Skip to content
the gingerbread house blog
Menu
  • Home
  • About
    • About Me
    • Brand Ambassador
      • Adobe Photoshop Elements 2018
      • ASK Italian
      • Aquabeaders
      • Bahlsen Book Club
      • Bandai STEM Ambassador
      • Baker Ross Blogger Network
      • Blogger Board Game Club
      • Bostik Family Craft Bloggers Network
      • Build Your Own Brand Ambassador
      • Britax Mumbassador
      • Dunelm Mill Blogger
      • Friends of Sylvanian Families
      • Happy By Nature
      • Hasbro Toy Tribe
      • KDUK Mumbassadors
      • Lindam Munchkin blogger panel
      • Maped Helix Blogger Ambassador
      • Miffy Mums
      • Morphy Richards Innovator
      • Netflix Stream Team
      • Peppa Pig Holiday Blogger
      • Pinty Plus Ambassador
      • Playmobil Playologist
      • Quinny Caster
      • Sizzix
      • Staedtler Try It Tribe
      • Stamptastic Ambassador
      • Toys R Us Toyologist
      • Twinkl Blogger
      • UKMums.TV Preferred Blogger
    • 50 before 50 bucket list
    • Mailing list
    • Privacy Policy
  • Crafts
    • Crafts for Kids
      • Advent crafts
      • After school crafts
      • Apple Day crafts
      • April Fools’ Day
      • Back to school crafts
      • Bonfire Night crafts
      • Children In Need
      • Chinese New Year crafts
      • Christmas
      • Crochet
      • Dr Seuss Day craft
      • Duck Tape crafts
      • Earth Day crafts
      • Easter
      • Elf on the Shelf
      • Elmer Day
      • Fairy garden crafts
      • Fathers Day
      • Food crafts
      • Fourth of July crafts
      • Free printables
      • Garden crafts
      • Gingerbread
      • Gingerbread houses
      • Grinchmas crafts
      • Halloween
      • Handmade gifts
      • International Women’s Day
      • Kids crafts
      • London crafts
      • Lego crafts
      • May Day crafts
      • Minecraft crafts
      • Mother’s Day crafts
      • Nature crafts
      • New Year crafts
      • Painted rocks
      • Pancake Day crafts
      • Pokemon Day crafts
      • Recycled crafts
      • Roald Dahl crafts
      • Royal crafts
      • Sports crafts
      • Star Wars crafts
      • STEM activity
      • St George’s Day crafts
      • St Patrick’s Day crafts
      • Thanksgiving crafts
      • Toilet roll crafts
      • Tutorials
      • United Kingdom crafts
      • Upcycled crafts
      • Valentines Day crafts
      • Wizarding World crafts
      • World Bee Day
      • World Book Day ideas
      • World Otter Day
    • Crafts for Adults
      • Baking
      • Bento inspiration
      • Craft book reviews
      • Cricut Maker
      • Die cutting crafts
      • List of National Days and Awareness Days in the UK
      • Mollie Makes crafts
      • Paper cut art
      • Patchwork & Quilting
      • Pinty Plus projects
      • Sewing projects
      • Subscription box reviews
  • Family life
    • Charity shopping finds
    • Days out with the kids
      • Sculpture trails
    • Gift guides
    • Parenting tales
      • Siblings
    • What I’m reading
  • Travel
    • days out
    • Bedfordshire
    • Berkshire
    • Buckinghamshire
    • Cornwall
    • Devon
    • Dorset
    • East Sussex
    • Essex
    • France
    • Hampshire
    • Hertfordshire
    • Isle of Wight
    • Kent
    • London
      • Camden
      • City of London
      • City of Westminster
      • Harrow
      • Hillingdon
        • Ruislip
      • London Borough of Bexley
      • Haringey
      • London Borough of Kensington & Chelsea
      • London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
      • London Borough of Southwark
      • London Borough of Wandsworth
      • London Borough of Westminster
      • Southwark
      • Tower Hamlets
      • Wandsworth
    • Norfolk
    • Suffolk
    • Surrey
    • the Netherlands
    • Warwickshire
    • West Sussex
    • Wiltshire
    • National Trust
    • Sculpture trails
    • Local Review
Menu

