• Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights Colouring Classic
    Autumn - book review - Halloween crafts

    Win 1 of 2 Gothic themed adult colouring classics

    October 2, 2016 - By 

    Every year Halloween celebrations seem to get bigger and better. This year our preparations started quite early. We’ve already made a start on our Halloween crafts, we shared our egg carton ghosts yesterday, and have so many more planned. Halloween is fun for my children but it has a much darker side that you are probably more familiar with. If you are a fan of Halloween then you may be interested in two brand new adult colouring books – Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights and Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Embrace the greatest Gothic literature of all time and indulge your creativity with…

  • Hand print leaf craft for kids
    Autumn - crafts

    Hand print leaf craft for kids

    September 28, 2016 - By 

    You can’t have missed the fact that Autumn has arrived in the northern hemisphere. Last week we celebrated the Autumn Equinox and went on a walk to see how many different leaves we could find. I love Autumn and nothing beats going for a walk, kicking leaves and spotting signs of nature changing all around us. Over the last few days my daughter has filled the basket on her scooter with leaves and conkers. We have a nature table at home which was over flowing so decided to use some of the leaves we had found. Hand print Autumn leaf…

  • Mollie Makes crochet flower garland
    Autumn - crafts - Mollie Makes crafts

    Mollie Makes crochet flower garland

    September 16, 2016 - By 

    Every month I challenge myself to make the Mollie Makes magazine cover gift. I’ve subscribed since it first came out and have a drawer full of unopened kits – but no more! I’ve been making more time for crafting and I love to make the kits and hopefully try something new with each of them. Mollie Makes crochet flower garland Issue 70 of Mollie Makes came with a crochet flower garland kit – 3mm crochet hook, dark pink yarn, green yarn, yellow yarn, pink yarn and orange yarn. My heart sank a little when I saw it as I am…

  • 25 apple crafts for kid
    Apple Day crafts - Autumn - Kids crafts

    25 apple crafts for kids

    August 15, 2016 - By 

    I have a fun round up of 25 apple crafts and activities for pre-schoolers. We love this time of year, long warm sunny days with the promise of leaves turning golden brown, going blackberry picking and Apple Days. There are so many lovely crafts and activities for kids and I enjoyed bringing together my top 25 apple crafts for kids. 25 apple crafts for kids Apple Day is an annual celebration of apples and orchards, held in October. It is celebrated mainly in the United Kingdom and traditionally falls on 21st October, the date of the first such event in…

  • Apple Pigs, by Ruth Gary Orbach
    Apple Day crafts - Autumn - book review - Kids crafts - tutorial

    Apple Pigs by Ruth Gary Orbach

    November 7, 2015 - By 

    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 found a little maggot crawling out of one! Last month we went to our first proper Apple Day event, held at Hughenden Manor, our local National Trust place. Did you know that 21st October 2015 marked the 25th anniversary of Apple Day – first initiated…

  • air drying clay decorations
    Autumn - Crafts for kids - Kids crafts - tutorial

    Leaf-printed air drying clay decorations

    October 19, 2015 - By 

    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 the leaves my 3 year old keeps giving me. Equipment to make leaf-printed air drying clay decorations Air drying clay Leaves Rolling pin Greaseproof paper Circular cookie cutter Gold and silver metallic paint   How to make leaf-printed air drying clay decorations I rolled out…

  • Autumn leaves luminary
    Autumn - Crafts for kids - Kids crafts

    DIY Autumn leaves luminary

    October 14, 2015 - By 

    I’m sure no child can resist collecting pocketfuls of leaves, acorns, conkers and pine cones at this time of year. My 3 year old can’t help herself and our nature table is overflowing with treasures. She really wanted to craft with some of them so we made a pretty Autumnal leaf luminary. DIY Autumn leaves luminary You will need – Mod Podge, selection of leaves and an empty glass jar How to make a DIY Autumn leaves luminary Choose a selection of leaves, smaller ones work best. Remove the stems from larger leaves as they are difficult to stick down.…

  • Autumn

    20 things to do with an extra hour

    October 9, 2015 - By 

    October is the month when we gain an hour thanks to the clocks going back an hour on the 25th October. I’m looking forward to the lighter mornings and an extra hour in bed. Someone please tell my children though, as they always struggle a little with the extra hour. I love this fun infographic with 20 suggestions of things to do with that extra hour. I like the sound of making an extra special family breakfast. The children keep asking for pancakes so perhaps it will be pancakes for them and a healthy fry up for the grown ups.…

  • Autumn - homemade - homestyle - interiors

    10 ways to fall in love with your bedroom this Autumn

    October 8, 2015 - By 

    Autumn is a strange season in many ways. It is full of vibrancy, colour and life yet has a sometimes melancholic hint of the coldness to come. Autumn can be cold one day and t-shirt and BBQ weather the next. It’s a real mixed bag but that is what makes it so wonderful. It’s a season of impending festivity. Halloween and Bonfire Night kick off the end of year fun and just as Autumn starts to ebb we brighten up our lives with cheery songs, twinkling lights and hearty meals. Autumn is fantastic inspiration for interior design and a way…