• Autumn leaves luminary
    Autumn - Crafts for kids - Kids crafts

    DIY Autumn leaves luminary

    October 14, 2015 - By 

    I’m sure no child can resist collecting pocketfuls of leaves, acorns, conkers and pine cones at this time of year. My 3 year old can’t help herself and our nature table is overflowing with treasures. She really wanted to craft with some of them so we made a pretty Autumnal leaf luminary. DIY Autumn leaves luminary You will need – Mod Podge, selection of leaves and an empty glass jar How to make a DIY Autumn leaves luminary Choose a selection of leaves, smaller ones work best. Remove the stems from larger leaves as they are difficult to stick down.…

  • Halloween luminaries
    crafts - Halloween crafts - tutorial

    Halloween luminaries

    September 26, 2015 - By 

    I love celebrating the seasons and we’ve been having fun with our Halloween crafts this year. Since my 3 year old has recently started pre-school I’ve had some rare time to myself and made some sweet Halloween luminaries. This is a quick craft and make great decorations. Equipment needed to make Halloween luminaries: Bonne Maman jars (washed and dried with labels removed) Mod Podge Halloween decoupage paper Paint brush Scissors LED tealights How to make Halloween luminaries: Tear or cut the decoupage paper into small pieces. Apply the Mod Podge to small areas of the glass jar and cover with…

  • Duck Tape crafts - Halloween crafts - Kids crafts - tutorial

    Duck Tape Halloween decoration

    September 24, 2015 - By 

    A few week ago I found a colourful new Duck Tape to add to our collection in Hobbycraft – Pumpkin Glow in the Dark Duck Tape! I love Autumnal colours and my children are desperate to start decorating for Halloween so I thought we would make a simple Duck Tape Halloween decoration using our special glow in the Duck Tape. Equipment to make a Duck Tape Halloween decoration: Pumpkin Glow in the Dark Duck Tape Sheet of A3 card or paper Scissors/Swann Morton scalpel How to make a Duck Tape Halloween decoration Cover one side of an A3 sheet of…

  • Make your own pirate treasure
    Kids crafts - tutorial

    Make your own pirate treasure

    September 11, 2015 - By 

    Did you know that International Talk Like A Pirate Day is celebrated on September 19th? We wanted to join in with the fun so are taking part in a Pirates! Blog Hop with some other crafty bloggers to bring you some pirate activities which the whole family can enjoy. I was going to share our salt dough pirate treasure with you. We’ve made salt dough before and it worked out fine but for some reason our latest batch just wouldn’t come together. It might have had something to go with my 5 year old who said he wanted to mix…

  • making miffy mail
    Kids crafts - tutorial - upcycling

    Making Miffy mail!

    August 27, 2015 - By 

    The school holidays have given us lot of lovely time to craft and experiment. We’ve gone through lots of supplies and organised our craft supplies several times in a bid to keep tidy (not easy with two children who love to craft!). Yesterday we finally got the chance to try some products we were sent from Faber Castell – the Faber-Castell Connector Paint Box and the Clic & Go Water Pot. Making Miffy mail! We’ve never experimented with watercolour paint before but I came up with a fun activity to keep my children busy. We made our own Miffy mail…

  • How to make straw rockets
    Kids crafts - Staedtler Try It Tribe

    How to make straw rockets

    August 25, 2015 - By 

    Every week during the school holidays Staedtler are setting a crafty challenge and the winner will become the next member of the Try-it Tribe. More information can be found on their Facebook page. This weeks challenge is to create a game which can be played whatever the weather. As a member of the Try-it Tribe we were sent a bundle of craft supplies and had great fun making straw rockets. Equipment needed to make straw rockets: Paper Scissors Gel crayon pens from Staedtler Paper straws Sellotape How to make straw rockets: Cut your paper into rectangles at least 3 x…

  • George's Marvellous Medicine mud kitchen activity
    Crafts for kids - garden crafts - Kids crafts - Roald Dahl crafts

    George’s Marvellous Medicine mud kitchen activity

    August 25, 2015 - By 

    Did you know that the 13th September is Roald Dahl Day? This Summer we started reading our first chapter book and I chose George’s Marvellous Medicine to read with our 5 year old. He soon got used to fewer pictures and the chapter structure. It’s been a great way to get him to re-tell the story to me each night before we read a chapter and see just how much he’s taking in. It’s lovely to re-read stories I enjoyed when I was younger and I can’t think of a more inspiring author to introduce to my children. Roald Dahl…

  • Planet Clangers play scene - the gingerbread house
    Kids crafts - Recycled crafts

    Clangers planet play scene

    August 18, 2015 - By 

    Over the last few weeks my son has been making a papier-mâché play scene for his Clangers figures. They live on, and inside, a small moon-like planet which we tried to re-create. He really enjoyed making it, and I’ve enjoyed helping him, so we just had to share it here. We used: Papier-mâché paste Strips of newspaper Empty cardboard boxes, tubes and tubs from the recycling bin Black and white paint Time to make: 2 days DIY Planet Clangers play scene My 5 year old spent some time making a landscape inside a large box lid. He used cardboard tubes…

  • scratch art solar system display
    Baker Ross Blogger Network - Kids crafts - STEM activity - tutorial

    Solar system scratch art

    August 15, 2015 - By 

    As Baker Ross ambassadors we were sent a selection of craft kits to review. The latest one was this fun set of Solar System scratch art containing  6 designs including space ships and planets. When I was at school we made our own scratch art but these kits are much easier. Simply scratch the specially coated surface to reveal stunning rainbow colours. Each pre-cut planet shape comes with a scratch tool and coloured ribbon for hanging. How to make a Solar system scratch art display You will need: Solar system scratch art kit from Baker Ross Cardboard box Centre punch…