I love the idea of making my own stamps. I’ve already tried a couple of things, such as shaping the rubber on the end of a pencil to make a bunting stamp. I also made stamps from craft foam and old bottle tops. This weeks’ effort involved recycling styrofoam sheets, we used the ones from ready-made pizzas, and printing hearts with styrofoam. Equipment needed to make hearts with Styrofoam: pointed end of a ballpoint pen lid wooden heart styrofoam sheet (we used one from a pizza box) red paint white paper I pressed quite heavily and made sure I went…
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As well as the Little Tikes 4-in-1 Trike Sports Edition we reviewed yesterday, Little Sis was also sent the brand new Little Tikes Jelly Bean Racer. It was easy to get out of its packaging and Little Sis was able to sit on it and move around straight away. When I got it out of the box I thought it might be a little young for her (she’s now 30 months). However she loves whizzing around the house on her Jelly Bean Racer, we have the perfect floors for it! It really does look like a Jelly Bean although we…
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Little Sis was recently sent two brand new toys from Little Tikes to review and tell you about. She’s been having great fun with both of them – the Little Tikes 4-in-1 Trike Sports Edition and the Little Tikes Jelly Bean. We’ve written a blog post about each item as we felt they deserved it! Little Tikes’ new 4-in-1 Trike Sports Edition are designed to grow as a child’s skills develop. With detachable handle, seat belt, durable tyres, packing bag, soft seating and drinks holder – it’s great for babies and beginner riders! Moving toys are brilliant for helping children…
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I have a great competition to share with you today. Do you have a budding magician in your family? If so you may like to enter my competition to win a copy of My First Magic Book: 50 fun tricks and illusions for children aged 7+. Mini magicians can learn all of the tricks of the trade with this fun introduction to the world of magic! They can start with Card Tricks and keep people guessing with Tricks with Everyday Objects, such as the fantastic banana split trick and the coin under a handkerchief illusion. Move on to the head-scratching…
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On Sunday we spent a lovely day exploring Kew Gardens. I love watching how curious my children are about the things they see and there was plenty to see and do at Kew. Having children has definitely made me more aware of the changing seasons and over the last couple of weeks we’ve enjoyed watching the garden spring to life. Whilst we were at Kew the children collected pocketfuls of pine cones. They’ve been sitting on our nature table but I thought we should make something with them and decided on pine cone spiders. This is a great craft as…
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My 2 year old is very curious about the world and has been having great fun with a RC Thomas she was sent from Fisher-Price. It’s a great toy for developing motor skills and allows her to use trial and error to master the simple buttons on the remote control and move Thomas around. This is a very simple toy. The remote control unit takes 3 batteries, Thomas takes 3 batteries, and there’s a small on/off button underneath Thomas. The remote control has two buttons which enable you to move Thomas forward and backwards. Thomas is also full of sayings,…
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I promised myself I would spend more time on my hobbies and am trying to finish off lots of sewing projects before I start any more. However when a copy of Little Quilts by Sarah Fielke & Amy Lobsiger landed on my doorstep there was a project I just had to make straight away. Craft books are a major weakness and indulgence and Little Quilts is my kind of book. I love making little quilts for Little Sis to play with and I’ve already made a couple. Little Quilts features 15 step-by-step projects for small quilts using traditional and contemporary…
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If you’re a regular reader of my blog you’ll know I am constantly on the look out for old Scrabble sets to stock in my Etsy shop. The letter tiles are perfect for crafting with, such as this fun Scrabble bathroom sign I made. Well last week I found a couple of sets, but they weren’t the sets I am used to seeing. The first was an Australian version, published and distributed by T.R. Urban & Co., Sydney under licence from Production & Marketing Company USA. There aren’t many differences from my English versions, except obviously where it was made,…
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My children adore the adventures of Woolly and Tig and as well as watching them on CBeebies, we have read many of the books which are great for having discussions about the new experiences they face such as going to the dentist or making new friends. Today I have a lovely giveaway for my readers as I have two great Woolly and Tig sticker books up for grabs! Three-year old Tig is exploring the world with her cuddly toy spider Woolly. From building sandcastles to Tig’s first day at nursery school, there’s so much to look at and learn about.…