• Sylvanian Families painted rocks
    crafts - Friends of Sylvanian Families - Painted rocks - Pinty Plus Ambassador - tutorial

    Sylvanian Families painted rocks

    October 8, 2017 - By 

    My children are both going through a Sylvanian Families stage at the moment. It’s not hard to see why, the toys are super cute and perfect for open-ended play. Following our trip to the Sylvanian Families Shop in London a few weeks ago I have been on the look out for simple Sylvanian Families crafts we can do at home. As they also like decorating rocks we came up with our very own Sylvanian Families painted rocks! Equipment to make Sylvanian Families painted rocks smooth stones (we bought ours from the local garden centre) Chalkola Chalk Paint pens Black permanent pen…

  • Cork stamped footballs craft for kids to celebrate Euro 2016
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    Cork stamped football craft

    June 11, 2016 - By 

    Wine corks are an ideal material for stamping and we have plenty of them. So I made up this simple football related craft to keep my children busy this afternoon. England will be playing their first match this evening against Russia in Euro 2016 which we’re really looking forward to watching later. Cork stamped football craft We used: wine cork Swann Morton scalpel Black acrylic paint White card circles (cut using my Sizzix Big Shot Plus and the Sizzix Bigz Die Circles) I prepared the cork earlier, roughly marking a hexagon on one end of the cork, them cutting away the…