blogging for 10 years that’s not surprising so I’m hoping for some amazing inspiration when I…

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    Half term fun with Peppa Pig

    May 27, 2015 - By 

    This year we were very excited to be invited to be a Peppa Pig Holiday blogger (I love adding those shiny badges to my blog). I can honestly say that both my children like Peppa Pig, but my 3 year old loves Peppa!  but At the start of half term we were sent a lovely parcel of Peppa Pig goodies to help us get through the week 🙂 Today we opened the Air Peppa Holiday Jet and Holiday figurine packs. My 3 year old has been lusting after this in our local toy shop so was overjoyed to receive it.…

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    Monday happy things

    May 25, 2015 - By 

    Hello and welcome to my special Bank Holiday edition of Monday happy things! We’re having a special Day Out today and have packed our picnic. Have you tasted Tracker bars lately? We were sent a rucksack full to fuel our Bank Holiday adventures and I haven’t been able to stop eating them. There are three flavours but my favourite has to be the White Chocolate Chip ones. We’ve added a few to our lunch bags. We’ve been having fun with these gorgeous ABC and 123 flash cards from QED Publishing. Little Sis is starting nursery in September and these have been…

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    Hot Wheels Super Speed Blastway review

    May 24, 2015 - By 

    My 5 year old has quite simple tastes in toys, if it has wheels he’s generally happy. He especially loves Hot Wheels cars, and so do I, as they are pocket money-friendly. He was sent the new Hot Wheels Super Speed Blastway and a Hot Wheels tshirt from the new Zara Hot Wheels collection to review. He’s only 5 but quite tall so received a size 7-8 shirt which fits him perfectly. The tshirt features a fun shiny text print and is lovely and soft. As well as the lovely new tshirt he also received the Hot Wheels Super Speed…

  • Baker Ross Blogger Network - Kids crafts

    Crafting with coloured sand

    May 24, 2015 - By 

    One thing I love about crafting with my children is the chance to try new craft activities with them. They are always keen to try anything and were pretty excited about a parcel of coloured sand products we received from Baker Ross. We received 6 bottles of Fluorescent Coloured Sand, plastic animal sand art bottles and sand picture sheets. First we made the Animal Sand Art bottles. The pack contained 6 different animals, each had a screw top, as well as a funnel. The children used the bottles of sand to create colourful layers. You can either pour or sprinkle…

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    Win Disney Cinderella Fairytale Jewellery

    May 23, 2015 - By 

    My 3 year old loves to dress up as her favourite princess so was pretty happy to be sent the new Frozen Colour Changing Necklace to review. Featuring images of princesses, Elsa and Anna, the two necklaces change from white into a deep blue and pink in sunlight. Perfect for Olaf’s favourite season – summer! They haven’t been taken off since she opened them. The Frozen Colour Changing Necklace is now available in a two pack priced at £5.00 from Toys R Us, Asda, Tesco and Sainsbury’s. A few weeks ago we took part in a really fun Twitter party…

  • painted pebble cactus plants - the gingerbread house
    Kids crafts - Painted rocks - tutorial

    Painted pebble cactus plants

    May 23, 2015 - By 

    I’ve been having lots of fun crafting recently, I know I always say that but this is supposed to be a craft blog. I love looking through my photo stream and seeing the photos of all my makes. My children have been keeping me busy lately but I still found time to make some painted pebble cactus plants with them. I would love to keep some succulents but when I went to buy some I got a handful of needles. Instead I thought it would be fun to make some kid-friendly versions. My 5 year old helped me paint some…