Once you have looked at the video below, you will see that we have been working on this post since April! So, the strawberry came first and then the book. With summer upon us, we have all just experienced the wonders of spring. I wanted to capture some of this for Red Ted, so since…
AMENDMENT – I made this apron “NO SEW”… I now think it is better to sew this… after say 15 washes the bonda web frays. I have been looking for an apron for Red Ted to colour in himself for ages now. All the plain aprons cost a small fortune (£6+ postage), which for a…
This is story + Art rolled into a geography lesson rolled into learning about “Mr Postman” rolled into having a little fun rolled into excited Red Ted rolled into an excuse to explore mainy new books…. What am I talking about? Playing By The Book’s international Postcard exchange!!! The exchange did take place a few…
Paper craft is back (I told you I still had some up my sleeve! Scroll down for links to other paper craft ideas). Today I would like to show you how to make super simple photo frames – one frame, 3 different mini variations. They stand up by themselves, or add a magnet and make…
This week we are doing something a little simpler again. I am aware that some of my craft puts some people off (I know some of you don’t have the space for messy painting). We like the simple things too. And today’s story + art came about all by itself and all started backwards. Red Ted…
Hello! Welcome back to Get Crafty! This month’s theme was “Inspired by Nature”! My interpretation was the loosest possible sense: from drawings of animals and trees to things made out of sticks and stones. Once again a WONDERFUL collection of crafts to keep you inspired the whole of the summer! If you like the look…
How wonderful! Anji over at the Pom Pom Emporioum has made this WONDERFUL pom pom tutorial for us (we have a great list of How to make a pom pom technique here for you too and many more Pom Pom Crafts & Ideas)! And now to Anji: Hi my name is Anjie, over from PomPom Emporium) doing a…
Welcome to the monthly Get Crafty carnival – designed to inspire and provide ideas for all age groups. This month’s theme was “all things red”. And my! How many lovely RED things there are out there! I have decided to categorise this time, so you can quickly find what inspires you most! With Spring in…
Our next stART project inspired by Playing By the Book and A Mommy’s Adventures – who have made some great booky projects! Do take a look, they are fab!! (Do scroll down, there is a suggestion for you with what to do with a baby…). Ok, a slightly different take on “Story + Art” this…
A wonderful and fun Summer Craft for Preschoolers. When my kids were little they LOVED to get messy with paints. They enjoyed handprint art, as well as footprint art. So one warm summers day.. we got out one of favourite books – Hooray for Fish, our paints and brushes and had a lovely “story and art”…
Our next stART project inspired by Playing By the Book and A Mommy’s Adventure – who have made some great booky projects! Do take a look, they are fab!! (and there is a chance to win some fabulous books from Playing By the Book). I decided to choose one of Pip Squeaks books, else this will become…
Here are some pegs that we made after the below, the principle is the same, let the toddler paint the pegs you stick on the bits, we now use them on art washing line: Decided to make my next craft blog with the help of Red Ted! Look at him getting stuck in concentrating hard.These…
Well. How exciting is this. First Guest Posts. Then Gallery posts. And now a VLOG! Yes, a VLOG – which is a Video Log. Well, technically it isn’t mine, as I did this vlog with Incredibusymum (www.twitter.com/incredibusymum). My lovely friend and neighbour. Here we (she) will show you how to make funky party bags out…