Tag: Miffy

miffy butter biscuit recipe - the gingerbread house

Miffy butter biscuits

Posted on May 17, 2015September 7, 2023 by jenny

Today is World Baking Day and I couldn’t let it pass without making something special for my family. I had planned to make some tea bag biscuits for the family. I did make them but they didn’t look good enough to share with my family so I used the extra dough to make some Miffy…

Read more

Monday happy things

Posted on May 11, 2015September 10, 2023 by jenny

I’m pleased to say the past week has been slightly less manic as I’ve taken a small step back from blogging and spent more time crafting! Following on from the success of the fairy garden we built in our garden I wrote 10 top tips for creating a fairy garden which was published on Female…

Read more
miffy play dough recipe - the gingerbread house

Miffy play dough recipe

Posted on May 6, 2015April 8, 2019 by jenny

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…

Read more
10 miffy craft activities by the gingerbread house

10 miffy craft activities

Posted on May 1, 2015August 30, 2022 by jenny

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…

Read more

Investing in a good day out with Miffy

Posted on April 30, 2015October 5, 2024 by jenny

Now we all know that a lot of things improve over time – think about your classic leather sofa or a really good cheese. This month the TSB Plus Account has just turned one year old. The maximum interest you can earn in a year from the Plus Account is £100 AER (5% AER on…

Read more
two Miffy shaped biscuits

Miffy bento lunch

Posted on February 28, 2015August 19, 2019 by jenny

Little Sis loves Miffy so I made a Miffy-inspired bento lunchbox for her today. We spent the day in Oxfordshire as my husband was on a Supercar driving experience. After my children had enjoyed watching him whizzing around the track they were happy to tuck into a fun lunch. Miffy bento lunch: Miffy fairy bread…

Read more

Happy Chinese New Year!

Posted on February 3, 2011August 29, 2017 by jenny

February 3 marks the start of the Chinese New Year – and this year is the Year of the Rabbit. To celebrate, Miffy’s author Dick Bruna has designed a series of new Miffy images.  In a lovely little twist, Dick Bruna was actually born in the Year of the Rabbit, back in 1927! Illustration Dick…

Read more

Feeling the love

Posted on November 5, 2010October 27, 2024 by jenny

Today my little blog was featured on the Stokke Lovers blog and Facebook page all due to our love of our Tripp Trapp. I was so happy I took a screen shot: I was also lucky enough to be featured on the Miffy UK Facebook page for our recent video review of the lovely Miffy…

Read more

Review: Miffy rattle car

Posted on October 26, 2010August 29, 2018 by jenny

The lovely people at Miffy sent Edward a toy from the new selection of classic Miffy toys which have never been available in the UK before. The Miffy rattle car is suitable from 6 months and features a chunky handle – prefect for little chubby fingers learning to grip. Each of the four wheels contains…

Read more
  • Previous
  • 1
  • 2

Welcome to the gingerbread house blog. I’m Jenny, London mum of two teens. Craft and family lifestyle blogger, occasional baker of gingerbread. Find out more about us, our latest crafts, and be inspired by our days out. Contact me jenny@the-gingerbread-house.co.uk

Search

Latest posts

  • The Weekly Edit {Week 25/2026} June 22, 2026
  • Creating the Ultimate Summer Play Space June 18, 2026
  • The Weekly Edit {Week 24/2026} June 15, 2026
  • Tobio’s vs. Emily Lex: The Definitive Watercolor Guide June 14, 2026

2005-2026

Subscribe to our mailing list

* indicates required

Popular posts

As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

All content strictly copyright Jenny 2005-2026

2026 Reading Challenge

2026 Reading Challenge
Jenny has read 0 books toward her goal of 24 books.
hide
0 of 24 (0%)
view books

We hope that you enjoy using our free printables. Please note these printables are for personal use only. Not for redistribution. All images are copyrighted.

© 2026 the-gingerbread-house.co.uk | Powered by Minimalist Blog WordPress Theme