Finally I have succomb!!!!! My kids love everything emoji and even more when it is a Poop Emoji!!!! So yes, this week I sat down and made a Poop Emoji Keychain DIY. Whatever rocks their boat and gets them sewing is good by me. And to be honest.. I rather like this little guy! Teehee….
Are you like me and have a BIG BAG of felt scraps? Are you looking for ideas of what to do with felt scraps? Preferably no sew scrap fabric projects? Well, then you might like the ideas I have for you today! I got together with some fellow bloggers and we set ourselves a challenge –…
Oh how I love all things small and cute. As a child I used to adore matchboxes and using them for lots of tiny secret gems of mine. A favourite Matchbox DIY for me, was to turn the boxes into these mini matchbox drawer chest! You can store all sorts in it – from buttons and…
There are LOTS of different ways you can great a gift box! You can make a Gift box from paper or fabric, you can decorate an old shoe box and turn it into a gift box. Or you can take the humble TP Roll and create some fabulous shapes and designs – perfect DIY Gift…
Learn how to make a Bow with a Fork with this easy method. Mini bows made from ribbons are perfect for scrapbooking, cards or sewing!
A super quick craft for the kids – turn the humble TP Roll into MINION GIFT BOXES! Woohoo. We have some great DIY Gift Box Ideas here on Red Ted Art. All easy and fun to make. I think they would be perfect way to give Dad some Father’s Day Gifts (I know our Dad has…
A little while ago, we shared a little Felt Softie Rabbit pattern with you – Pip Squeak (6) has a LOVELY time making her little bunny in a bed. So when Red Ted (8) came home HE wanted to make one two. As per usual, he wanted his to be different.. so he asked to…
So this is a post that has had LOTS of inspiration from LOTS of places. We made these little cute felt softies bunny after two guest posts here on Red Ted Art – we recently had some felt heart brooches and a felt heart mobile.. both just too cute. As big bunny lovers in our house, I wanted…
This Teaching Kids to Sew post is written from my experience with my kids. They are now 6yrs and 8yrs old (a girl and a boy) and I have to say, they are getting rather good at sewing. When I say “good”, I mean that they are able to make neat little stitches on a simple “two…
Hi, I’m Karin from Kayjaysews and I am thrilled to have a chance to share one of my ideas here on Red Ted Art for the 31 Day of Love Series. I am a part-time researcher and part-time Mama. As a maker at heart, not many things in life give me more joy than making…
Hi we are Tracey and Chloe from Sew Kidding! We are very excited to be contributing to Red Ted Art’s 31 Days of Love series for the first time. We love sewing over at The Creative Pair and have lots of easy beginners sewing projects. Today we want to share this DIY Felt Heart Brooch (perfect…
So.. a while back the lovely Liz from Me and My Shadow shared a gorgeous little Knitted Heart Parttern. I confess, that I hadn’t had a chance to make it.. and after only about 18 months, I finally had a go at knitting my own little knitted hearts! And the funny thing was – once…
As you know, every so often, a reader shares some FABULOUS CRAFTY GOODNESS with me.. I then ask if they would mind me sharing it with you, here, on Red Ted Art. Today, is such a day. I was asking my readers about their World Book Day costumes and which book characters their kids had…
We continue to bring together the 31 Days of Love Series from the last few years – a series where my fellow bloggers came together here on Red Ted Art to share their love for crafts AND Valentine’s Day. They shared all sorts of ideas from Valentine’s Day Cards to Gifts and now today Valentines decorations….
Many moons ago we did a video hangout (where several bloggers get together and share their ideas via a skype type recording) about Nursery Rhymes and Nursery Songs. They were all the obvious ones, such as Humpty Dumpty sat on a Wall and Five Little Ducks Went Swimming One Day.. but one that I REALLY…
A few weeks ago, I got together with some friends to make some little Felt Ornaments – we decided on these cute little Birds (easily converted into Robins, I think?!) that I had seen in a DoCrafts Magazine. It was a great opportunity to chat, have a glass of wine and get some of our…
Let me begin by saying.. yes…. I am SHOWING OFF! This post is all about me showing off to you. Because I am really rather, very and totally pleased with myself. There. I hope you don’t mind my smugness, but sometimes, I think you just have to be, right?!?! I do love a Gift to…
Well we do love school supplies. And we particularly DIY School Supplies. I have always enjoyed getting ready for back to school – as a child, and now as a mother too. And I particularly LOVE Back to School DIY ideas. There are so many fun and quirky things you can make, that are great…
Nature is such a wonderful thing for you and the kids to experience. I love to encourage my kids to explore and to find and for us to collect all sorts of nature items from our walks (within reason of course!). We even sewed some little nature bags for us to collect our finds in…
More wonderful Preschool Crafts for you today! As we enjoyed our Fairy Tale Crafts video so much, we thought we would get together and do a Nursery Rhyme Crafts and Activities video too! By nursery rhymes, I mean poems and songs – basically any poems or songs that make your childhood special. The children had…
