After an absence from here due to tummy bugs, I’m back! It’s been a busy old couple of days. The tree and decorations finally went up yesterday and it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! So for today’s craft, I’m featuring a very cute nativity scene. We actually sat and made this today and [...]
Our Homemade Diwali Diyas!
Posted by on November 13, 2012 Leave a Comment
Having never made salt dough before, I wasn’t sure what to expect. I followed the half, half, whole rule, which ended up about half, half, three!!! We had to add so much more flour we ended up with tonnes of dough…so we decided to do a few Christmas decorations too (to be decorated at a [...]
Scary Pipe Cleaner Spiders
Posted by on August 22, 2012 Leave a Comment
More bug craft but this time in a different format. Sometimes images just don’t get the idea across and to see the actual action of doing something can spark some more, bigger and better ideas. This video shows you some great ideas of what smaller children could do with pipe cleaners, like making some spiders [...]
How old is too old for paint blow painting?
Posted by on July 1, 2012 Leave a Comment
Me and the kids have spent hours and many a straw doing blow painting . I think the kids love it but i’m sure I love it just as much if not more. I came across a site the other day that reminded me of just how good it was and that I should get [...]
