On the eve of St. Patrick's Day, I give you the simplest shamrock EVER. All you need is a pepper, a knife, some paint and some paper. 1. Using knife, cut pepper in half widthways. 2. Dip pepper in paint. 3. Print pepper onto paper, card, wall (OK, maybe not the last one.) And Bob is your Uncle. If you are feeling a little more creative, try some of these great ideas: Roots and Wings has been busy eating rainbows all week in … [Read more...]
A tree for every season
It's week 50 in The Gallery and for the life of me I cannot believe that a year has gone by since it began, not that I started trying to keep up until recently. It has become such an institution in the section of the Blogosphere I feel most comfortable in that I can't remember a time before it existed. It's testament to the blogversity of the legendary Tara of Cain that she has managed to think up a different topic for each of the last fifty … [Read more...]
Spring time craft
It's going to spend the best part of the weekend raining down here in the South of England, so I know we'll be spending a good chunk of time making and cutting and painting and blu-ing (glueing), which is the Threeva's new favourite thing. If you are stuck indoors and searching for ideas, here are a few examples of things we have made recently: OK, so the last one was all me, but I really enjoyed making the heart-shaped wreath from … [Read more...]
February is the month to….
February is the month to celebrate love, particularly at DG Manor where, within the space of a few days, we will celebrate Valentine's Day, our Wedding Anniversary and the First Birthday of our precious Dimples. The plans are in place for the birthday party, and I have a stash of these fabulous Valentine's Lollipops ready to put in the party bags. They are so easy to make, and are recommended by Mini-Mads according to their Mum! I also … [Read more...]
Torn art seascape
How we made a collaborative family Torn art seascape picture. I am so very glad that I bought a new tablecloth when I went to John Lewis last week. It looks fabulous and has really brought some colour to the Breakfast Room. It also meant that I had an old oilcloth table-covering to have on hand for a) curry night (have you seen how take-out curry stains things???) and b) craft. This afternoon, the Kidlings and I got busy in the … [Read more...]
Secret Santa
Another Kidling Craft day, cheating slightly since the shapes are left over from last year's Christmas party activity, so I had no nasty cutting up to do. The secret to a good Santa: Take your super dooper Santa template and stick on felt/paper/painted face. If it looks odd, it'll make more sense shortly.Liberally apply glue. Ideally to picture, though this is not the only place where glue will stick.Liberally apply cotton wool to glue. Wherever … [Read more...]
Better late than never, right? No bake salt-dough alternatives to decorate your tree.
PD has been a bit off colour of late so we've been staying at home doing some winter craft. As she is a big raw-dough consumer, I came up with an alternative to prevent her overdosing on salt, with a little help from the Usbourne 50 Christmas Things to Make and Do book. All you need is some old bread, cookie cutters, and some paint.And in my case, a plain wreath I bought from Ikea.Step 1: cut out your shapes from the bread. I'd recommend … [Read more...]
