Easter Bunny Cookies

making Easter bunny biscuits

There is still a question mark over the survival of Pinterest,  but I’m pressing merrily on and making lots of Easter stuff that has been inspired by things I have seen on the remarkable collection-creator website. A case in point, this beautiful collection of Bunny Biscuits.

Image source: Just crumbs Etsy Page

 

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Painting Leprechauns with straws

luck of the Irish

Putti gave me a brilliant idea, so I pinned her paint-blowing painting to remind me. See that’s an example of Pinterest working really well: I saw something that inspired me to do something else.

But anyhow, I took her some watered-down paint and a straw and made:

a lucky leprechaun.

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How to make a Welsh Dragon

fire breathing Welsh Dragon

I’ve seen these easy fire-breathing dragons around, particularly because it is the Chinese Year of the Dragon, and I thought they’d be perfect for making at playgroup tomorrow to acknowledge St David’s Day.

And they really are simple. Let me show you how:

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Slow Cooker Pulled Pork

slow cooker pulled pork

I am new to slow cooking. In fact my mantra of late has been fast cooking: the kind of cooking that can be whipped up in twenty minutes from when I come downstairs having left The Girls screaming put The Girls to bed to when DH walks through the door. My life involves short-cuts and [...]

Snowflakes from cupcake cases

I like making things from cupcake cases almost as much as I like making things from corks. Just before Christmas I saw a really lovely snowflake wreath on Pinterest. It sat around in the back of my mind for a while until one afternoon when The Girls were unexpectedly occupied and I was twiddling a [...]

Mistletoe reinvented: Kiss-letoe!

mistletoe for Valentines Day or kissletoe

Before Christmas Mum in the Madhouse made some beautiful Mistletoe from felt, which I loved, and pinned. Looking through my pins the other day, I noticed LBG also looking.

“What’s the Mamma?” She asked.

“Mistletoe” I told her

“Miss-a-toe” repeated Dimples

I then had to explain what it is and why we use it.

“Kissy-toe” [...]

How to make a family calendar.

Family calendar made from paper plates

Last year we made a wonderful calendar after seeing Nurture Store’s family calendar. It was a very simple way of showing the important dates in our lives in a sequence that LBG could understand. A year on and it’s that time again. Only I made a few adjustments to the original.

It all came about [...]