• miffy play dough recipe - the gingerbread house
    Crafts for kids - Kids crafts - playing - tutorial

    Miffy play dough recipe

    May 6, 2015 - By 

    As you know I’m a Miffy Mum and we’ve been having so much fun incorporating Miffy into our every day crafting. The only thing we hadn’t tried yet was Miffy play dough so I made some. Although Miffy is white she lives in a colourful world. I think part of the appeal of Miffy is the colourful world she lives in so I made orange play dough using my usual play dough recipe. Orange for the carrots Miffy eats and because it is our favourite colour. Ingredients needed to make Miffy play dough: 150g plain flour 100g salt 2 tsp.…

  • mad hatters tea cups by the gingerbread house
    Easter - Kids crafts - tutorial - upcycling

    Pinned it made it – Mad hatter’s tea cups

    May 3, 2015 - By 

    What do you do with left over plastic eggs and some buttons? Make some tea cups suitable for A Mad Tea-Party of course. I wish I could claim this project my own but I saw a couple of Pinterest, like this one and knew my children would love it. This is a great project for using up left over plastic egg shells from Easter. Equipment needed to make the Mad hatter’s tea cups Plastic egg shells Selection of large plastic buttons Hot glue gun How to make Mad hatter’s tea cups This was a quick and easy craft. I chose…

  • 10 miffy craft activities by the gingerbread house
    Crafts for kids - Kids crafts - tutorial

    10 miffy craft activities

    May 1, 2015 - By 

    If you’re looking for some fun craft activities for the Bank Holiday weekend then look no further! I have a round up of 10 miffy craft activities for kids and adults, including air dry clay miffy, miffy cookies and miffy sun catchers! 10 miffy craft activities for kids to make: delicious Miffy cookies from treading on lego Miffy bento lunch from the gingerbread house how to make a matchbox bed for Miffy tutorial for sweet little air drying clay Miffy Miffy inspired clay bunny bowl cute free knitting pattern for Miffy and her balloon Miffy treat bag Miffy inspired tote…

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    Miffy matchbox bed

    April 28, 2015 - By 

    A few days ago we made some little Miffy figures from air drying clay and our Miffy cookie cutters. We love crafting with air drying clay as it’s so easy to use and pretty kid friendly. We left them to dry overnight. The next day the children decorated them with acrylic paint and colouring pens. The other day we covered some matchboxes with pretty papers and my 3 year old wanted to use them to make a Miffy matchbox bed. I added eyelets and small lengths of ricrac to one end to make it easier for her little fingers to…

  • Miffy sun catchers - the gingerbread house
    Kids crafts - tutorial

    Miffy sun catchers

    April 24, 2015 - By 

    You know we’re huge fans of Miffy and we love to make sun catchers so today we’re sharing our really easy Miffy sun catcher craft. Everyone knows that Miffy loves to wear a pretty dress, like the ones in Miffy’s birthday book. Reading it totally inspired us to make Miffy a new colourful wardrobe. Equipment needed to make Miffy sun catchers: Printed image of Miffy (we found ours here) Coloured cellophane sheets Sticky tape Scissors Bakers twine How to make Miffy sun catchers I printed 6 pictures of Miffy and carefully cut out her dress. We chose as many pieces…

  • kid friendly fairy garden made with a milk bottle from the gingerbread house
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    Recycled milk bottle fairy garden

    April 18, 2015 - By 

    You can tell my son has gone back to school after the Easter holidays as my daughter and I have been spending a lot of time crafting together. Yesterday afternoon we looked through our recycling to see what we could use to make a fairy garden. I’ve seen some amazing fairy garden ideas on Pinterest (check out my outdoor play board for some ideas) but let’s be honest, I don’t think many of them are made by or for children! Today we’ve made a really simple fairy garden, child-friendly, achievable and I’d love to know if it inspires you! Equipment…

  • Tinkerbell play dough - the gingerbread house
    Kids crafts - tutorial

    Recipe for Tinkerbell play dough

    April 16, 2015 - By 

    My 3 year old loves Tinkerbell and we’re really excited about the release of Tinkerbell and the NeverBeast on DVD on Monday 20th. It’s a long time since we saw it at the cinema and we’re looking forward to taking part in a home viewing party to celebrate its release. Both my children love playing with play dough so I thought we should make some Tinkerbell inspired play dough. I used my never fail recipe with a little sprinkle of pixie dust. Tinkerbell play dough recipe: 150g plain flour 100g salt 2 tsp. cream of tartar 2 tbsp. vegetable oil…

  • Easter - free printables - Kids crafts - Peppa Pig Holiday Blogger

    Free Peppa Pig Easter printables

    April 4, 2015 - By 

    I have some fun free Peppa Pig Easter printables to share with you today. These are perfect to print out and will keep your children occupied over the long weekend! You will only need simple craft materials (which you probably already have) so feel free to Pin this image and save for later. The four printables are: Peppa Pig Easter bunting to colour, cut out and hang up Peppa Pig Easter card to colour Peppa Pig Easter hat to cut out and glue Instructions on how to decorate hard-boiled eggs You can download the free Peppa Pig Easter printables here.…

  • painting using food - the gingerbread house
    Easter - Kids crafts - tutorial

    Kids crafts – painting using food

    March 26, 2015 - By 

    I love to keep my little one busy and today we tried something new, painting using food! Equipment needed to paint with food: Potatoes White paper Easter themed cookie cutters Paint How to paint with food: We’ve tried painting with lots of different materials, from flowers to corks and hands. Today we used potatoes which was really fun and messy. As Easter is coming up we decided to use Easter cookie cutters and picked an Easter egg and bunny shape. I set up for my 3 year old with white paper, a couple of paint brushes, the potato shapes and…