Around The World In 12 Dishes: Russia

pecan cookies russian tea cakes

In continuing our Russian Adventure this month, and after the success of our Russian Icons, The Girls and I have been looking at Russian Dolls. Dimples received a set from her Godparents for Christmas, and I then found a very simple Matryoska Doll jigsaw puzzle at Tiger a couple of weeks ago. Both have proved [...]

How to make a Russian Icon

making a Russian Icon

LBG and I are really enjoying our trip around the World in the company of Glittering Muffins and others. This month we’re off to Russia. And when we were looking at Artists and Art for the Kid’s Art project a few days ago, we came across some Russian Icons, which LBG loved, and thought that we [...]

St George’s Shield for “Girl Knights”.

a cardboard shield for a girl

LBG made a very interesting point recently whilst watching one of her favourite CBeebies programmes, Mike the Knight.

“Girls can be knights too, can’t they?”

“Of course they can, darling” was my lightning-fast response.

Which got me thinking about children’s programmes in general and CBeebies more specifically, [...]

Introducing Art to pre-schoolers: Damien Hirst

how to make art like Damien Hirst

When Maggy at Red Ted Art recently mentioned her idea for a linky to encourage the introduction of Art-with-a-capital-A to children, I got a little bit excited. I don’t remember Art Galleries or Museums so much when I was a child, which is more a reflection of my life overseas and my generation than a [...]

Floral Crown for Swedish Midsummer (or just because you want to)

around the world in 12 dishes

With the rain falling, LBG and I resorted to DVD entertainment today. A few moments later, she declared that she absolutely needed to have a flower-crown like the princess on the television. By coincidence I had, the night before, been figuring out a craft that we could make to go alongside our Swedish Visiting Cake on [...]

How to make a sand-trapping boot tray

how to make a boot tray

I’ve seen several boot trays on the web, particularly in the run up to winter: some places get an awful lot of snow. It makes sense that you would need a practical place to leave snow-boots to drip dry, like the boot tray made by Clean and Scentsible: the couple of times that we have [...]

How to make a drawstring bag: Take One Pair of Jeans Challenge

upcycled jeans into drawstring bag

I missed out when Missie Lizzie B ran her Take One Jumper Challenge. I never quite got around to making the things I planned to: I never found the right sweater. So when she reached out on Twitter, suggesting that I might be up for a Jeans challenge, I was a little more responsive. I [...]