• Christmas - Crafts for kids

    Nativity lacing paper plate craft for kids

    November 28, 2018 - By 

    We don’t start celebrating Christmas until the 1st of December but I couldn’t resist sharing our Nativity Lacing Paper Plate craft with you. December seems to whizz by but I’m looking forward to sharing some of our favourite Christmas crafts with you over the coming weeks. Supplies to make our Nativity Lacing Paper Plate craft Paper plate scissors hole punch wool in yellow and brown glue stick marker brown, yellow and light blue crayons printed PDF template Nativity Lacing Paper Plate craft instructions First colour and cut out the template. Draw a cute face on Baby Jesus! Next, cut the inner…

  • Elf cupcake liner craft for kids to make from the gingerbread house blog
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    Elf cupcake liner craft for kids to make

    November 15, 2018 - By 

    It’s nearly time to find our two elves and bring them out of their hiding place (at the bottom of my wardrobe). I love December 1st even though it means a pretty manic 24 days of elf antics. I can’t resist an elf craft and it’s definitely time to share our cute elf cupcake liner craft. Equipment to make our Elf cupcake liner craft White cupcake liners Tan craft paint Red, white and brown paper Blue and black marker Cotton balls Scissors Paint brush Elf cupcake liner craft 1. First flatten the cupcake liner, paint it with tan craft paint…

  • Easy child-friendly poppy wreath for Remembrance Day
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    Easy child-friendly poppy wreath for Remembrance Day

    November 8, 2018 - By 

    Both my children have been obsessed with the items they could purchase as part of the Poppy Appeal at their schools this week. Both were allowed to take in money to buy poppy themed rubbers, rulers, pencils and poppies to mark Remembrance Day and the Centenary of the end of the First World War. I am more than happy to donate money to the Poppy Appeal but I have been a little miffed that my children appeared more excited about buying a new rubber than the idea of Remembrance Day. Thankfully they are both part of the Scouting movement so…

  • Making Halloween squishies with Duck Tape
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    Making Halloween squishies with Duck Tape

    October 29, 2018 - By 

    We’ve been to some really fun craft workshops for kids at our local Hobbycraft. They are always affordable and the staff have been lovely and helpful. This weekend we popped along to our local store to make Duck Tape Halloween squishies. I could tell from the picture that they would be fun so booked places and went along. Making Halloween squishies with Duck Tape We’ve made some squishies before. They are so simple to make and don’t require many materials. For our Duck Tape squishies we needed Duck Tape, Supersoft Toy Filling, Clear cellophane bags and a black permanent pen.…

  • Dr Seuss's The Grinch and Max paper plate craft for kids to make from the gingerbread house blog
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    Dr Seuss’s The Grinch and Max paper plate craft for kids

    October 23, 2018 - By 

    I love this time of year, especially when I have the time off work to enjoy it! We are really enjoying some time together at home to relax and craft. A few weeks ago we watched the trailer for the upcoming Grinch film. Based on the 1957 Dr. Seuss story How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, it’s something we can’t wait to watch as the book has been a staple of our festive Book Advent for the last few years. In case you’re not familiar with it: The Grinch hatches a scheme, with his trusted canine Max, to ruin Christmas when the residents of Whoville…

  • How to Make a Halloween Friendship Bracelet craft for kids to make
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    How to Make a Halloween Friendship Bracelet

    October 22, 2018 - By 

    This is a guest post from our friends at Mrs Mactivity, who make creative learning resources to download and print, for parents and teachers. Download the Halloween Friendship Bracelet template here. Halloween is such a fun seasonal event! There’s pumpkin soup to make, costumes to prepare, trick or treating, parties, fun and excited children! It’s a sort of second place Christmas – after your own birthday of course. It’s also a really good opportunity to involve children in crafting and creative activities, to help them develop fine motor skills and above all, to have fun and spend quality time together…

  • Mini Robot treasure boxes
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    Mini Robot treasure boxes

    October 11, 2018 - By 

    I love an easy after school craft activity to help my kids wind down. My 8 year old loves robots. He’s been drawing quite a few of them recently so we tried making them into 3D robots using some of our craft supplies. They turned out really well so I thought I’d share them. Mini Robot treasure box supplies: Craft matchboxes Silver paper Bostik Glu Dots Googly eyes Black straws How to craft Mini Robot treasure boxes My son loves a little box to keep his treasures in so I found some empty craft matchboxes to use as the base of…

  • Back to School Duck Tape bookmarks
    Back to school crafts - Crafts for kids - Duck Tape crafts

    Back to School Duck Tape bookmarks

    August 16, 2018 - By 

    The Summer holidays are passing so very quickly and I can’t help but begin to think of the start of the new term. We still have lots to look forward to but I know I have to get school uniform up together (I’ve already done a lot of this thanks to M&S), label everything and pick up new stationery for my 8 year old. My son takes a reading book to school and we had fun crafting him some new Duck Tape bookmarks to use. They were so simple that I thought I would share them as Duck Tape crafts…

  • make your own water compass
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    Make a water compass and Engineer a great Summer

    August 10, 2018 - By 

    With two inquisitive children I am constantly on my toes keeping them engaged and active, especially during the summer holidays. I’ve shared a few resources to keep the dreaded brain drain away and wanted to tell you about The Holiday Makers, a website with fun, free, family friendly activities to keep the kids aged 7-16 busy and minds sharp over the summer holidays. Engineer a great Summer with the Year of Engineering The Holiday Makers website is part of the Year of Engineering, a year-long initiative celebrating the wonderful world of engineering and encouraging young people to get involved. Every week a…