Mmmh now HERE is a blast from the past and makes for a GREAT gift for kids to make for loved ones. My mother scanned in an old present I had made her in 1981: it was an “art calendar” for the following year (1982). So I would have been 5-6yrs old (i.e. Red Ted’s…
Many moons ago, we went to a Christmas in July do with the lovely ladies at Hobbycraft. They showed us all their latest Christmassy bits and pieces and got us into the festive mood. They were sad not to see Pip Squeak, as they had loved her crafty enthusiasm at Easter. So they gave me…
I have been meaning to write about our Gallery visits for AGES now and keep procrastinating about other things, especially since, I just want to write about “the experience” and how you can have “good gallery days” and “bad gallery days” when out and about with children. I think it is really important to not…
We love Butterfly Crafts and spring really IS taking it’s time to arrive this year, isn’t it?! If you a tired of the cold, wet and dreary weather, why not take the opportunity to brighten up your home and bring a little Spring indoors? Here are some ideas for you and your family to enjoy….
Are you like me? You take 100s of photos on your phone? I LOOOOVE using instagram and you keenly show your photos to friends? But then never actually get round to doing anything with all those photos? Somehow they get missed off being put in photo albums or used for special projects? Yes? Well.. if…
Yes… that is right, Easter has barely gone and “already” we are making Three Wise Men! Well and a king and a queen and a princess… I think Easter and the Easter story brought Christmas back to front of mind and Red Ted asked if we could make some King. I am not sure of…
Today, one of the 20Moms, Tiffany Dahle from Peanut Blossom, is here to share her adorable painted fairy houses project. I’m over at Teach Preschool today, I’d love if you’d come over and say hi. Keep following the trail of 20Moms as we circle around to all of our readers today! ___________________________________________________________ We’re planting a…
Well.. if you had said to me chococolate is crafty, I would have said “no, it is good, but not crafty”. But after my morning at Rococo Chocolates in Knightsbridge thanks to the fantastic team at Achica, I rapidly changed my minds (and regretted forgetting my “big” camera – iphones just don’t do it just)….
I feel like we have fallen off the toilet paper rolls craft wagon. I love crafting with toilet paper rolls so much (or loo rolls as we call them here in the uk), because they are free and versatile and great fun! (Do check out our TP Roll Crafts. If you are looking for activities for…
Well.. we still have a great big stash of Lollipops from Red Ted’s birthday party and already made lollipop superheros and lollipop chicks for Easter. Then the kids were playing with our “eyes stickers” and I thought they would look great as “bug eyes”… stuck them on some lollies, made some little wings and hey…
Well.. the Hangouts on Google+ continue – I have really been enjoying getting together with a group of Craft Bloggers on Google+ and having a mass video conference call, discussing different craft ideas each week. And this week, we did it again: Egg Craft Ideas! And not “just” your traditional Egg Decorating Ideas – but beyond…
Well… we all know all about Kids’ Art, don’t we? Our little ones have the ability to produce sheets and sheets and sheets of it. But what to do with them all? And what to do with the REALLY special ones that come along every so often? Well. 9 Crafty Bloggers come together in a…
We love Easy Easter Preschooler Crafts. Ever since the Imagination Tree did some gorgeous Drip Art Pumpkins, the Blogosphere has been drip art mad. And to join in with the drip art fun, we thought we would have a go at drip art rainbow egg decorations. The kids loved it! And the process was magical –…
We do love Egg Decorating Ideas – and we love decorating eggs with preschoolers too, though decorating real egg shells can be quite tricky for preschoolers small hands AND can result in the odd broken egg or two (we always have some casualties)! So we like egg crafts, that once they are finished, are a…
Well… we blew out 10 eggs over the weekend as part of a big family brunch and the kids and I went egg decorating CRAZY! So, you will be seeing a number of egg decorating ideas popping up. I thought it would be fun to do some Superhero eggs – I was thinking super simple…
Welcome back to another series of crafts – today we share our Bottle Top Craft Ideas – ideas from British crafty bloggers to suit a variety of age groups all using bottle tops – plastic ones or metals ones. We come together on Google+ for a crafty “hangout” – a bit like a skype or…
We ADORE making pom poms. Here is a super simple way of making pom poms with young kids. We do have an extensive list of How to make a pom pom technique here for you to browse too! We have may more Pom Pom Crafts & Ideas for you to check out too! I have been waiting and waiting…
There are two reasons why I am a great fan of recycled craft for kids and for the family – one we are reusing something that is regarded to be of little value. In a society that consumes and consumes and consumes, I think it is very important to stop and look for the value…
The seasons come and go bringing with them an overabundance of crafty things to do with little fingers. Easter hails the chocolaty goodness of Easter egg making and palm cross origami, Halloween screams for spooky, ghostly crafts and Christmas is all about making the perfect angel for the top of the tree. (Or a Santa…
The DIY wrapping paper series continues. Today we have one my favourites: Fingerprint designed wrapping paper. There are so many different and cute designs you can make with fingerprints. Chicks for Easter, Bees for whenever, Balloons for Birthdays, hearts for Valentines and of course Reindeer for Christmas. Wrap your gift in plain paper Use ink…
