Continuing the alliteration with the last How To, along with the shell and paper plate theme, we also had fun making a shell suncatcher. Again, you need a paper plate with the centre cut out. Decorate it however you wish, since this forms the frame for the picture. You also need a piece of clear plastic. I used the plastic from a packet of some kind, but you could use OHP sheets or cellophane. Using a marker, draw a shell onto the plastic. we … [Read more...]
How to make a paper plate porthole picture
Try saying that after a couple of drinks: how to make a paper plate porthole picture, how to make a paper plate porthole picture. I'm exhausted just typing it, although that may have something to do with the fact that the Dimpled Assassin likes to start the day early, and when I say that, I mean a time with the number 5 in it. By the time we hit breakfast, I'm ready to go back to bed. That's probably why I like to get out with the Girls as … [Read more...]
10 ways to play: cotton wool and tissue
Another thing I have a lot of in the house is cotton wool: I overstocked when expecting PD and am still wading my way through it. It's proving very useful for various craft projects. And tissues? Well they get everwhere. PD seems to have an obsession with carrying them around" in case she gets snot" so there are always half a dozen under the furniture or in various pockets. So what can you do with them? here are ten ideas to get you … [Read more...]
Cupcake cases creatures
Sometimes it’s the simple things that are the most surprising. Take, for example, the humble cupcake case. Of course, when I was young we made fairy cakes, or just ‘cakes’. Cake cases, along with cakes in general, seem to have been rebranded and are so popular these days you can buy cases that range from teeny tiny petit-four affairs to monster muffin holders and everything in between. A few weeks ago, when I was making Red White and Blue … [Read more...]
How to make a paper plate pocket watch: a Thomas Cook Kids Club Competition entry
I hate it when someone throws down the gauntlet at me. I am a person who is incapable of saying “No!” Fortunately, the advantage of the challenge Maggy at RedTed set me is that I get to spend time with my children. We get to spend time together making stuff. And in return for the making of fun stuff with my Girls, there is a chance that we may win a big stash of goodies thanks to Thomas Cook. Thus I found myself downloading one of the stories … [Read more...]
Ten Ways to Play: Cupcake Cases
You’d have to be Rupert Murdoch not to know that the Summer Holidays are upon us, meaning that the streets, shops, cafes, parks and restaurants are busier between the hours of 9 and 3 that they have been for the last few months. Neither PD nor I are huge fans of busy-ness, so the long vacation usually sees us spending more time at home than ever, crafting. As usual, 10 Ways to Play is primarily about crafting with things that you have lying … [Read more...]
How to make a Weather Chart
If your house is anything like mine it is littered with bits and pieces of art crafted by children relentlessly. Some of it is fabulous and different and makes its way onto the Breakfast Room wall, the best pieces of which eventually find their way into a scrapbook. Some pieces are 'distributed' to Grandparents who dutifully display it on their fridges when we come to visit, but that still leaves a lot of work that I feel I can't throw … [Read more...]
