• {Free printable} Print and Colour Your Own Gift Box
    Crafts for kids - Handmade gifts - Mother's Day crafts

    {Free printable} Print and Colour Your Own Gift Box

    May 3, 2020 - By 

    We love giving handmade gifts, and seem to have been posting more care packages to loved ones now we’re unable to see them for a while. We have a lot of time on our hands and making things helps to keep our hands and hearts busy. We’ve been thinking a lot about friends and family and came up with this sweet printable gift box you can print and colour at home, fill with treats, and send to a friend or relative you can’t see at the moment. It would also make a lovely Mother’s Day gift box if you are…

  • review of the Cricut EasyPress 2
    Crafts for adults - Cricut Maker

    A Mother’s Day craft {Cricut EasyPress 2 review}

    March 27, 2019 - By 

    This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Cricut. The opinions and text are all mine. A few weeks ago I shared a post about my brand new Cricut Maker machine. It’s a lovely machine for people who love to craft their own items at home. You can cut all kinds of different materials so it’s great if you like making cards, quilts or pretty much anything. Alongside the Cricut Maker I also received the Cricut EasyPress 2. This is essentially a heat press which make it super easy to apply the vinyl you cut with your…

  • DIY photo fridge magnets
    Adobe Partner - Crafts for adults - Mother's Day crafts

    DIY photo fridge magnets for a personalised Mother’s Day gift

    March 8, 2018 - By 

    We have a lot of photos on display in our house. We have a lovely photo wall where we like to display some of our favourite family photos. I love to use photos in my craft projects too, and with Mother’s Day coming up, I thought it would be fun to create fridge magnets as a personalised Mother’s Day gift. We love to give handmade gifts throughout the year. Mother’s Day is a lovely date in our calendar and I would much rather receive a handmade card and gift than anything shop-bought. Follow my tutorial and you can see how…

  • easy Mother's Day crafts for kids
    Crafts for kids - Handmade gifts - Mother's Day crafts

    10 easy Mother’s Day crafts for kids to make

    March 4, 2018 - By 

    Can you believe this time next week we’ll be celebrating Mother’s Day? Now that the snow has melted my thoughts have been turning to Mother’s Day. It’s a fun day to honour the women in our lives. I can’t resist making a handmade card with the kids and I have to admit that we made ours last week when we were stuck indoors due to the snow. The weather gave me plenty of time to look for ideas for handmade cards and gifts to make this Mother’s Day. Mother”s Day falls on Sunday  11th March here in the UK but…

  • Mothers Day craft for kids
    Crafts for kids - Handmade gifts - Mother's Day crafts

    Fingerprint flower bag for a kid-made Mother’s Day gift

    February 27, 2018 - By 

    This is a busy time of year. Following a long Winter we now seem to have lots of special days to enjoy. We’ve already made a start on our handmade Mother’s Day cards and after school today we had fun with a fingerprint craft for a kid-made Mother’s Day gift. Let me tell you more about it. You will need: blank canvas bag Selection of paints Fingerprint flower bag for a kid-made Mother’s Day gift We have been having a lot of fun with fingerprint crafts lately. We’ve made fingerprint heart keepsakes for Valentine’s Day and fingerprint St Patrick’s Day…

  • Mother's Day rosette
    Cath Kidston - Crafts for adults - Handmade gifts - Mother's Day crafts

    Mother’s Day Crafting with Cath Kidston

    February 25, 2016 - By 

    You know by now that I love giving homemade gifts. I never have as much time as I would like but today I want to share with you a gorgeous fabric rosette which can be put together in about 30 minutes and would make a special gift for your mum this Mother’s Day. The full tutorial can be found over on the Cath Kidston blog and I would like to say a big thank you to them for sending me a hamper of crafty products so I could make my own Mother’s Day rosette. Whilst the children were at school…

  • Baker Ross Blogger Network - crafts - Kids crafts - Mother's Day crafts - Spring

    Mother’s Day craft ideas

    February 18, 2016 - By 

    As much as we’re enjoying the half term holiday I admit to raiding our craft stash. My children love to wind down by making something and, with Mother’s Day coming up on 6th March, they have been working their way through some of the great Mother’s Day craft kits we were sent from Baker Ross. Heart Lantern Kits They loved the Heart Lantern kits, which contained 4 assorted colours and designs. Each kit included a card lantern template and coloured tissue paper. they were easy to assemble using a glue stick or glue dots. The kit costs £3.49 for a…

  • Mothers Day hand print craft
    Baker Ross Blogger Network - crafts - Handprint art - Kids crafts - Mother's Day crafts - Spring - tutorial

    Mother’s Day handprint art

    February 14, 2015 - By 

    Mother’s Day is a few weeks away (March 15th this year) but that doesn’t stop us wanting to craft around the theme. We love hand print art and found a super sweet kit that does all the hard work for you. How to make Mother’s Day handprint art: This little kit comes with printed Mother’s Day poem, foam pieces and ribbon. It is easy to make a personalised card, simply draw around your hand onto the foam and cut out to make your flower. Then decorate with the foam flowers There’s a sweet poem and a line to write your…

  • Baker Ross Blogger Network - crafts - Kids crafts - Mother's Day crafts - Spring - tutorial

    Mother’s Day rosette

    February 14, 2015 - By 

    We were sent a wonderful parcel of Baker Ross goodies which the children have been happily ploughing their way through. Today I’m going to share two fun Mother’s Day crafts. My 4 year old loves to look through our craft box and this Mother’s Day rosette kit really caught his eye. How to make a simple Mother’s Day rosette: The kit included pre-cut foam templates, self-adhesive foam pieces, sequins and a badge pin. Big Brother picked a blue and yellow kit (there were 3 designs to choose from) and got to work. There were pictorial instructions but he didn’t need…