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    10 crafts for St George’s Day

    April 19, 2016 - By 

    I love this time of year. The good weather is really cheering me up and we’ve been crafting a lot with these lovely longer evenings. With St George’s Day coming up next week I thought it was time to share some of my favourite crafts for St George’s Day.   St George and the dragon luminary craft from the gingerbread house Toilet roll tube dragon puppet from 3 Princesses and 1 Dude  George and the Dragon small world play from the Adventures of Adam George and Dragon finger puppets from Lara Bee UK Wooden spoon dragon for St George’s Day…

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    How to sew a unicorn

    April 19, 2016 - By 

    Last week we received a lovely box of craft supplies from Baker Ross which was great as my son loves to craft after school. He’s been working his way through the box and even taking things in to school to show his class mates. As I mentioned a few weeks ago he’s interested in learning to sew so immediately wanted to make the Unicorn Sewing Kit which contained two kits. There was everything needed to make a plush unicorn including pre-cut felt pieces, plastic needle, wool, stuffing and felt stickers. Each child picked their favourite colour, I threaded the needle…

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    How to grow a fairy garden

    April 18, 2016 - By 

    I’m clearly suggestible as a few weeks ago I saw lots of bloggers posting their reviews of the Fairy Garden Kit and had to buy my own. We’ve had so much fun building our own fairy gardens so I’m not quite sure why I needed to buy this kit. However the children were excited and I knew they would love watching the grass grow. It was a lovely sunny day when we bought our kit so were able to build it outside. The kit contained a fairy garden bowl, fairy figure, oyster shell, foam fairy cottage, clothes line with pegs…

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    Unicorn Duck Tape pencil case

    April 16, 2016 - By 

    I can’t resist a shiny new roll of Duck Tape. A trip to my local craft store is always dangerous as I can’t help but see if there are any new colours or patterns. On my last visit I picked up a roll of pink Unicorn Dream Duck Tape. I didn’t have a plan for it but my 4 year old loves unicorns so I bought it for a rainy day. Yesterday was a rainy day! I am on a major decluttering drive at the moment and came across a clear pencil case and large notebook. I knew these would be…

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    How to make The BFG’s ears

    April 15, 2016 - By 

    Today we’re taking part in the April Kid Craft Challenge. The theme was a favourite childhood character, ours is definitely The BFG at the moment! So far we’ve made The BFG’s Grobswitchy cake and Frobscottle. Today we’re sharing our tutorial for making The BFG’s ears, this would be a perfect addition to an outfit for World Book Day or Roald Dahl Day! You will need the following: Paper plates Pink paint Scissors Hairband Sticky tape How to make The BFG’s ears First paint your paper plates with the pink paint. Make sure they are evenly covered then set aside to dry.…

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    Dreamcatcher luminary tutorial

    April 15, 2016 - By 

    Earlier this week I received a wonderful selection of new Sizzix dies to craft with. I love opening this kind of parcel as you never know what you are going to find. This time there were quite a few Thinlits dies. These are really versatile dies, chemically etched, and offer intricate designs for creative papercrafting projects. Dream Away immediately caught my eye and I know I will be using this a lot over the coming weeks and months to create some fun dream catcher projects. Today I made a little home decor project using the die and a glass jar. You can…

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    10 crafts to celebrate the Queens 90th birthday

    April 14, 2016 - By 

    Next week Queen Elizabeth II will celebrate her 90th birthday (April 21st 2016). She will be in Windsor on her birthday and in the evening she will light the principal beacon which will set in train a series of over 900 beacons across the country and worldwide. More events will be taking place in May including The Queen’s 90th Birthday Celebration (a 90-minute long extravaganza with 900 horses and more than 1,500 riders and performers, held every evening from May 12 to 15, with the Queen attending on the final evening); National Service of Thanksgiving at St. Paul’s Cathedral; The Queen’s Birthday Parade on Horse…

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    Drawing the Queen on her 90th birthday

    April 14, 2016 - By 

    This week we received another super box of craft supplies from Baker Ross. Included was a pack of Baker Ross Self Portrait blanks which are perfect for drawing friends, family or your favourite story book character. With Queen Elizabeth’s 90th birthday next week, I challenged my children to draw a picture of the Queen. First they used pens to add her features and clothes. They glued on white hair, “just like Nanny!” they said. Then they added a gold crown. They accessorised with sparkly jewellery and they were finished. My 6 year old asked if we were going to send…

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    Recipe for The BFGs Frobscottle drink

    April 13, 2016 - By 

    I think it’s fair to say my 6 year old is enjoying reading The BFG. We’ve been reading a couple of chapters every night and we both look forward to it. Last week we made Grobswitchy cake which was delicious. Today we made the drink Frobscottle, also from The BFG, the only drink available in Giant Country. “It’s glummy!’ he cried ‘I love it!'” We used lemonade, cream soda, drinking yoghurt, lime juice, kiwis and a fizzy Vitamin C tablet. So if you read that list of ingredients you would probably think the Frobscottle wasn’t going to taste good, but…