It’s official, my daughter has the bug…the creative bug, that is! It all started with an old fashioned knitting doll that grandma bought for her. After numerous woollen bracelets, she moved onto finger knitting, however, her heart belongs to crochet. She has made all sorts of things and is a pin-a-holic so gets lots of [...]
Shabby Chic Autumn Wreath!
Posted by on September 16, 2012 Leave a Comment
I was looking for something new to do this week for Autumn and came across this beautiful Autumn Fabric Wreath, which is so simple to make! I love the fact that it uses scraps of fabric to make a great shabby chic effect and it’s easy enough for the kids to do! Autumn Fabric Wreath| [...]
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 [...]
Stick Bug Bookmarks!
Posted by on August 21, 2012 Leave a Comment
We are always making bookmarks in this house, we love to try new things out and make our own, they are better than shop bought ones and they are especially good to give for a birthday or any kind of gift for a loved one! My daughter has been making crochet ones, which I will [...]
Cardboard Loom Beermats
Posted by on July 13, 2012 Leave a Comment
My ten year old daughter has a new fad for all things crochet and knitted and wanted to make her dad a present for his Birthday. She came up with this idea of making something to help soak up the water puddled from his bottle of beer. As she has only just started on her [...]
Braided Headbands From Scrap Fabric
Posted by on July 13, 2012 Leave a Comment
I think I must be obsessed with recycling materials! Yet again I have come across another wonderful craft creation using scrap fabric, this time for something you can wear. After making “our recycled rag rug” we still had quite a lot of leftover material and whilst another rug would be useful, we decided to look [...]
‘OUR’ Recyled Rag Rug
Posted by on June 13, 2012 Leave a Comment
We recently had a big clear out and ended up with a HUGE bag of clothes. Some of them, we cut up into rag clothes to wipe out our wok and use for dusting, but we still had loads left. On a Pinterest browsing sessions, something I just love doing, I came across an idea to [...]
