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[1 Nov 2011 | 8 Comments | 862 views]
Quick Craft Post: Glitter Play Dough

We had a twitter party (#creativekids) last week and it reminded me that we need to do MORE play dough and MORE glitter… Also my good friend Anna from The Imagination Tree ALWAYS has play dough “lying around” when we visit and the kids simply love it! So this week we made some more and we combined the glitter and the play dough in the hope to keep the glitter mess at bay.
Perfect for some “Seasonal Play Dough” sessions.. I feel all sparkly and Christmassy already!
And yes.. this isn’t “really” …

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[27 Jul 2011 | 34 Comments | 2,713 views]
Kids Crafts: Salt Dough Bead Necklaces

Welcome back to Kids Get Crafty and today’s “Salt Dough Bead Necklace”! We absolutely adored every single stage of this craft and where so chuffed when it was all finished! I do hope you enjoy it too! The best thing about it is, is that it is perfect for these long summer holidays, as there are several stages to the craft that draw it out over several days!
If you want to avoid a brown goo at the end, I often recommend that you use “two colours” only with over enthusiastic …

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[23 Mar 2011 | 34 Comments | 3,570 views]
Kids Get Crafty – Coloured Saltdough Dinosaurs & Pooh

Welcome back to Kids Get Crafty! I do hope that the above title hasn’t put you off and that you will stay for a read…. Pooh?! Who crafts with pooh… well we do… and there is a story as to why! But first to our salt dough – exploring a bit of colour theory, some dinosaurs and two stories.
The Book
Harry & The Bucketful of Dinosaurs, by Ian Whybrow. I decided it was time to “broaden” Red Ted’s horizons and introduce some dinosaurs into his world (I have another …