• Easter Egg Sun Catcher tutorial
    Easter - Kids crafts - Spring - tutorial

    Easy Easter egg sun catcher tutorial

    March 6, 2015 - By 

    My daughter loves her sun catchers so I set up a simple invitation to play; a fun Easter craft to make an extra large Easter egg sun catcher. Materials needed to make an Easter egg sun catcher: White card Cellophane squares Contact paper How to make an Easter egg sun catcher: I drew a large egg shape on a piece of A4 card and covered one side with a sheet of contact paper. She filled the egg with squares of coloured cellophane. She was very methodical when she did this, starting on one side and making sure there were no…

  • Kids crafts - playing - tutorial

    10 Doc McStuffins crafts

    March 5, 2015 - By 

    My 3 year old dressed up as Doc McStuffins for World Book Day today. She’s a huge fan of Doc McStuffins and Lambie. She wore sparkly shoes, pink leggings and I bought her a cute little top complete with printed stethoscope and equipment so she can fix the toys at nursery. I’ve been wanting to try some Doc McStuffins crafts with her at home and thought I would share what I’ve found so far, from costume ideas, to the book of Boo Boos and even snacks. 10 Doc McStuffins crafts: 9 free printable Doc McStuffins colouring pages from one savvy…

  • how to build a Gruffalo cave
    Kids crafts - playing - tutorial

    How to make a Gruffalo cave

    February 20, 2015 - By 

    We love den building so when Building Blocks & Acorns put a call out for bloggers to take part in her Fort Building Challenge I knew we should sign up. Den building can be quick, easy and fun. You can use materials you already have. You can theme them around a favourite tv show, character or book. Sometimes it’s just nice to help your child build somewhere for them to sit and have some quiet time. Today we are sharing the fun we had building our Gruffalo cave. Material needed to make a Gruffalo cave: Blankets Tent Camouflage blanket How…

  • Baker Ross Blogger Network - Kids crafts - tutorial - Valentines Day crafts

    Lovebug Valentine glasses

    January 24, 2015 - By 

    The children were sent a lovely parcel of craft kits from Baker Ross last week. Of course they immediately wanted to make everything but they decided on Lovebug Valentine glasses. Did you know Lovebugs can be quite destructive little creatures (just take a look at this article on Wikipedia) so I’m glad the foam stickers we used are colourful and good looking! Materials needed to make Lovebug Valentine glasses: Love Bug foam stickers Heart foam glasses How to make Lovebug Valentine glasses: Our craft kit contained 6 pairs of foam glasses so the children picked their favourite colour to work…

  • Paper bell garland for New Year
    handmade - Kids crafts - New Year crafts - tutorial

    Paper bell garland for New Year

    January 1, 2015 - By 

    The festivities have not dampened my children’s desire to craft. We managed to squeeze in another quick New Year craft which I wanted to tell you about. We made a sweet little paper bell garland for New Year.   Equipment needed to make a paper bell garland: gold coloured paper scissors pencil pipe cleaners sellotape twine How to make a paper bell garland: Find something large and circular to draw around, I picked an old coffee jar, and drew and cut out 6 circles. Find the top of each circle and make two folds to create the bell shape like…

  • Christmas - competition - gingerbread house - Kids crafts - tutorial

    15 gingerbread house ideas for kids + a $500 giveaway

    November 25, 2014 - By 

    My Pinterest feed is bulging at the seams with Christmas ideas and inspiration so I thought it would be fun to produce a round up of some fun gingerbread house ideas for kids. Once again I’ve teamed up with the Kids Blogger Network to bring you an amazing giveaway. Don’t forget to read to the bottom of this post for your chance to win one of FOUR $500 cash prizes. Forget baking a gingerbread house from scratch this Christmas! Here are 15 gingerbread house ideas for kids and none of them involve baking. Cardboard seems to be a popular building…

  • frozen inspired sun catchers- the gingerbread house
    Kids crafts

    Frozen inspired sun catchers

    September 1, 2014 - By 

    I have a small person who is turning 3 later this year. Like many other little people she adores the film Frozen so I’ve been busy planning for her birthday party. I was sent some craft supplies from Craft Merrily to keep us busy over the summer holidays. The pack of hama beads really caught my eye as the colours reminded me of Frozen, plenty of ice cold blues and whites. I thought we could turn them into sun catchers to hang in our windows. How to make Frozen inspired sun catchers: Melting hama beads is quite quick and simple.…

  • Autumn - Bostik Family Craft Bloggers Network - Kids crafts - tutorial

    Sycamore seed fairies

    August 26, 2014 - By 

    The changing seasons seem to be really noticeable where we live. On our recent walks we’ve been collecting leaves, conkers, berries and the winged seeds from Sycamore trees. I’ve enjoyed introducing my children to the fun of throwing them up in the air and trying to catch them. We found some super large one’s so we gathered a few to take home. I thought they would make great wings so we made some little Sycamore seed fairies from wooden clothes pegs. Materials you need to make Sycamore seed fairies: wooden clothes pegs black permanent pen scraps of fabric Sycamore seeds…

  • Apple Day craft - cork print apple wreath
    Apple Day crafts - Autumn - Kids crafts - tutorial

    Apple Day craft – cork print apple wreath

    August 15, 2014 - By 

    I can’t help but start thinking about Autumn. The weather has coolled down, the nights are darker quicker and we seem to have our shoes and jumpers on more than the previous week. I’m really hoping we can go to an event for Apple Day this year. We’ve been playing around with apple crafts and today I’m sharing with you our simple cork print apple wreath. Corks are great for crafting with, they’re a lovely size for small hands to grip, and small enough that you can make a really defined shape. Materials you will need to make a cork…