Last year, I was amazed by the beautiful drip painting pumpkins that The Imagination Tree family made, so it's not surprising that they were the inspiration behind the Pumpkin decorating that Dimples and I spent time on today when we created Glitter and glue pumpkins! Rather than paint, the request was made for glitter. So I figured I could substitute PVA glue for the paint, which we dripped and dribbled all over the top of our squash. … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2012
Project 366, week 37
Dear Zoo is 30.
There comes a time in everyone's life when they find themselves knowing books by heart. Dear Zoo is one of those books: parents the length and breadth of the country can recite it verbatim, so often have they read the story to their little ones. In fact roughly one on five UK households has a copy of the book somewhere on it's shelves. The classic book, written by Rod Campbell, was published thirty years ago. Thirty years. What I … [Read more...]
Fingerprint Pumpkins in a field
I had such fun making these fingerprint Pumpkins in a field last year with our girls that I thought I'd revisit them, in advance of our big day. We made a long line of them which we put up around the room like a border. Easy and colourful, this festive decoration looks really pretty. You need an orange ink pad, paper and some markers. Simply get your child to make clear finger and thumb prints on the paper: make various shapes and sizes … [Read more...]
Cocoa Boutique
There's nothing better than arriving home from a long journey than finding a box of chocolates waiting on your doorstep. If only the chocolate came with a butler who unpacked the bags for me. Sigh. The people at Cocoa Boutique must have known I would need the chocolates. Admittedly I had to wait until about 3am for my jetlagged stomach to want to try chocolate, but it was eventually persuaded. And whilst The Girls and I watched a movie I … [Read more...]
Pencil Serving Dish or Trivet
The key to a theme is the details, according to the book. So I took the idea of Back to School and brain-stormed those things that meant back-to-school to me. I bought a lot of pencils. I bought a set of cork place-mats in Ikea for £2.50, and cut them to size: just short of the length of a pencil, and the width of 20 pencils. Then I stuck the pencils in place using a glue-gun. And, because they talked to me, I glued some of the empty … [Read more...]
