The holiday time is upon us, and as per usual, we are all busy searching for (and creating) those perfect gifts and preparing the best holiday parties, all while doing our best to enjoy this festive season. If you’re like us and love giving those special homemade DIY gifts, having labels on hand is an…
Our pom pom obsession continues. Last week we shared some cute little Hedgehog Pom Poms (just SOOOO lovely for Autumn Play) and now we have some pom pom bats.. They are rather cute, if I say so myself. Bat Crafts a lovely theme for Halloween, but also for the summer months, when you get to…
We have a little family tradition (started by my Mother in Law) that we bring back a little Christmas decoration from any holiday or country we go on/ to. This year we had our summer holiday in Corfu, but TOTALLY forgot to buy anything that could double up as a Christmas ornament. Instead, we spent…
Here is something for you, as we all head BACK TO SCHOOL (I sometimes think here in the UK we are the last to start back!!!!) and a super cute Apple DIYs. We also love making our own DIY Gift Box Crafts. If your kids have been back at school a few weeks already, I think…
The great thing about do-it-yourself crafts is that you don’t have to be a master engineer to have fun with them. As long as you’re willing to roll up your sleeves and maybe deal with a little glitter stuck to your eyebrows, you can create all kinds of unique trinkets to use and display in…
We love our Clover Pom Pom Maker as it is super quick and easy to use – this is hands down the easiest way to make pom poms with kids
We have had DIY Yarn Bowls on our “to do” list for a looooong loooong time. They are a great way for using up odds and ends of wool or yarn and are actually pretty easy (if a little sticky) to make. In the end, we decided NOT to “JUST” use up our yarn ends,…
Yes yes yes, our obsession with colouring pages for Grown Ups continue. Woohoo. Today it is all about LEAVES and THANKS GIVING. I simply ADORE the Leaf Mandala that we have for you today. Loose yourself in Firey Autumn Colours or explore greens and yellows. Followed by two versions of a beautiful Thanks Giving Turkey….
Today we have more Valentine’s Day Science fun for you – Bubble Painting. Love it when Science meets Art – and not only do you get to play with the effects of baking soda and vinegar, you get to explore some colour theory AND create some wonderful art. Over to Trisha, for her great Valentine’s…
Learn how to make a beautiful personalised Valentine’s Lantern Card – part of our extensive Valentine’s Day Card Ideas for kids and grown ups! A beautiful Paper Crafting technique to inspire you! Our Love series continues – daily, a new blogger from the world wide web, will bring you another lovely love craft to inspire…
Learn how to make a Christmas Rag Wreath! Cheap Christmas Decorations that look great and are fabulous for the environment! We also love Recycled Christmas Crafts, so these Rag Rug Wreaths are perfect! A few weeks ago the lovely Elspeth from Ragged Life contacted me and invited me along to one of her Rag Rug…
As Winter is drawing nearer, the leaves fall from the tree and the colder weather draws in, we turn some of our attention to the wildlife around us – in particularly our feather friends. Making bird feeders in Winter (or any time of year actually), is a fun and simple activity to do with Kids….
We took the kids to see the Remembrance Sunday “Poppy Field” at the Tower of London a few weeks back – actually it is called the Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red – 888,246 Ceramic Poppies to represent the fallen in World War I. I have to say it was an “impressive” and extremely humbling…
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…
Today we have Crystal form Crystal’s Tiny Treasures her lovely natural Valentine’s Decoration (if you like these, you may like Me and My Shadow’s Willow Tree hearts too!) . It is part of our 31 Days of Love series, which is slowly coming to an end (boo). Check out the Valentine’s Cards, Valentines Gifts that Kids can Make and Valentines Treats shared previously! I’m so pleased to…
Welcome back to 31 Days of Love – a series of “lovely” crafts, bakes and activities to do with kids this Valentine’s Day. We have had Valentine’s Cards and Valentines Gifts that Kids can Make now we are moving on Valentines Treat with Lorie from Reading Confetti and these fabulous no bake Cookie Pop Bouquet! Hello! I’m Lorie from Reading Confetti…
I would love to take the opportunity to introduce fellow Mom, blogger and parenting guru Modern Parents Messy Kids and her new ebook Hands-On Holiday. This is a fabulous ebook to see you through from Fall to Thanks Giving to Christmas. Click here to view more details Here is why you may enjoy the ebook:…
Playing Conkers (or Horse Chestnuts to the rest of the world) is a VERY British “school boy” game to play. I always imaging, boys in shorts (yes in Autumn), with scraped knees playing this games with the humble Horse Chestnut. But of course ANYONE can play conkers and I did too as a child. These…
Monsters Inc Fever Contiues… as those cuddly and lovable characters, Mike and Sulley, hit the big screens again, we are all in Mike & Sulley Craft excitement! We have already made a Sulley Pinata and and some Monsters Inc Finger Puppets, now we wanted to share our Sulley Pom Pom Craft! Simple and fun! Materials:…
As you know, here on Red Ted Art, we like to get the paint out, the glue and all the craft materials and make our things look “finished”…. either papier mache or a nice layer of acrylic to make things look “just so”. Well.. frequently, we also have our “impromptu crafts” – basically, odd items…
