During the Summer holidays, when we were in the middle of our “Rainbow Loom” fever, teh kids and I came up with this super cute and simple Rainbow Loom Wreath idea – it works great as a Christmas Wreath ornament and is even cuter on our Fairy Door as a Christmas decoration. As we like…
So.. you know me, I LOVE thrifty, economical, recycled crafts – I like crafts that you can more or less do easily at home – using cereal boxes or TP Rolls… or crafts that use things you have collected on a walk to the park… but every so often, I can’t resist a “non thrifty…
We have a long standing “love affair” with our easy salt dough recipe, it is something that we come back to over and over again. Many of our salt dough crafts we don’t even “bother” sharing with you here, as they are variations on the same theme or the children simply modeling, exploring and having…
Garden Crafts Challenge DIY This post has now been updated. A little while ago, we challenged you to create some wonderful Garden Crafts. You came. You saw the Garden Craft challenge. You got crafty!! And I love all the garden craft ideas you came up with. As part of the challenge, over 65 Garden Craft…
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…
Our thrifty craft ideas continue (we have LOTS of Recycled Craft Ideas here on Red Ted Art). Earlier this month we shared our Cardboard Box Craft ideas with you and now it is time for some Fabric Craft Ideas. Clearly you can use ANY fabric going… but I love nothing better than upcycling those old…
Recently Netmums challenged us to get crafty with Cereal Box crafts. I love cereal box crafts ANYWAY, as it is such a free and versatile material and the timing was good, was I was thinking about a fairy wing craft for Pip Squeak anyway. Bring the two together and you have these lovely Cereal Box…
Today, I have a real treat for you – an amazing travel play set, that the wonderful daughter of Sun Scholars’ came up with all by myself. I think it is absolutely amazing and if my child made this all of her own back, I would be SO chuffed! It really is totally adorable and…
And yes, my recycled craft mania continues. Earlier this month I shared 25 of Red Ted Art’s favourite recycled crafts, we revisited the 40 cardboard box crafts ideas round up and now, I wanted to take the opportunity to share some from “around” the web. – which is what the “Get Crafty” round ups where originally…
Well.. as you know I have been on a polymer clay craft frenzy! There have been FIMO Flowers, FIMO Snowglobes and polymer clay tea parties. Now as our modelling frenzy calms down, I have one last little craft – our matchbox teddy bear! It was super quick, super easy… and oh so cute… I confess…
With midsummer approaching, I thought it would be fun to have a special “Fairies & Elves” round up – anything impish, elfish, fairy-ish and midsummer-night-ish to get you into that whimsical magical feeling! Hopefully the selectioin below will set you up for midsummer celebrations. When it comes to fairies, I particularly like the nature and waldorf…
Welcome back to week 2 of “Planting Creative Seeds” – a collaborative effort between Alissa fromCreative With Kids and I. Planting Creative Seeds is a challenge to spark up your creativity – be it for yourself or with your children. Recap – Planning Last week, we challenged you to think about what you would like to…
A fantastic set of Valentine craft ideas for adults and kids. Aaaah don’t we all love a bit of romance around Valentines… even if Valentine’s crafts are not your thing, do stop by and have a look at these “Love You” crafts – you can give them any time of year to make a loved one –…
Well… this get crafty is all about “Under the Sea”… I decided to broaden the “subject” a little to “Water Get Crafty” or OCEAN CRAFTS as it always makes it a little easier for everyone to take part! There are some fabulously crafty ideas for you once again! What I love about this get crafty,…
Happy New Year!!! Welcome to 2011!! Well, I am a great fan of “make do and mend”. And if you cannot make do, then to reuse or repurpose. There so many fabulous things you can create out of supposed waste material it is rather astounding and the featured list just kept on growing and growing….
Welcome fellow Pinners! So lovely to have you stop by via Pinterest. Why sign up to auto updates via the “Subscribe to e-mail” box? Do you remember the lovely lovel Spud from over at Spudballoo wrote this awesome post on How To Take GREAT shots without a Big Girl’s Camera.? Well, you guys enjoyed her…
Hello! On this glorious Friday, I bring you anoher lovely Guest Poster – Spud from Spudballoo. Spud has wowed us all with her fabulous photography on her blog Chez Spud– if you haven’t seen it yet, you must take a peak. As many of us communicate and market ourselves through the internet, it is important that…
I really do love “this time of the month”, when I see all those wonderful Get Crafty craftiness coming my way and then I get to put it all together in one place! Lovely to see so many inspirational people out there. Get Crafty is designed to inspire people to “Get Crafty”. Hope you find…
Though Red Ted Art is really known for all our Classic Kids Crafts. Here I share with you OVER 101 “How Tos/ Tutorials” targetting the tweens, teens and adult crafter! You will find that this 101 Tutorials page is a really eclectic mix of crafts – some are super simple and easy.. some require a…
Hello! Welcome back to Get Crafty! This month’s theme was “Made By Man” (aka ManMade Get Crafty)! As always, my interpretation was the loosest possible sense: from robots, to cars, to rockets, to cardboard kitchens and dolls houses, to toddler handbags, to puppets. You have all surprised me by how imaginative and beautiful ManMade can…
